{"id":225298,"date":"2026-03-18T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/225298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:48:09","slug":"ous-healthcare-exploration-fair-the-oakland-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/225298\/","title":{"rendered":"OU\u2019s healthcare exploration fair \u2013 The Oakland Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oakland University Exploration Fair: Opportunities in Health and Natural Sciences<\/a> brought students and employers together for a day of exploration and connection.<\/p>\n

After recognizing that the Career and Life Design Center<\/a> did not offer any career fairs specifically focused on healthcare, the event was created to provide a niche opportunity for students interested in health and natural sciences to engage with employers in the field.<\/p>\n

A range of employers attended the fair, representing a variety of industries. Representatives from local hospitals, environmental groups, hospice centers and the Peace Corps attended the fair.<\/p>\n

On Friday, March 13, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., students and employers gathered in Banquet Room A of the Oakland Center for the Exploration Fair: Opportunities in Health and Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n

At the fair, students connected with companies in the health and natural sciences, met with potential employers and practiced networking within the field.<\/p>\n

The Career and Life Design Center encouraged attendees to bring printed copies of their resumes and dress in business casual attire while engaging with professionals.<\/p>\n

During the fair, employers offered students from a variety of majors the opportunity to learn about available positions within their organizations.<\/p>\n

Theresa Pospiech, director of people and performance at Arch Environmental Group<\/a>, noted that while many employees have environmental backgrounds, the company also highly values work experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe mostly have environmental backgrounds, but we also have people who have moved through the company through work experience,\u201d Pospiech said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Athletico Physical Therapy<\/a>, represented by Ashleigh Tazzioli, offers opportunities for a variety of health majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be in therapy, but we are open to anyone who potentially wants to gain exposure to patient-facing roles,\u201d Tazzioli said.<\/p>\n

Junior Fatoumata Samb attended the fair to network and gain an internship. Samb appreciated that the event offered a list of available opportunities for students.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking into wellness programming, and anything related to health and wellness,\u201d Samb said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Junior Quantezz Turner attended the fair to search for long term work opportunities. As a junior, Turner prioritizes searching for opportunities before graduation occurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn internship would be nice, but also I\u2019m looking into something that I can apply to work at and gain experience once I graduate,\u201d Turner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Career and Life Design Center provided support to students in navigating the event.<\/p>\n

Denise McConkey, a Career and Life Design Coach who works closely with students from OU\u2019s School of Health Sciences<\/a> and School of Nursing<\/a>, advised students to take advantage of every available opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a lot of times students have specific employers that they are interested in, but check out other opportunities and make some connections outside of that as well,\u201d McConkey said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

McConkey encourages students to remain authentic as opportunities are presented.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe yourself and be open to unexpected opportunities,\u201d McConkey said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oakland University\u2019s Exploration Fair: Opportunities in Health and Natural Sciences bridged the gap between academic study and real-world application. As opportunities were explored, students were empowered to engage with employers, ask questions and make impressions on prospective professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oakland University Exploration Fair: Opportunities in Health and Natural Sciences brought students and employers together for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-225298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}