Zooming with Alumni: Individualized Major to Career Success with Melissa Zablocki, MPH '11 (Virtual)

by Harpur Edge

2014-2020 Event Academic Alumni Employment Internship Virtual

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

12 PM – 1 PM EDT (GMT-4)

Add to Calendar

Private Location (register to display)

View Map
18
Registered

Registration

Details

Join us to learn about Melissa's unique career in public health and how the individualized major program supported her career success. Melissa Zablocki, MPH '11 designed her own major in Health Communications/Public Health when she was a Harpur College student. Now she is working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager for Strategy and Innovation in the Design & Innovation Group. Alex Jablonski of Harpur Academic Advising will also share details about the inner workings of proposing an individually designed major.

Speakers

Melissa Zablocki, MPH ’11's profile photo

Melissa Zablocki, MPH '11

Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager for Strategy and Innovation in the Design & Innovation Group

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

linkedin.com/in/melissafrascellamph

Melissa Zablocki, MPH '11 designed her own major in Health Communications/Public Health when she was a Harpur College student through the Individualized Major Program. Now she is working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager for Strategy and Innovation in the Design & Innovation Group.



We recommend you check out her Ted Talk.

Erin Cody's profile photo

Erin Cody

Director

Harpur Edge

http://linkedin.com/in/erinelizabethcody

Erin Cody, Director of Harpur Edge has over 15 years of experience supporting the personal, academic and professional development of undergraduate and graduate students.  She is a passionate believer in the liberal arts and sciences as the formation for students wishing to design lives filled with impact and joy.  She herself studied music in her undergraduate years and went on to complete an MS in Community Counseling and has earned National Board Certification as a Counselor.  She works daily to connect students and alumni in high impact learning experiences where deeper relationships, skill-building and experience are cultivated.

Alex Jablonski's profile photo

Alex Jablonski

Pre-law Advisor

Harpur College Academic Advising

linkedin.com/in/alex-jablonski-4ab927178

Hometown: Detroit, MI



Alma Mater: Grand Valley State University, Binghamton University



At BU since: ÔÇï2011



On the weekends you can often find me: Cooking, probably. Or baking.ÔÇï And spending time outside.



I can't imagine life without: ÔÇïÔÇïI once was lost, but now I am found, at Wegman's.



On vacation you can find me: Either exploring a new city, or else tromping through the woods.



The best part of being an advisor is: Having the opportunity to meet so many talented students with such diverse interests.



My favorite season in the northeast is: That wonderful stretch from midsummer through the fall, when all of the fruits and vegetables come in.



If I had to survive on just one kind of food, it would be: The right answer is potatoes. But the honest answer is that I'd be unable to choose, and I'd starve.



My favorite books are: Weird and escapist. Right now I'm working through HP Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith.



As a sports fan, I always root for: The Detroit Red Wings