Low Income

Explore this page for information and opportunities catered to students coming from a low income background.

Auggie Highlight: Ridwan Abdi

Ridwan is a currently a senior and will be graduating in May 2024. She just accepted a full-time position and will start after graduation. Let’s hear more from Ridwan.

Major: Data Science & Computer Science

Job title/Employer: Data Engineer with …

By Ma Xiong-Nguyen
Ma Xiong-Nguyen Career Services Program Manager
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5 Ways Entry-Level Employees Can Advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work

Diversity and inclusion have long been buzzwords that companies parade—often for marketing purposes. But in the past few years, more and more job seekers and employees, particularly millennials and Gen Z, are vetting companies by their diversity and inclusion track …

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How to Recognize & Conquer Unconscious Bias

Everyone has some form of implicit or unconscious bias; we absorb received notions about race, class, gender, ability, ethnicity, and sexuality from a very young age. Implicit bias shows up in deep-down prejudices and stereotypical assumptions we don’t know we …

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First-Generation College Student Career Barriers (and How to Overcome Them)

I was a first-generation college student, and while I’ve held numerous jobs over the past decade, the struggles that began in college still have a lasting effect on me today. Unfortunately, many of the issues we first-generation college students (or …

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Travelers EDGE: Professional Development Institute Recap

In early January our Travelers EDGE cohort took an annual trip to Hartford, Connecticut for Professional Development Institute (PDI). Travelers EDGE is funded by Travelers Insurance, with the goals to 1) increase the pipeline of underrepresented students to college, 2) …

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Ma Xiong-Nguyen Career Services Program Manager
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Career Resources

We get it – networking events can feel intimidating! Walking into a room full of unfamiliar faces, trying to strike up …

According to data from the end of 2018, U.S. adults spend almost half of each day interacting with media at …

Employment discrimination occurs when a person or a group of people are treated unfairly or unequally because of specific characteristics. …

Contact & Location

Phone
612.330.1148
Address

Christensen Center, Suite 100

Minneapolis, MN 55454

Career Service Hours

Monday 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am- 4:00 pm