Career Advising Events & Resources

The physics department hosts several career events during the academic year. In addition, there are career events hosted by the University. To stay up to date on university-wide career events, make sure to sign up for Handshake. For department events, see schedule below, and make sure to follow us on social media for reminders!

Fall 2024 Career Events:

Thursday, October 10, 2024 – Olin Lounge, Noon Meet and Greet with Dr. Leo Ding, Wake Forest alumnus, lead proton physicist at Corewell Health, and associate professor at William Beaumont School of Medicine

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 – Olin 105, 5:00 pm Grad School Ready: Tips, Advice, and Application Feedback with Alejandro Cardenas-Avendano

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You can also check out Career Resources provided by Physics Today.

Past Career Events

March 7, 2024 – Olin 105, 12pm – Physics Career Meet and Greet – Dr. Robert Maher, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University

February 21, 2024 – Olin 102, 12 pm – Physics Career Meet and Greet – Dr. Andrea Belanger, Associate Director, Precision Medicine External Innovation and WFU Physics Alum

November 17, 2023 – Olin 105, 12 pm – Physics Career Event – Dr. James (Chen) Liu

October 26, 2023 – Olin 105, 12 pm – Pizza with Dr. Katelyn Goetz and Dr. Alex Taylor, WFU Physics Alums

October 5, 2023 – Olin 105, 12pm – Pizza with Jessica I. W. Morgan, UPenn Professor and WFU Physics Alum

September 4, 2023 – Olin 105, 1:30pm – Physics Career Coffee Chat with Dr. Salman Azhar

April 7, 2023 – 11:00 AM in Olin 105 — Dr. Yueping Zeng Talks Career and Internship Opportunity at Honeywell International

February 28, 2023 – 5:00 PM in Olin 107 — Physics Career Development Seminar

January 27, 2023: 11:30 AM in Olin 105 — Robby Bradford, WFU Physics alumnus, talks Device and Electronics Opportunity at Lockheed Martin