More than 20 professionals from a variety of medical fields
converged on Alfred State recently to meet and recruit students during a
medical career fair.
Altogether, 21 employers were on-hand for the event, with
professional fields ranging from nursing, to radiologic technology, to
sonography, to veterinary technology, and more. Also, over 65 students attended
the career fair.
According to Elaine Morsman, director of the Career
Development Center at Alfred State, this was the first time the college created
an event to cover all health-related majors, including veterinary technology.
recruiter speaking to a student across a table “We heard
several positive comments that it was effective to include such a broad scope
of majors,” she said. “All employers that completed an evaluation stated that
they would attend again and found the event effective.”
Employers who participated in the career fair included Arnot
Ogden Health System; Catholic Health System; Cornell University, College of
Veterinary Medicine; Dent Neurologic Institute; Endless Mountains Veterinary
Center, PC; Finger Lakes VA Healthcare System; Fruity Valley Veterinary Clinic;
Guthrie; Highland Hospital; Jones Memorial Hospital; New York Army National
Guard; Olean General Hospital; Rochester Regional Health; St. James Hospital;
Stack Veterinary Hospital; UltraMobile Imaging; University of Rochester
Medicine: Imaging; University of Rochester Medical Center; Venture Forthe;
WellNow Urgent Care; and Wellsboro Small Animal Hospital, P.C.
One common trait that all Alfred State career fairs seem to
share is that they often feature alumni returning to campus to recruit current
students. Such was the case with Mikaela Winder and Mark Daniel Cummings from
the Cornell Veterinary School.
“We know that Cornell Veterinary School hires a lot of
Alfred State grads, but it was wonderful to have two Alfred State vet tech
alums joining us as recruiters,” Morsman said.
Reflecting on the spring 2020 career fair, Morsman noted, “I
loved the interaction with everyone from all of the different medical-related
fields. It was great to see this collaboration.”
