Garland Dunlap

Director of Career Services @Corban University

Salem, OR, US

I lead Career Services as part of an integrated student-success model that connects advising, vocation, and employer engagement. My focus is clarity: helping students, staff, and partners align purpose with practice.*- Designing a multi-lane Advising Commons structure linking career, academic, and support services.*- Building employer and community partnerships that translate classroom learning into opportunity.*- Guiding institutional strategy for career readiness and student retention through data-informed systems.*- Facilitating orientation sessions and student workshops on vocational clarity, academic planning, and how to engage Career Services as part of the advising model.Impact (in progress): Creating coherence in how Corban helps students move from curiosity to calling.

Carson-Newman University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry

Overland High School

High School

Dallas Theological Seminary

Master of Arts (M.A.), Religious Education

The University of Texas at Arlington

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), K-16 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (incomplete)

Dallas Theological Seminary

Master of Arts (M.A.), Bible/Biblical Studies

Knoxville College

Chemistry