Schedule

2026 SCCA Conference Schedule

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

1:00 PM | SHUTTLE TO FREEPORT LEAVES BOWDOIN CAMPUS

Campus Road South, in front of Moulton Union

1:30 PM | MEET AT FREEPORT STATION PARKING LOT

23 Depot Street (next to the Freeport Amtrak Station) Due to very limited parking at the Freeport Town wharf, ALL PASSENGERS must take the free shuttle. Paid parking is also available, on a limited basis, at Brewer South Freeport Marine. Contact Brewer Marine at (207) 865-3181 for more information.

2:00 PM | SEACOAST TOUR (2hr)

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM | CONFERENCE CHECK-IN

*Location Change* Lobby of Thorne Dining Hall & Coles Tower

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM | COCKTAIL RECEPTION

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | WELCOME DINNER

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

THURSDAY, JUNE 11

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

9:00 AM | 50 MINUTE SESSIONS

Real Talk: Navigating, Building, and Sustaining Sophomore Career Initiatives | Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Bowdoin | Mills 103
From Work-Study to Career-Ready: Leveraging Campus Jobs to Engage Students and Campus Partners | Wesleyan | Mills 127
AI and its Influence on the Career Search Effort | Trinity | Mills 210

10:00 AM | 50 MINUTE SESSIONS

Integrating DYL Into Career Education Programming: Successes, Misses, and What We Learned Over a Year of Trying Things Out | Vassar | Mills 103
It Takes a Community: Rethinking Career Coaching for Today’s Students | Hamilton | Mills 127
NESCAC – Employer Engagement/Relations Planning Session | Bates | Mills 210

11:00 AM | 50 MINUTE SESSIONS

Lego® Serious Play® for Career Collaboration | Connecticut | Mills 103
Brandeis at Work: Designing a Job Shadow Program That Gets Students “Ready for Work” | Brandeis | Mills 127
Tackling the Challenges of Healthcare Research Hiring: A Three-Year Case Study | Bowdoin | Mills 210

12:00 PM | LUNCH

*Location Change* Thorne Dining Hall

Cole Crawford presents Handshake updates (12:30 – 1:15pm in Daggett Lounge)

1:30 PM | JOB FUNCTION MEETUPS

Advisors/Coaches | Mills 103
Employer Engagement | Mills 127
Operations & Communications | Mills 210
Directors | Moulton Union, CXD Office

2:30 PM | FREE TIME

Campus: Bowdoin Art Museum and Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, or enjoy a walk in nature on one of many hiking trails around campus.

Main Street: walk downtown for some shopping, gelato, or a drink with colleagues.

Beyond Brunswick: Giant’s Stairs (Harpswell), Maine Maritime Museum (Bath), Popham Beach State Park (Phippsburg), shop the outlet stores (Freeport).

See our staff picks page for more suggestions of things to do in the area, or take a much deserved nap!

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM | COCKTAIL RECEPTION

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | DINNER

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

7:00 PM | LEAVE FOR MSMT SHOW

Walk 5 minutes to Pickard Theater

7:30 PM | HAIRSPRAY

Pickard Theater

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST

*Location Change* Daggett Lounge, Thorne Dining Hall

9:00 AM | 50 MINUTE SESSIONS

Career Communities Roundtable Discussion | Mount Holyoke | Mills 103
Funded Internships Roundtable Discussion | Bowdoin | Mills 127
AI in Action: Practical Tools for Career Center Innovation | Bowdoin | Mills 129

10:00 AM | 20 MINUTE SPEED SESSIONS

Resonant Outreach: How Students Find Events | Colgate | Mills 103
Scaling Engagement: How Bowdoin-Bates-Colby Expand Opportunity Through Collaboration | Colby, Bowdoin, Bates | Mills 127
Integrating Social Justice Dialogue and Career Services | Smith | Mills 210

10:30 AM | 20 MINUTE SPEED SESSIONS

Flip the Script: How Can We Change Event Formats to Engage Students and Increase Attendance? | Mount Holyoke | Mills 103
Framing the Post-AI Job Market for Liberal Arts Audiences | Middlebury | Mills 127
Nonlinear Path Support from an Art School (That Can Work Anywhere) | Tufts | Mills 210

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | CLOSING RECEPTION

Second Floor Event Space, Mills Hall

Final remarks and announcements & build your own lunch box for the road!

11:30 AM | SHUTTLES TO FREEPORT LEAVE BOWDOIN CAMPUS

*Location Change* Sills Drive Parking Lot (Behind Mills)

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | L.L. BEAN HEADQUARTERS TOUR

15 Casco Street, Freeport ME 04033

Park in any open spot, meet at South Entrance. This tour is of the new office headquarters, not the flagship store.

12:00 PM | MEET AT FREEPORT STATION PARKING LOT

23 Depot Street (next to the Freeport Amtrak Station)

Due to very limited parking at the Freeport Town wharf, ALL PASSENGERS must take the free shuttle. Paid parking is also available, on a limited basis, at Brewer South Freeport Marine. Contact Brewer Marine at (207) 865-3181 for more information.