Dirk Welch
Director at Midwestern State University & Coordinator of the MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights
- Role
- Director of Career Management Center and Testing Services at Midwestern State University
- Location
- Wichita Falls, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dirk Welch
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Experience
Director of Career Management Center and Testing Services
May 2003 — Present
Provide strategic and innovative direction for a progressive and comprehensive career and testing services program; Develop and oversee annual operating budget; Supervise 5 professional staff, 2 administrative support staff, 3 graduate assistants, and 1 student staff; Conduct presentations and work individually with students and alumni providing resume, letter writing, interviewing, job search, and graduate school preparation assistance; Proctor licensure, credentialing, and college/university entrance exams; Design and maintain office web site; Create handouts and marketing materials; Initiate, develop, and coordinate new services centered around professional etiquette, graduate and professional school preparation, student employment, and testing services; Promote an environment of collaborative and cooperative involvement within the division and across the MSU community; Compile statistical information utilized in annual reporting, strategic planning, and various accreditation efforts; Cultivate and enhance partnerships with administrators, staff, faculty, employers, and graduate/professional school programs; Leadership has led to 85% increase in employers recruiting on-campus, 375% increase in career services presentations to the campus community, 415% increase in total career service student and alumni contacts, 15% increase in testing services revenue generation, 23% reduction in testing services operational expenses and 42.5% reduction in career services operational expenses• Serve as an annual reporting and assessment specialist for the various programs in student affairso Train and advise division personnel; Creation and implementation of an annual reporting/assessment template that was later adopted university wide
Skills
- Event Planning
- Fundraising
- Program Development
- Career Counseling
- Public Speaking
- Student Development
- Leadership Development
- Research
- Higher Education
- Career Development
- Community Outreach
- Teaching
- Nonprofits
- Student Affairs
- Staff Development
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