Center for Career and Professional Development
Discover Your Calling. Grow in Community.
F&M's liberal arts model is at the heart of our Center for Career and Professional Development: receiving targeted, expert guidance while exploring a wide range of post-graduate paths to discover your professional calling and develop the skills you need to succeed. To help you navigate this exploration and discovery, our career guidance is structured through 鈥渃areer communities鈥 鈥 dynamic groups aligned with specific industries that transform your aspirations into clear options, meaningful opportunities, and a network of support.
You can join a career community that speaks to your calling, and even move freely between communities as your interests and plans naturally evolve. This model helps you to begin your career discernment process right away, and allow it to run parallel to and intersect with your entire undergraduate experience. You'll always have a place to belong as you find your way, gaining professional and expert insights, connections to experiential learning opportunities, direct access to an engaged network of successful alumni in the field, and a supportive community of fellow Diplomats who share your interests and professional goals.
Career Communities
Business & Finance
Law & Government Professions
Health Professions
Pre-Dental
Do you want to make a difference in people鈥檚 lives by improving their oral hygiene
and health? Be a part of F&M鈥檚 pre-dental program and set yourself up for a successful
career in dentistry.
Explore Pre-Dental at F&M
Pre-Health
Whether you鈥檙e considering a career as a physician assistant, physical therapist,
pharmacist, optometrist, or other vital role in the field of medicine, you鈥檒l find
the support you need in F&M鈥檚 pre-health program.
Explore Pre-Health at F&M
Pre-Medical
Begin your career in an essential, effective, and rewarding field. By participating
in F&M鈥檚 pre-medical program, you鈥檒l find all the guidance and support you need to
build a sturdy foundation for a successful future in medicine.
Explore Pre-Med at F&M
Pre-Veterinary
F&M鈥檚 pre-veterinary program has a legacy of preparing students for successful careers
in veterinary medicine, empowering you to provide compassionate care to your animal
patients while cultivating strong relationships with the animals鈥 owners.
Explore Pre-Vet at F&M
Social Impact & Creative Careers
STEM
Success Beyond F&M
You can rest assured that at F&M, you鈥檒l find your footing on campus and beyond. Our
enduring commitment to your success helps you land jobs in leading industries and
gain admission to high-demand graduate and professional programs around the world.
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Programs and Services
In addition to our career communities, we also offer programs and activities that are purposefully designed to launch you to success. They include leadership development, financial literacy, major exploration, internship support, and post-graduate success planning.
Student Advising
Programming & Events
- 鈥淎uthentic Success & Possibility in Reach for Every Student (ASPIRE)鈥, a first-year program designed to set students up for success early at F&M.
- 鈥淣ot a Major Decision鈥 workshops and academic fair designed to help sophomores in their major declaration
- Leadership seminars
- 鈥淟iving Beyond F&M Series鈥 consisting of sessions on financial literacy, public speaking, the etiquette of the business meal, and more
- Night of Networking
- Job & Internship Fair
- Senior Boot Camp
Alumni Advising
Internship Support
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鈥淏efore consulting the Career Center鈥檚 student services, I felt overwhelmed about all that I needed to do to secure a summer internship. Working with the Career Center staff made the search for internships more approachable and eased my fears about the application process.鈥
鈥 Julia Kait 鈥23
F&M Works
Service Opportunities
The 顶级国产视频 Fellowship
Students applying for the Urban Teaching Residency M.S.Ed. program at Penn are eligible to apply for the fellowship, which includes a $15,000 scholarship that can be combined other merit or need-based scholarships at Penn鈥檚 GSE.
Student Employment
If you鈥檙e enrolled in at least three credits per semester (a full-time course load), you are eligible for on-campus employment. If you are awarded Federal Work Study or College Work Option in your financial aid package, you are given priority status as an aided student and are eligible to apply for any position on campus. If you鈥檙e not work-aided, you are still eligible to work on campus, but will have a limited number of positions available to you. F&M鈥檚 Student Employment Office (SEO) will guide you through the position search and hiring process, and match you with positions where you will learn valuable, transferable skills that will benefit you both at F&M and beyond.
If you have questions about student employment at F&M, you can reach out to studentemployment@fandm.edu.
October 23, 2025 Alex Scarboro 鈥26 is following his own blueprint for a career in architecture. The senior designed a custom major in studio art and business, organizations, and society. 鈥淢y decision to combine the two disciplines was rooted in my innate love for architecture and art,鈥 Scarboro said. September 29, 2025 Roselyn Ovalles 鈥26 and Grace Uwezukwe 鈥26 spent the summer monitoring the Susquehanna River and its many local tributaries as interns with the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association. September 8, 2025 Henry Lunger has already gained experience and earned certifications that will set him apart as he pursues a career in medicine. The sophomore spent his summer completing a 200-hour EMT and Wilderness First Responder Course through the National Outdoor Leadership School at Wyss Wilderness Medicine Campus in Lander, Wyo.鈥淭he opportunities provided to me at F&M, both inside and outside of the classroom,
have crafted me into the young professional that I am.鈥
F&M Launches Students Toward Success
A Custom Blueprint for an Architectural Future
Students Make Waves as Susquehanna River Watchdogs
Henry Lunger '28 Blazes Trail Toward Career in Medicine