Pre-conference

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

A “millennial herself,” LINDSEY POLLACK is well known among career services’ professionals, as she has successfully built her brand as the “Next Generation Career Expert.”  She’s a best-selling author, been featured at NACE and in The New York Times, and has just published the next edition of “Getting from College to Career.”  After her keynote “20/20 Vision: What is the Future of Work?” we will be hosting a book signing where you’ll be able to purchase the book and get it personalized by Lindsey herself!

For more information about Lindsey, visit her website:   http://www.lindseypollak.com/about

 JULIE GAVER is a professional speaker and trainer.  She is well known for high energy and humor = ENTERTAINING!   In fact she presented last year at MACCA, and that’s how we found her.  In keeping with our conference theme, Julie will be talking with us about successfully navigating through change we can’t necessarily control.  Her keynote is titled “Fear Factor:  Embracing the Reality of Change.”

For more information about Julie, visit her website:  www.juliegaver.com

PROGRAM TEASERS (a sampling from the accepted program list):

• Preparing for Careers in International Relations & Global Affairs
• Maintaining Quality Programs at Multiple Sites, Domestic & Abroad
• Engaging Faculty in Career & Leadership Development
• Changing the Way Students Think about Their Liberal Arts Degree
• Parental Influences on Student Career Choices:  Can We Change Them?
• Bringing Mental Health & Career Counseling Together: Benefits & Challenges
• How Unethical Behavior of Students Changes Employer Relations
• Getting Down to Business: Incorporating Cooperative Education into the Curriculum
• REACH: Recruiter & College Networking event – informal way to network with employers

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PLANNING YOUR TRIP: 

If you like to use Google Maps or GPS: Danford’s Marina is located at 25 East Broadway, Port Jefferson 11777.

Driving suggestions:

1. Once in Queens, the easiest, most direct route is the Long Island Expressway (LIE 495) to Exit 62 Nicolls Road – route 97.  Go North on Nicolls Road approx. 8 miles to end. You will pass both Suffolk County Community College and Stony Brook University on your way north.  At the end of Nicolls – 97, turn RIGHT on 25A East. Follow about 3.5 miles. Danford’s Marina is at the bottom of the hill just past the main intersection on the water.
2. If you prefer a parkway to the expressway, take the Grand Central Parkway in Queens. That turns into the Northern State Parkway.  After 30 miles, the parkway ends. Mergers into 454 / 347. Keep driving east through lots of traffic lights.  At 3 mile mark, bear LEFT stay with 347.  Another 9 miles or so, make a LEFT on 112 North (after Jayne Blvd and Terryville Rd).  Take 112 to the end.  Danford’s is on your right, on the water.

Driving option from Albany north and west:

• You have the option of taking 90 East into Massachusetts and coming down through Connecticut to Bridgeport, CT.  There is a car ferry from Bridgeport to Port Jefferson that exits adjacent to Danford’s.  For information about the Ferry and to make reservations (STRONGLY RECOMMENDED), visit: www.bpjferry.com.  For directions, Google directions from Albany, NY to Bridgeport, CT.

If you like to fly:

• Islip Airport (ISP) is about a 25 minute drive to Port Jefferson.  This airport is dominated by Southwest Airlines.
• JFK and LGA airports are both at least an hour’s drive to Port Jefferson.