{"id":3924,"date":"2014-09-29T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2015-08-11T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T21:03:07","slug":"ask-night2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/2014\/09\/29\/ask-night2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect Logger to Logger at ASK Night!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Jennifer Allen-Ayres<em>, CES Career Advisor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>October 9<\/strong>, CES is hosting <strong>ASK Night 2014<\/strong>\u2014an ideal opportunity to visit with alumni and polish your networking skills in a Logger-friendly environment.<\/p>\n<p>ASK stands for <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3933 size-medium\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 10px\" title=\"ASK Night 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Smiling-alum-crop-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling alum crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Smiling-alum-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Smiling-alum-crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Smiling-alum-crop-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Smiling-alum-crop.jpg 2043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Alumni Sharing Knowledge, and the network has over 2800 Puget Sound alumni who want to interact with you.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn about prospective career fields, discuss the value of a liberal arts degree, or ask for advice about life after Puget Sound? Would you like to finesse your networking skills to convey a more polished professional image? If so, then this is the event for you!<\/p>\n<p><em>This year alumni will attend who work at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Amazon, UW, Boeing, Microsoft, Multicare, EnviroIssues, Travel Tacoma, Peace Corps, and many other organizations. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Come meet and learn from an amazingly diverse group of individuals which includes software engineers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, physical therapists, band leaders, analysts, mental health counselors, physicians, financial planners, attorneys, researchers, consultants, and more. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>See the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices-services\/ces\/career-events\/ask-night\/ask-night-attendees\/\" target=\"_blank\">full list of ASK Night alumni<\/a><\/strong>, and read additional tips on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices-services\/ces\/career-events\/ask-night\/\" target=\"_blank\">ASK Night event page. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASK Night begins at 7 p.m. in Wheelock Student Center. Students can drop by to visit with alumni any time between 7 and 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0Alumni will be stationed at bistro tables throughout Marshall Hall to facilitate student-alumni connections.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take this <\/strong><strong>opportunity to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make contacts with professionals in a wide variety of careers.<\/li>\n<li>Hear what others have done with their liberal arts education.<\/li>\n<li>Practice networking skills with a Logger-friendly audience.<\/li>\n<li>Connect with and seek advice from alumni. They&#8217;ve been where you are now, and they&#8217;re interested in where you&#8217;re headed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>All classes and majors are encouraged to attend!<\/em> CES staff members will be available at the event, so if you have any questions or concerns, we&#8217;ll be there to help out. Remember to bring your Logger school ID card to speed up registration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2814 size-full\" title=\"Alumni Sharing Knowledge\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2012\/05\/ASK-2011.png\" alt=\"Alumni Sharing Knowledge\" width=\"448\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2012\/05\/ASK-2011.png 448w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2012\/05\/ASK-2011-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can access the ASK Network any time by <a href=\"https:\/\/cascade.pugetsound.edu\/cascade\/CESResources.main\" target=\"_blank\">logging into Cascade,<\/a> selecting Career and Employment Services, and clicking on the <a title=\"ASK Network info\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/about\/offices-services\/ces\/students\/exploring-careers\/ask\/\">ASK Network<\/a>.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jenniferallenayres\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3839\" style=\"margin: 20px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Jennifer-Headshot-288x300.png\" alt=\"Jennifer Headshot\" width=\"142\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Jennifer-Headshot-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/files\/2014\/09\/Jennifer-Headshot.png 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jenniferallenayres\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Allen-Ayres, CES Career Advisor<\/a>:<\/strong> &#8220;When I was a kid, I dreamed of being an Olympic gymnast\u2026 then a writer&#8230; then an architect\u2026 then a microbiologist\u2026 then an astronaut.\u00a0I even went to Space Camp as a teenager.\u00a0There have always been so many exciting possibilities\u2014perhaps this is partly why I love being a career advisor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Ross Mulhausen, Kris Hay<br \/>\n\u00a9 2014 Career and Employment Services, University of Puget Sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attend ASK Night 2014 on Thursday, Oct. 9 to visit with alumni and polish your networking skills in a Logger-friendly environment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":3933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17,74,41],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-events","tag-alumni-sharing-knowledge-ask","tag-career-exploration","tag-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4252,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions\/4252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}