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UA SCORES HIGH MARKS CAREER CONNECTIONS
IN THE PRINCETON FOR STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
REVIEW’S SURVEY UA Alumni Association
tudents agree: The University of Arizona is The Wildcat Career Network is an online platform from the
San elite academic and research institution. Alumni Career Lab that connects Wildcats to experienced alumni
The Princeton Review’s survey of American with industry expertise. Students and alumni can sign up for one-on-
college students once again listed the UA one career conversations, resume critiques or mock interviews. Give
among the nation’s top colleges. or get advice — on your own schedule.
The UA excelled in campus sustainability Cameron Conaway ’09, a writer and journalist, shares his Wildcat
or “green” initiatives, fire safety and quality Career Network story:
of life. The UA also received top marks “In May, I attended the University of Arizona graduation of a
in admissions, financial aid and overall friend-turned-brother who I met when he was 12 and have watched
academics. blossom over 10 years into an inspired, empowered graduate. As I
attended both of his graduations — at the college and at the stadium
— I felt such immense pride, both in him and in how the UA changed
my life.
“I also saw how the post-graduation fear that overwhelmed me
as a graduate was essentially nonexistent in him. Why? Because he
planned to take full advantage of the alumni network — something I
simply didn’t take the time to understand or appreciate.
“All to say: Upon arriving back to Pittsburgh after the graduation
ceremonies, I knew I had to become a UA career coach, both to serve
in whatever capacity I could and to — a decade later, I know — finally
find a way to utilize a network I’ve felt but haven’t tapped into.
“Onward, together.”
Find out more about the Wildcat Career Network at

UA BUILDS INDUSTRY arizonaalumni.com/wildcat-career-network
PARTNERSHIPS

Caterpillar Inc., which moved its surface
mining and technology offices to Tucson in
2016, partnered with the University of Arizona
College of Engineering to offer a yearlong
master’s-level mining certificate program
to the company’s leaders, called Mining 360.
In August 2017, the first 12 professionals to
complete the executive training program
received their certificates, and a second cohort
began the program in September 2017.
“This is a very innovative program,” says
UA President Robert C. Robbins. “It’s the kind
of thing we seek to do in partnership with the
city and industry.”
GEICO, Caterpillar and the Salt River Project
all signed partnerships in 2016 with the UA
in an important move to expand educational
access to their employees via UA Online.

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