February 24, 2025 – February 28, 2025
Find your professional adjustment
The William & Mary community will meet forW & M 2025 professional development week, February 24-28. Connect with experts from the W&M community via virtual panels and workshops to explore your career path, discover strategies to inspire your team and unlock the power of significant partnerships.
Professional development week is free and open to all W & M alumni, students, parents, teachers, staff and friends.
Register today And help put the word to your W&M network!
Online events include:
Find common ground
With: Jane Carpenter-Rock '92
February 24 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HNE
Building useful careers and adapting to the AI revolution
With: Elaine Turville '96, Greg Wallig '94 and Michael Steelman
February 24 | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. HNE
Unlock career growth: the power to work in small and medium -sized organizations
With: Aaron Mosby '05, Pam Krulitz '86, Jaenya Cooper '27 and Kelly O'Shaughnessy '05
February 25 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HNE
Stop sabotage: make lasting changes thanks to the mental shape
With: Anne Powell Lyons '92
February 25 | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. HNE
Bridges building: the science of connection in polarized times
With: Phil Wagner
February 26 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HNE
Embrace identity in the workplace
With: Matt Brandon '92, Jessica Chen '05, Pilar Mejia '04 and Tunisia Riley '00
February 26 | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. HNE
Establish effective partnerships in the conference room and beyond
With: Cindy Hughes Davis '80, Julie Dobson '78, P '17, P '19 and Kim Lopdrup '80, P '11
February 27 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HNE
You empower with a generative AI: Discover the tools you need
With: Isabel Hirama '14, MS '17, Jonny Mills '17, MS '18 and Alex Beard
February 27 | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. HNE
W&M Professional Development Hour for networking
February 28 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. HNE
Sponsored by: W & M Office of Career Development & Professional Commitment

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