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Donna Davis is the Director of The Center for Career Studies & Services at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California. The model Center offers Cooperative Work Experience Education, Internships, Career and Life Planning courses, Tech Prep, and Apprenticeships. The Center also offers a Career Center with career assessments and counseling, as well as student employment programs and services. The close proximity and the coordinated services of these programs assist the students with achieving career and life success.
Donna has worked as an associate faculty member, instructor, Assessment Coordinator, Co-op Coordinator, VTEA and Tech Prep Grants Coordinator, and Director of Grant Development. Donna also operated Alpha and Omega Career Services, a full-service career consulting firm. She wrote a weekly column for a newspaper with a circulation of over 150,000 readers. Her educational background includes a M.Ed. in Counseling and a M.A. in Professional Writing. She has been employed by MiraCosta College, since moving from Massachusetts in 1999.
Marge Nielsen asked Donna Davis about her program and services in the following interview:
Tell me about the credit programs that your Center offers.
The Center’s placement in the Instruction Division is important to our goal of infusing career development into academic curricula. We have built strong relationships with the college’s Career and Technical Education program faculty. We offer credit courses, which include Internships, Cooperative Work Experience Education, and three Career and Life Planning courses.
What innovative services do you offer in your Career Center?
The Career Center services include a career resource lab, print/video/audio library, and career assessment and counseling for groups and individuals. The Center offers a weekly Career Development Workshop Series throughout each semester. The workshop series is designed to help students gain the skills they need to find and keep a job or an internship. Some of the workshop topics include resume development, job search strategies, interviewing techniques, and success at work.
What are some of your workforce development efforts?
The Center’s workforce development efforts include information sharing among the members of our Workforce Initiatives Team (WIT). The WIT is composed of the Vice President of Instruction, deans, faculty, and staff who regularly interact with various segments of our employment and geographic communities. Tech Prep, Apprenticeships, and Workforce Initiatives are funded through grants or with funds from Related and Supplemental Instruction through the Chancellor’s office.
For more information, please call or email Donna Davis
Mira Costa College
Phone: 760.757.2121 x 6576
Email: ddavis@miracosta.edu
website http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us
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