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Individual Career Counseling Helps Students and Graduates Find Their Way

Monday, May 13, 2013

On May 9-10, 2013, the Office of Vocation & Ministry at Hellenic College Holy Cross offered individualized career counseling sessions with Amy Flynn of Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College. Ms. Flynn is a creative career development consultant with extensive experience in guiding individuals and teams to reach their professional and educational goals.

HCHC students asked questions and received assistance about pressing career-related topics such as:

• Choice of major

• Career options

• Resume and cover letter development

• Interview preparation

• Job search strategies

• Preparing for summer internships

• Professional networking

• Job search resources for the Boston area

• Searching for graduate schools

Hellenic College 2013 Valedictorian Sophia Kon met with Flynn, remarking, "Ms. Flynn was a big help with my resume especially and just a really good encouragement about the future. She gave me lots of great resources for writing resumes, cover letters, going to interviews and searching for jobs online. I'm definitely glad I made an appointment, and she gave me her card in order to keep up future communication.”

The Office of Vocation & Ministry provides opportunities for reflection on Orthodox Christian vocation while supporting students with career service counseling and workshops.

2013 CrossRoad Alumni Retreat

Friday, April 12, 2013

Fifty-seven smiling faces enlivened the Hellenic College Holy Cross campus on Friday, April 5, marking the beginning of a three-day alumni retreat for past participants of the CrossRoad Summer Institute. CrossRoad is a ten-day program for sixty Orthodox Christian high school juniors and seniors; it will celebrate its tenth anniversary this summer.

The retreat began with a combined session on campus, featuring all four past and present CrossRoad directors--Dr. Ann Bezzerides, Dn. Nick Belcher, Mary Long, and Mike Tishel--who presented on different aspects of the Office of Vocation & Ministry’s definition of vocation, “One’s unique and ongoing response to Christ’s call to love God with heart, soul, strength and mind and one’s neighbor as oneself. “ Young men and women traveled from as far as California and Tennessee to engage in a weekend of theological and vocational reflection, worship, quiet time, and communal recreation. Attendees were challenged to re-examine their understanding of vocation in relation to their faith and their call to love.

For the first time ever, post-college CrossRoad alumni had their own retreat track designed especially for emerging adults.

Students discuss faith & science

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

The March Roundtable session took place at the home of Dn. Nick Belcher, who also generously provided a deligious Arabic dinner for the group as they discussed this month's topic, "Evolution and Creationism." The students delved into a dialogue which touched on how we tend to think about reason and faith, and what we can ultimately say about our place in Creation. The group is facilitated by students, and participants are given materials prior to the event to help prepare for an informed discussion. The next Roundtable discussion will be centered on "The Role of a Spiritual Father."

About the OVM

The Office of Vocation & Ministry (OVM) at Hellenic College trains and educates faithful, energetic, high achieving, and service oriented Orthodox Christian young people to be leaders in the church as priests and lay people.

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