A new year means new faces in the Cabrini community. One of those fresh faces is administrative assistant for the center of career and professional development is Susan Fazio.
From Collegeville, Pa, Fazio attended Temple as a dance major, but also had other experiences that led to her becoming an administrative assistant. “I have a background in non-profit and corporate and I was interested in finding something between those two fields,” Fazio said.
Susan Fazio
Something else that helped in Fazio’s decision to work for Cabrini was the reputation of the school and accounts of her friends who went here. “I liked Cabrini a lot because a lot of my friends went here for college, so I was familiar with it,” Fazio said. “I loved the campus, and everybody said how great the people were.”
The career and professional center is located on the 2nd floor of Widener Hall.
“We work with first year students and subsequent years helping students decide upon a major and informing them of what they can do with there major as far as career options,” said Nancy Hutchison, the director of the center. Hutchison has been director for 26 years.
Nancy Hutchison
“We run a very robust internship program and we encourage all students to have at least one to three different internship experiences, so when they graduate, they’re really marketable… they have real world experiences,” Hutchinson said.
Fazio, who’s only around eight weeks, in has definitely been taking initiative and thriving in her new position. “Susan is wonderful, she’s really welcoming,” Hutchison said. “She can run this office, she takes care of all of us and makes sure we know what to be doing, and has great ideas and suggestions.”
Also new to the center, assistant director Kareem Calliste has also been inspired by Fazio. ” Susan actually came in before me and I would say she’s a great asset, she’s helped me a lot, especially with the little things. She knows what it’s like being new because it’s not a distant memory to her so she helped me by passing on knowledge” Calliste said.
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Kareem Calliste
“If you can help even just one student find out what they want to do and leave college prepared then that’s success. One step at a time,” Fazio said.
