This is a unique opportunity for current Dietrich College Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors to network with alumni, learn their stories, and begin to navigate your career options, internships, undergraduate choices, and post-graduation opportunities.
Under Construction: Building Your Future is your chance to take an active role in figuring out your next steps by listening
to other Carnegie Mellon graduates who have successfully and interestingly navigated their way forward.
Lunch Roundtables and Panel Topics include:
Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations; Entrepreneurship, Business Ventures, Finance, & Banking; Consulting &Think Tanks; Humanities and Social Sciences: Graduate Studies; Law—Private and Public Sectors; NGOs & International Development; Community Organizing, Social Service, & Counseling; Healthcare & Public Health; Government & Politics; Entertainment, Creative Arts, & Media; Publishing, Editing, & Journalism; Technology; Education: Policy, Teaching, ESL; Museums, Libraries, & Arts Non-Profits.
Keynote Speaker: Joshua Knauer (DC '95)
BA in Environmental Ethics and Policy
Josh Knauer has been a social entrepreneur for the past 20 years, creating and leading successful organizations in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. His ability to spot emerging trends in technology and how they can be used for the betterment of society and the environment have caused him to be considered a leading expert in the field. In Spring of 2010, Josh was appointed by the Obama Administration to a working group of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He's been featured in Time, Fortune, Newsweek and Wired magazines, and was even named a New Media Hero by the Utne Reader.
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Josh is Founder, President, and CEO of Rhiza Labs. Rhiza Labs creates software that helps non-profits and government agencies share information, understand community needs, track community and environmental assets and collaborate around shared collections of data. Prior to Rhiza Labs, Josh led MAYA Design's Information Commons project. Before that, he founded and served as CEO of Green Marketplace, a clearing-house for socially and environmentally responsible products, services and information, which he sold to Gaiam in 2002. In 1991, Josh founded and served as Executive Director of the EnviroLink Network, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping organizations adopt emerging technologies, and was one of the first .orgs on the Internet.
Involvement in the community is very important to Josh. He enjoys speaking with students about being an entrepreneur and has mentored many up-and-coming entrepreneurs who are creating socially and environmentally responsible businesses. Beyond supporting many community organizations with time and donations, he serves on many non-profit and for-profit Boards of Directors.
Josh lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, children and dogs. When not starting up a new business, he can be found in his garden tending organic and heirloom vegetables or out hiking in the woods.
Event Schedule:
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. |
How to make the most of your day at Under Construction - A session will be available for alumni and a separate session for students. |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Lunch - Students and alumni will be seated for informal conversations over lunch about themed career based topics. |
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker |
1:30-2:45 p.m.
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Panel Sessions (A) |
| 3:00-4:15 p.m. |
Panel Sessions (B) |
4:30-5:15 p.m.
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Dessert Reception - Spend time networking with the students and alumni you have had the opportunity to meet throughout the day.
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