Lois Wade

Office Manager / Project Coordinator, Career Center

I started at CMU in 2022.  I am the Office Manager and Project Coordinator at the Career and Professional Development Center. I ensure that the Career Center is running efficiently by greeting visitors as they arrive, ordering and replenishing supplies, and enforcing proper protocol on the floor. I manage the main career email account and answer phone calls throughout the day. Additionally, I manage our student workers, assist with their professional development, and provide a listening ear. I assist with the approval of student and staff Handshake accounts, the On-Campus Student Employment Account, posting positions and most recently starting to provide training to allow campus employers to become more familiar with the platform. Furthermore, I assist with coordinating the annual Student Employment Appreciation Week celebration, SIEF, and Dozzi undergraduate funds, and our annual Plaza Party for students.

During my term, I would like to see the Staff Council take on more events to allow the staff to mingle and connect. Some ideas I can assist with planning are a bowling event, or a chat and chew, so that the staff can become more familiar with one another. I have experience in planning gatherings through a CPDC cornhole tournament, DOSA Kick-Ball Event, CMU Football Tailgate, and an Ice Cream Social. In addition, through my efforts as a divisional rep, I will increase awareness of staff council and opportunities, information, and events. CMU is an enormous university and not all departments communicate or work with one another. I believe more casual and activity-focused events would help strengthen the sense of community within CMU staff.

Something people would find suprising about me is that I used to work at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.