CCPD News

  • A modern solution to a legacy challenge – Career Connection Toolkit

    During summer 2025, the CCPD kicked off a new project we’re genuinely excited about: the Career Connection Toolkit. It grew out of two big questions we’ve been wrestling with for a long time. First: How do we help students keep building career development skills when none of our services are required? We know these skills… Read more

  • Deepening Legal Skills Through a Judicial Internship

    Through support from a CCPD Summer Internship Stipend, this student spent the summer working in the Family Division of the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in Kalamazoo County. Drafting legal memoranda, conducting research, and observing complex cases provided a closer look at how judicial decision-making differs from advocacy. The experience strengthened the students’ analytical and writing… Read more

  • Finding My Path Through Creativity: My Summer at Bay View Music Festival 

    The CCPD Summer Internship Stipend helps make hands-on, career-shaping experiences like this possible. In this post, a student reflects on capturing and producing content that connected audiences to live performances. The experience strengthened the students’ creative and professional skills while offering important clarity about the kind of work environment they hope to pursue after college.… Read more