AUCC Holds 3rd Annual Federal Career Fair
Atlanta – The AUCC (Atlanta University Center Consortium) Federal Career Fair was designed to connect students from the Atlanta University Center Consortium with representatives from various federal agencies, providing networking opportunities, learning about federal careers, and potentially securing internships or job offers. For the past three years, the AUCC Federal Career Fair has welcomed dozens of federal agencies and all HBCU students. This year’s fair welcomed over 20 agencies including AmeriCorps, U.S. Intelligence Community, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Highway Administration, the National Security Agency, the National Park Service and more.
Here’s what AUC Students had to say.
Sha’nai Waller, a 2nd year Criminal Justice major at Clark Atlanta University said, This event was a really positive outcome. There’s a lot of people, a lot of different booths,a lot of different tables, with internships. You get to network and connect with different businesses and organizations to work with them outside of college and even take that first step while you’re in college. I think that’s a really beautiful thing.
Conner Rock, a freshman Political Science major at Morehouse College, said, this is a really good opportunity. I saw the posters for the event and I saw the U.S. Capitol building and I’m from the D.C. area. My parents worked for the state dept 20 years and one of the recruiters. Great to look at some of these tables, like Military Intelligence, CIA, Homeland Security, and Secret Service. This is really great to have this experience, especially since my parents have a background with the federal government and my grandparents were in the military and that is the biggest influence for me. I’m going into the Navy ROTC, just thinking about being able to participate in the systems of this great country. This is a really blessed opportunity, he concluded.
Rock interned with former congressman Steny Hoyer, who recently served as the U.S. representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district. He worked in his district office in constituent services.
Jasmine Mann, a senior Political Science major & Spanish minor at Spelman College, said, “I think it was something really good to learn about different opportunities to learn about agencies I’ve never heard of and to also make some great connections. I plan on keeping in touch with others and I’ve grown up in the D.C. area so it’s really nice to learn about agencies in depth, especially find out about some of the agencies I’ve never heard of. I’m really interested in the federal government and I’m thankful for this opportunity to learn about something I want to do in my career.”
About the AUCC
The Atlanta University Center Consortium, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Georgia, formed in 1929 to operate on behalf of its member institutions–Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College—is the world’s oldest and largest association of historically Black colleges and universities. The Consortium is a vibrant intellectual community with a long tradition of scholarship, service, and community engagement.
