Molly Thompson Email & Phone Number

Bar Harbor, Me, Us

Bar Harbor, Me, Us

Augusta, Me, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Key Accomplishments:• Revamped career development office to offer a wider range of services• Expanded services to the fully online Outdoor Recreation Economy (ORE) degree program • Expanded services to both admitted students and alumni • Launched a new tool used for career assessment in the first week of a students’ degree program to align students as best as possible with intended careers post-graduation• Launched a new Industry Residency program for last-semester students to aid the transition from classroom to workforcePrimary Responsibilities:• Oversee Career Services, Academic Advising, and Alumni Engagement for the Masters of the Environment program and Career Services for the Outdoor Recreation Economy program• Supervise a team of eight career consultants and two graduate student staff• Manage annual budget of approximately $50,000; used for workshops, industry engagement, alumni programming, speakers, and events • Do one-on-one coaching with students and alumni• Act as primary point of contact for industry seeking to engage the student body through Capstone, internships, or direct hire• Manage the entire suite of workshops offered to students and alumni in both skills based areas, such as GHG Accounting and ESG Investing, and in career centered areas• Manage all hiring, contracting, and management of speakers for the workshops• Put on roughly 15 events per year, including one or two per semester with more than 200 attendees

Denver, Co, Us

Key Accomplishments:• Created two federally Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAP) for Construction Management and Computer Science + Human Centered Design, respectively.• Wrote and/or supported the submission of $30M worth of grants since January 2021.• Designed structures and systems to support new workforce development programs that engage high school and college students to build cross-school mentorship and 4-year support systems. These programs build new pipelines for recruitment of students and increase retention and graduation of those who matriculate.Responsibilities:• Build workforce development programs across the College and aid industry partners in the creation of new internship, apprenticeship, and other work-integrated structures• Develop partnerships with industry to support CEDC initiatives• Foster co-created projects with industry, non-profit, and government partners• Fundraise and grant write to support CEDC programming and student-centered design projects• Create deeper partnerships with other Colleges and on-campus organizations to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary engagement

Denver, Colorado, Us

Key Accomplishments: • Supervise the Employer Relations team for the Applied Learning Center• Responsible for day-to-day decision making and implementation of policies for the internship team• Represent the Applied Learning Center and MSU Denver at the national level as a speaker and board member for the Cooperative Education and Internship Association• Held leadership role in developing the Cooperative Education Program for engineering majors, including sitting on the curriculum development committee and recruiting employers to the programResponsibilities: • Continue to act as an internship coordinator in addition to leadership activities• Act as point-of-contact for employers for the office and supervise employer relations staff• Work daily with many stakeholders within and outside of organization, including employers, community partners, government agencies, students, faculty and other university staff at all levels• Represent the program and the university at nation-wide events• Teach a Career and Professional Development course once per year

Denver, Colorado, Us

Key Accomplishments• Had consistently high placement rate each academic year and the highest placement rate for the first full academic year of any new hire in office history• Significantly increased quality and variety of internships for STEM students, with focus on key growth industries and placement into federal agencies• Committee Memberships, past and present: Chair STEM Career Fair Planning; Industrial Advisory Board Committee for Engineering; Carnegie Engaged Institution Application; Engineering Co-op Curriculum Development; NASA Internship Management Grant Application• Helped create training videos (link below), including script writing, recording, and editingResponsibilities: • Guided students throughout internship experience; orientations, creation of application materials, interview preparation, paperwork for credit bearing internships, site visits to ensure internships provide academically meaningful work, mediate disputes between students and supervisors, etc. • Acted as point-of-contact for employers for the office and supervised two employer relations interns• Recruited new employers for internships, senior project hosting, and in-class presentations• Represented the program and the university at nation-wide events• Updated marketing materials in conjunction with two others to market special programs and events• Contributed to event planning and execution of office events and cross train on other programs for personal intellectual growth and to provide back-up• Teach a Career and Professional Development course once per year

Lakewood, Co, Us

• Taught college level English composition and literature courses• Created and taught new online courses using integrative software and mixed media

Salem, Or, Us

• Taught college level English composition, literature, poetry, and creative writing courses• Developed curriculum for and then taught developmental English and study skills courses• Committee Membership: Curriculum Development and Strategic Assessment

Portland, Or, Us

• Taught college level English composition and literature courses• Taught English at all levels; ESL, ABE, Freshman Comp, Literature, Creative Writing.• Committee Membership: Curriculum Development, Textbook Reviewers, and Learning Outcomes and Assessment

• Worked one-on-one with clients, who were dislocated workers, refugees, and welfare recipients• Recruited positions for clients and aided clients in applications and interview preparation• Acted as liaison between the college and the business community• Worked with employers to help acculturate non-native speakers into the companies’ workingatmosphere• Regularly worked with senior level staff within the college, community partners, and employers• Ran regular workshops on job search techniques and resume / cover letter writing• Aided in the creation and dissemination of marketing materials for internal and external purposes, including for major annual events and weekly workshops• Committee Membership: Budget Planning, Curriculum Development, Program Assessment for Technical Certificates, Marketing, and Event Planning

• Recruited engineers nationwide in a results-oriented environment with emphasis on manufacturing and mining industries. • Key clients included Halliburton, Agrium Inc., Honeywell, and Honda• Worked independently to develop long-term clients and foster cross-industry relationships

• Conducted market research in support of executive recruiters• Aided recruiters in placing senior accounting executives in corporations throughout the Asia Pacific region• Supervised two other researchers

• Mediated city cases involving children – divorce, victim/offender, court mandated mediations• Acted as youth trainer for annual trainings• Served on the Steering Committee

M. Litt., Creative Writing, Modern Poetics

M.A., Modern European Economic History

B.A., English / History