Professional Development

Professional development is an activity that when correctly employed, helps students gain specific skills to not only increase their potential, but also to realize it. The PVAMU College of Business hosts specific professional development workshops in MGMT 2000: Professional Development for Business.

Professional Development (PD) for Business provides students with the skills necessary for successful performance during internships and within the professional work environment. Workshops highlight the internship process, introduce students to the professional development resources available in the College of Business, and orient students to career-related, strategic decision-making. Topics include the role of internships, dressing for success, the interview process, business etiquette, public speaking, networking, and work-life balance to name a few.

Classes are from 5:00 p.m. until 6:20 p.m. Wednesdays from January 18, 2012 through April 25, 2012 in the Hobart Taylor Building, room 1A110. Workshops are open to business and non-business students as well as interested members of the PVAMU community.

For more information about PD, contact Dr. Lawrence McNeil, assistant professor of economics at (936) 261-9205.

MGMT 2000: Professional Development Course Schedule (Spring 2012)

Workshop Date	Topic	Guest(s)
01/18/2012	Mentorship/Career Assessment I	John Dyck, PhD Assistant Professor of Management
01/25/2012	Career Assessment II/Study Skills	John Dyck, PhD Assistant Professor of Management Lettie Raab Executive Director, University College
02/01/2012	Career Fair Success	Paul Culpepper, Attorney Malcolm Sykes, Vice President of Business Development Wells Fargo Bryant Mitchell, COO of Kimrick Performance Group
02/08/2012	Internships	Shadia Washington Scheduling Coordinator, PVAMU Career Services
02/15/2012	International Education and the Study Abroad Experience	James Wilson, PhD Associate Provost and Associate Vice President, PVAMU Director, Honors Program
02/22/2012	Social Networking	Kim Estes Learning Technologies Coach
02/29/2012	Entrepreneurship	Marc Williams Williams Communications, LLC
03/07/2012	Multiculturalism and Understanding Diversity	Wendy Johnson, PhD www.askdr-wendy.com
03/21/2011	Just in Time Career Success	Sheryl Dawson, Executive Partner Career Partners International
03/28/2012	Interviewing and Personal Branding	Michael D. Brown, Owner The Michael D. Brown Company www.themichaeldbrown.com
04/04/2011	Effective Public Speaking	Michael Fain, JD Director, University of Houston Forensics Department
04/11/2012	Financial Planning - Investor Education	Theodore Daniels Society for Financial Education and Professional Development www.sfepd.org
04/18/2012	Becoming the Person Success Requires	Taft Mohair, Owner Empowered Insights www.taftmohair.com

The MGMT 2000: Professional Development has been sponsored by our 2009-2010 corporate partner of the year, Spectra Energy since its inception in 2009. Please visit their website for more information about their organization.