
Speed Mentoring Event
When: Saturday, April 1, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (CST)
Location: University of St. Thomas — Mcneely Building, Room 100
Address: 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Who’s Invited: College students and Young Professional members of AMA
Schedule
Check-In & Networking: 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Collegiate Member Orientation Presentation: 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Speed Mentoring: 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Networking: 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Cost: Free for members and non-members
Calling all college students and young professionals! Are you looking for an internship, that first
out of college job, or advice and tips from marketing professionals and leaders? Join AMA
Minnesota for a presentation on the American Marketing Association and how you can take the
next step to the career you deserve. AMA MN’s Speed Mentoring event collaborates today’s
marketing leaders with future marketing leaders.
The speed mentoring format will allow students to listen and ask questions from multiple mentors
in various facets of marketing, advertising and communications. Following the speed mentoring,
students have the opportunity for one-on-one questions and networking with peers, other college
students, mentors and AMA MN board members. If you don’t leave this event with a full stomach,
new connections, and new insights as to how you’ll navigate your career path then we’ll reimburse
you no questions asked…oh wait, this event is free…see you April 1!
This event will include leaders in the following areas of marketing:
• Account Services
• Brand Development
• Communications
•Consumer Marketing
•Corporate Marketing
•Customer Engagement
• Account Services
• Brand Development
• Communications
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Carie Statz is a marketing and sales instructor. She began teaching at DCTC in 1998.
Carie is pursuing her doctorate in business administration (DBA), has a master's degree in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has a bachelor's degree in from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where she minored in Spanish and majored in mass communications with an emphasis on advertising and public relations.
At the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, she pursued general studies in Spanish and anthropology. She also attended the Grantsmanship Training Program at Marquette University.
Carie continues her education through software upgrades and Web applications. She also attends seminars, courses, and conferences covering new trends in marketing and graphic design.
Her nonprofit marketing experience includes supervisory positions at DCTC, UWM, and the Community Action Program of Janesville, Wisconsin. Her for-profit experience includes work for Walt Disney World, Oscar Mayer Foods, and TCF Bank of Wisconsin.
Carie published "How the News Media Affects the Public's Perception of Crime" as her thesis.
In 2003 and 2007, Carie was nominated as "DCTC Instructor of the Year." As DCTC's marketing director, she won several awards for marketing materials, including radio and television commercials as well as viewbooks and catalogs. In 2003, she won the Silver IABC Award for designing the college's 2002-2003 viewbook.
Regarding her teaching philosophy, Carie strives to "bring the real world into the classroom as much as possible so students are prepared for work upon graduation."
The best part of her job as a DCTC instructor is hearing from internship supervisors about how they would rather hire a prepared student from DCTC than another student from a four-year college.
Carie is a member of the American Marketing Association and does volunteer work for Treasurers of the Heart and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.