PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Dec. 7, 2022) – Careers in Action is a program hosted by Prairie View A&M University’s Center for Careers and Professional Development (Career Services). This initiative aims to connect students to opportunities that allow them to meet corporate leaders while experiencing the culture of the organization through site visits. During the fall semester, Career Services coordinated seven corporate site visits to New York (twice), North Carolina, Texas, Ohio and California. Over 70 students participated.
Honeywell hosted the most recent trip at its global headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Four students, who attended the Fall 2022 Career Fair at PVAMU, were chosen from a pool of candidates to go on the all-expenses-paid trip to the HBCU Leadership Summit. The students included Michelle Penelope Castillo, a sophomore finance major; Lewis Parker, a junior mechanical engineering major; Jordan Rohilliard, a junior computer science major; and Javari Simmons, a junior marketing major.
Pictured from left to right: Rohilliard, Simmons, Director of Career Services Dr. Carolyn A. Davis, Castillo, and Parker
Simmons accepted a full-time sales internship with Honeywell in Charlotte for the summer of 2023. Parker was also offered an internship at Honeywell.
“It is imperative that every student at PVAMU partner with Career Services to learn more about themselves, connect to opportunities, advance their professional characteristics, and update their profile in Handshake. More important, students must get to know who they are or risk being defined by the world,” said Carolyn Davis, Ed.D., director of Career Services.
PVAMU team with Darryl DeBow, program director for Honeywell Business Solutions
When asked about their experiences at Honeywell’s Leadership Summit, here is what students had to say:
The conference was a great experience that enhanced my abilities to network and to learn about Honeywell.”
-Jordan Rohilliard
“This conference was a golden opportunity to network, learn, and gain unprecedented professional experience with the Honeywell atmospheres.” -Lewis Parker
“This conference has been an amazing opportunity to learn more about myself as a professional and Honeywell as a company.” -Michelle Castillo
“…I had an incredible chance to participate in Honeywell’s first HBCU Leadership Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it was nothing short of phenomenal!” -Javari Simmons
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