Find Your Next Move at The Career Competencies Symposium October 22, 2026

• Learn how the knowledge you are gaining in the classroom translates into skills that can help you find and shape meaningful careers.
• Meet alumni and employers who’ve, literally, been in your shoes. They can tell you how their English or History B.A. or Behavioral Sciences degrees shaped successful careers.
• Food and special giveaways will be available throughout the evening.
• Register for the Symposium HERE.

Yes! We encourage UNC Faculty to attend and bring your class!

If you are a UNC faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences, this event is ideal for your students. The skills your fine arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences students are learning can lead to many career paths, and we want to help them explore all of the possibilities. They will hear from alumni and employers who have, literally, walked in their shoes and have translated their degrees into meaningful, successful careers.

Faculty members, please email Justin Golding or Carleigh Jones.

Yes! Attending the Symposium is a great way to connect with Carolina students outside of traditional recruiting and volunteering.

At the mixer, you’ll meet a variety of undergraduate and graduate students and help increase your brand presence on campus while providing important insights and career advice to the next generation of leaders.

Employers can register HERE

KEYNOTE:

Christi Hurt, Chief of Staff to the Chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill
Christi currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).  Prior to her current role, she served as UNC’s inaugural Senior Prevention Strategy Officer, a role she held while she developed the institution’s violence prevention and response system. She has also held a range of leadership and campus safety-focused positions, including serving as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Margolis Healy, a safety and security consulting group that focuses primarily on higher education settings.  She has worked in a number of leadership capacities at UNC, including the Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, the Assistant Vice Chancellor/Chief of Staff for Student Affairs, the Interim Title IX Coordinator, and the Director of the Carolina Women’s Center.

Christi has nearly 30 years of experience working to build survivor-centered response and prevention strategies to address interpersonal violence at the state, local, campus, and national levels. She has served as a national trainer on building comprehensive solutions to prevent and address sexual violence, including childhood sexual abuse. She frequently works with institutions during periods of significant transition to help ensure their growth and success over time.  She served as the Member Services Director, Associate Director, and Interim Director of the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs and worked with the National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project.  She started her work to end violence in 1991, when she began working as a crisis line volunteer at the Orange County Rape Crisis Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  She earned her Master in Public Administration and her undergraduate degree at UNC, and earned her Doctorate in Public Health at UNC in 2021.

Christi serves as an adjunct faculty member at UNC in the School of Government, where she has taught courses on nonprofit management and nonprofit/government relationships.

PANEL MODERATOR

Devin Duncan, UNC Student Body President
Devin is the Student Body President at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he leads student government at the nation’s first public university and represents the student body at the highest levels of university leadership, including on the Board of Trustees.

A Morehead-Cain Scholar, Carolina Scholar, and Honors Carolina student, Devin is pursuing a double major in Public Policy and Advertising & Public Relations. His work is grounded in a clear belief: institutions function best when they are accountable, transparent, and relentlessly focused on outcomes over optics.

PANELISTS

Carolyn Allmendinger, Director of Education and Interpretation at UNC’s Ackland Art Museum
Carolyn is the Director of Education and Interpretation at the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As Director of Education and Interpretation she oversees the Ackland’s educational initiatives for university, K-12, and community audiences, as well as art-based programs and resources designed to engage individual and group visitors. She was previously Educator for University Audiences at the Ackland.  She has been at UNC-Chapel Hill for 38 years as a graduate student (PhD Art History, 1999), museum professional, and adjunct assistant professor of art history.  Prior to her work at the Ackland, she taught art history courses at institutions including UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Durham Technical and Community College.   

Katie Bowler Young, Senior Director of University Collaborations at RTI International
Katie is a nationally recognized higher education strategist with over two decades of experience leading cross-sector initiatives that advance research, innovation, and regional economic development. At RTI, she leads institute-wide efforts to strengthen academic partnerships and build collaborative networks across universities and communities. Her prior leadership roles at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Tulane University include securing over $21.5 million for global education and research; facilitating international partnerships and programs, including with ministries of education, science and technology; and driving strategic communications.

Caitlin McInnis, Talent Acquisition Partner at Pillar4 Media
Caitlin earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UNC in 2017, followed by a Master of Higher Education from UNCG in 2019. She began her career in admissions and career services with UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MAC Program (working with the UNC Career Center’s very own: Julie Gaudet), then relocated from the Triangle to Charlotte, NC in 2021 to move into corporate recruiting. Over the past six years, she’s built her recruiting career at Red Ventures and  she now serves as Talent Acquisition Partner at Pillar4 Media, leading both early career and experienced recruiting. Go Heels!

Kelly Reilly, Transformational Manager, Operational Excellence Team at UNC
Kelly joined OE in November of 2024. Her experience with the principles of action research and continuous improvement started in her 2nd grade classroom when she participated in the pilot program for the Master of Education for Experienced Teachers at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her career in public education spanned 13 years as a classroom instructor and literacy specialist, during which time she earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Kelly also spent six years working with Dr. Gerald Bell from Bell Leadership Institute in Chapel Hill, and six years working at the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI). At IHQI, she served as a project coach for clinicians involved in a variety of initiatives that improved processes and patient care. In addition to her Master of Education degree, Kelly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Wake Forest University, and in 2023, her Interprofessional Graduate Certificate in Improvement Science and Implementation from UNC-Chapel Hill. Kelly was also an adjunct instructor for the UNC School of Education, teaching the spring course, “System Improvement and Implementation at Scale.” Kelly’s passion for improvement stems from successfully working with teams to achieve positive outcomes.