2024-25 Career Education Event Highlights
Note: Please see Handshake for event times and locations not specified, and to RSVP.
Highlighted events for the academic year are listed below. For a full schedule, check Handshake’s Event Listings regularly!
Check Handshake for drop-in advising hours with Peer Career Mentors, the Fellowships team, and our STEM Advisor. Employer events and Career Essentials programming are also added on a continual basis.
Career Education sends all students a Digest e-mail every Sunday evening with a rundown of events for the upcoming week. Plus — make sure you’re signed up for Industry-specific newsletters by filling out your Career Interest profile in Handshake!
Color Key
• Career Essentials • Fellowships • Internships
• Industry-Specific • Civic Engagement
September 2024
Sept. 4: Learn S’More about STEM Night (Lulu Firepit, 6–7pm) •
Sept. 10: Student Employment Fall Kickoff (Lulu, 10am–2pm) •
Sept. 10: Study Abroad Fair with Fellowships Advising in attendance (Tishman Commons, 12am–3pm) • •
Sept. 10: STEM Study Abroad Fair (See Handshake for event listings—with more to come!) •
Sept. 11: Career Education in the Lulu (12–2pm ) •
Sept. 12–Oct. 31: Fall Law Series (See Handshake for event listings—with more to come!) •
Sept. 12: STEM Graduate School Info Session •
Sept. 16: Pre-Med Scholars Program Application Deadline (cohort program for First Years) •
Sept. 16: Mock Admissions Panel with Cornell Law, BU, GW, UCLA, and UTexas (Fall Law Series event, PNE139, 1–2pm) •
Sept. 16, Sept. 17, & Sept. 18: Learn about the Job & Internship Fair! (Lulu Tabling, 11am–2pm) •
Sept. 18: Upskill Info Sessions (Lulu 413, 5:30–6:30pm; Virtual, 7–8pm) •
Sept. 19: Job & Internship Fair Prep Webinar (1–2pm) •
Sept. 19 – Oct. 25: Fall Tech Series (See Handshake for full event listings) •
Sept. 19: Fall Tech Series Kickoff: Intro to Tech Recruiting Season (5:30–6:30pm) •
Sept. 23: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (Harambee House, 1–2pm) •
Sept. 24: Fall 2024 Business, Consulting, Finance, Marketing & STEM Job & Internship Fair (Tishman Commons & Alumnae Ballroom, 3–6pm) •
Sept. 24: Personal Statements with Harvard Law School (Fall Law Series event, 4–5pm) •
Sept. 25: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (Acorns House, 5:30–6:30pm) •
Sept. 25: Pre-Health First Year Presentation (5:30–6:30pm) •
Sept. 26: Is an MBA Right for Me? with Alum Raja Ashraf ’03 (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
October 2024
October: State Department Drop-ins — exact dates tbd, based on summer internship due date •
October: Legal Internship Panel (Fall Law Series Event) (in person, date tbd) •
October: Pre-Law Basics (Fall Law Series Event) (in person, date tbd) •
Oct. 1–Nov. 1, 5pm: Wellesley-Funded Internships Fall Application Cycle Opens •
Oct. 1: Postgraduate Fellowships Application Working Party (3–6pm) •
Oct. 3: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (PNE 239, 1–2pm) •
Oct. 3–4: Make it Make Cents: Introducation to Financial Literacy •
Oct. 4: Pre-Health Sophomore Check-In (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
Oct. 5–Oct. 21: Application window for Upskill: Wintersession program with tracks for Coding, Investment Banking & Entrepreneurship •
Oct. 7: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (LCW 413, 1–2pm) •
Oct. 8: Letters of Recommendation with William & Mary Law (Fall Law Series event, Virtual, 7:30–8:30pm) •
Oct. 16: Fall Tech Series: STR Coding Workflow Workshop (5–6pm) •
Oct. 17: Med/Dental School Application Kick-Off (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
Oct. 18-19: Fall Civic Action Lab •
Oct. 18: Grad School Mini-Grant Fall Deadline •
Oct. 21: Upskill Application Closes •
Oct. 21–25: Undergrad Fellowships Launch Week •
Oct. 22: Red Cross Blood Drive •
Oct. 22: Fellowships Bingo with Hank the Corgi! (Between the Lulu and Pendelton Hill, 11am–1pm) •
Oct. 24: Undergrad Fellowships Working Party (12–2pm) •
Oct. 28: Undergraduate Fellowships Optional Priority Draft Deadline •
Oct. 29: Tanner Conference (All day event; classes cancelled) •
Oct. 30: Med/Dental School: Timeline & Letters (12–1pm) •
November 2024
Nov. 1, 5pm: Wellesley-Funded Internships Fall Application Cycle Closes •
Nov. 1: Registration opens for Embark: A First Year Career Retreat •
Nov. 4: Med/Dental School: Preparing for Your Entrance Exams (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
Nov. 5: Chat with a Diplomat: State Department Info Session (PNE 339, 4–5pm) •
Nov. 7: Undergraduate Fellowships Working Party (1–2:30pm) •
Nov. 13: Graduate School Application Working Party Science Center Data Lounge (for STEM students) (6–8pm) •
Nov. 15: Historically Women’s Colleges & Universities Virtual Career Fair (1–4pm) •
Nov. 18: Med/Dental School: Personal Statement Workshop (Virtual, 6–7pm) •
Nov. 26: Registration closes at 11:59pm for Embark: A First Year Career Retreat •
January 2025
Jan. 22: Med/Dental School: Choosing Your Schools Session (Virtual, 12p–1pm) •
Jan. 27–Feb. 20: Service Journey Team Leader & Participant Applications Open •
Jan. 14-15: Upskill: Wintersession program with tracks for Coding, Investment Banking & Entrepreneurship •
Jan. 15-17: Wintersession Civic Action Lab •
Jan. 17-19: Embark: A First Year Career Retreat •
Jan. 22: Wellesley College Graduate Fellowships Deadline •
Jan. 27: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (PNE 239, 1–2pm) •
Late January: Boston Homeless Census (10:30pm–2:30am) •
February 2025
February (dates tbd): Spring Mini-Law Series (will include LSAT 101, full-length practice LSAT, and Application Timeline presentation) •
Mid-February: Mentorship/Asking for References Panel • •
Feb. 1–Mar. 1, 5pm: Wellesley-Funded Internships Spring Application Cycle Opens •
Feb. 1: Clinton Fellows 2025-26 registration opens •
Feb. 3: Spring STEM Series Kickoff: Finding a Job in STEM (2-week series) •
Feb. 6: Wellesley-Funded Internships Info Session (Lulu 413, 1–2pm) •
Feb. 7: Pre-Med/Dental & DO Applicants: Deadline for request for MPAC Advisor •
Feb. 10: Working with Your MPAC Advisor (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
Feb. 12: Spring STEM Series: Summer Research Application Review Party (Science Center Data Lounge, 6-8pm) •
Feb. 18-21: Launch Week for Fellowships for After Graduation •
Feb. 20: Service Journey Team Leader & Participant Applications Close •
March 2025
Mar. 1: Clinton Fellows 2025-26 registration closes •
Mar. 1, 5pm: Wellesley-Funded Internships Spring Application Cycle Closes •
Mar. 3–6: Health Professions Week (See Handshake for full event listings) •
Mar. 7: Inclusive Recruiting Summit (Smith & Wellesley Colleges, on campus) •
Mar. 10: Accepted Pre-Health Students Panel (6pm) •
Mar. 10: Postgrad Fellowships Spring Support Opt-In Deadline •
Mar. 16–21: Service Journeys (Spring Break Trips) •
Mar. 24: Medical/Dental School Preparing for Situational Judgement Tests (Virtual, 12–1pm) •
Mar. 28-29: Spring Civic Action Lab •
Mar. 28: Grad School Mini-Grant Spring Deadline •
April 2025
April 1: Ministrare Fellows Application Opens •
April 2: Learn S’More about STEM Night (Lulu Firepit, 5–7pm) •
April 5: Clinton Summit •
April 9–11: Wellesley in Business Symposium •
May 2025
May 22: Postgrad Fellowships Summer Support Opt-In Deadline •
July 2025
July 14: Postgrad Fellowships Optional Priority Draft Deadline •