The Joel & Kim Feller Center for BSOS Academic Advising & Career Planning is pleased to host the BSOS Alumni Career Chat series. The Chats connect industry specific alumni/employers with BSOS majors over Zoom. Each Chat will last around 30-minutes and the format will be informal. Students will have the option to talk with professionals through the Zoom chat feature or unmute themselves to pose questions.
Students who attend will:
- Learn about a new career field
- Meet a new networking contact
- Gain application tips for your industry of interest
Hosted by the BSOS Career Planning team. Questions? Please email bsoscareers@umd.edu.
BSOS Career Chats Fall 2021
Federal Intelligence: FBI
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 | 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Virtual - RSVP through Careers4Terps
Meet four alumni working at the FBI. Panelists in this session are all University of Maryland alumni or current students.
- Special Agent Alexis Capinteri - FBI Employment Recruiter
- Alex Blass - FBI Headquarters Resource Planning Office Recruiter
- Two former FBI Interns who are UMD alumni
Patrizia Pelingon, ANTH '20 | Program Coordinator, Institute for Sustainable Development
October 12, 2021 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Virtual - RSVP through Careers4Terps
Patrizia Pelingon joined the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD)
this past May as the nonprofit's Program Coordinator, following
graduating in Anthropology and Biological Sciences in December 2020.
Since joining ISD, she has helped execute internal operations and
supported projects in disaster resiliency and preparedness, economic
development, and small business technical assistance. She has previous
experience in teaching, guest experience, and student leadership.
Patrizia is also interested in health equity and improving health
outcomes for those in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.
Andrew Reece, CCJS & GVPT '10 | Senior Crime Analyst at the Roanoke Police Department
November 2, 2021 | 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | Virtual - RSVP through Careers4Terps
Andrew Reece joined the Roanoke Police department in 2016 as a crime
analyst. Now a senior crime analyst, Andrew concentrates primarily on
crime series, trends/patterns, hot spot analysis, and various data
requests that come from inside and outside the department. Prior to
working in crime analysis, Andrew worked in bank fraud investigations at
Wells Fargo, served as a communications officer for the Virginia Tech
Police Department, and also did government contract work for the US
Department of Justice.
