About the Career Design Center
Redefining the career experience. At the Career Design Center, we engage with the UB community, employers and alumni to challenge students to see possibilities and seek opportunities in preparation for life after college.
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Student Life
University at Buffalo
259 Capen Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-2231
Office Hours
Monday - Friday | 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
What We Do
Create career and life design experiences, elevate social capital and cultivate connections with top employers so students can prepare for life after college.
Experience career + life design
Design a career and life with meaning through discovery – together we help students uncover interests and new paths, build connections and grow forward.
Access social capital
Amplify the links between people through an expansive career champion network-- so that all students can be guided toward academic and career success.
Cultivate connections
Prepare students to live and lead in a global world by building more connections with top regional, national and international employers to increase job and internship opportunities.
Meet your Connections
Meet the faces that believe discovery creates opportunity. Every career design center connection has a story to tell. It begins with an interest and leads to an opportunity where their career and life have collided.
Ed Brodka
Career Design Consultant
Brandi Banks-Richardson
Employer Partner for Internships
Alicia Chadwick
Assistant to the Director
Alissa Drag
Employer + Alumni Partner Consultant
Rob Hengesbach
Student Experience Design Consultant
Carrie Johnson
Employer + Alumni Strategy Lead
Holly Justice
Career Design Consultant
Arlene Kaukus
Director
Tim Patch
Experience (XD) Designer
Wayne Porterfield
Career Design Consultant
Our Vision, Mission and Values
Vision
A robust career community that challenges students to imagine and design meaningful lives and careers.
Mission
We challenge students to see possibilities and seek opportunities in preparation for life after college.
Values
- We are Authentic.
- We are Resilient.
- We are Adaptable.
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