At Westminster, we focus not only on students’ time in college, but also the “What comes next?” How will your path through Westminster prepare you for graduate or professional school, a first career, your first promotion, or your service and leadership within your community when you graduate? The Office of Professional Development and Community Engagement (PDCE) empowers students to connect their academic experiences with meaningful career and life pathways by integrating career readiness across the Westminster experience.
The PDCE works with you to understand your professional aspirations and the kinds of academic, co-curricular, and community experiences that will help you achieve those aspirations. Through innovative programming, individualized coaching, employer and alumni partnerships, and intentional development of competencies such as career and self-development, communication, critical thinking, leadership, teamwork, professionalism, equity and inclusion, and technology, the PDCE supports students in discerning their vocational calling and preparing for a dynamic workforce.
Guided by core commitments to vocational discernment, equity and inclusive excellence, experiential learning, innovation and technology, and collaborative institutional and community partnerships, the PDCE fosters lifelong professional growth grounded in purpose, integrity, adaptability, and meaningful community engagement.
Through the Classroom to Career four-year development timeline, students are supported from exploration to career launch. First-year students focus on exploration and career and self-development, sophomores build competencies and deepen career exploration, juniors engage in internships and applied professional experiences, and seniors prepare for professional transition through job or graduate school searches, networking, and advanced preparation programs.
With all the possibilities that will open to students as they move through Westminster, we encourage you to stop by the PDCE and talk to us about how we can support your professional aspirations. Even first-year students can benefit from our resources, and we are always ready to help you move along the pathway that makes the most sense for you. Stop by and see us in McKelvey Campus Center, Rooms 266–268.
