New Director of Career Planning Sheila Curran named director of Office of Career Planning Services By Mark Nickel Sheila Curran, currently director of organizational planning and development at Brown, has been named director of the Office of Career Planning Services, according to an announcement by Kenneth Sacks, dean of the College. I am certain that Sheila Curran will develop that kind of a career planning service, and I am delighted to have her as a permanent, full-time colleague. Curran has been serving as interim director of the career services office since last October. The office space in Pembroke Hall is being refurbished and reorganized to make it more attractive and less daunting to students and to put greater emphasis on certain areas, including student employment and internships.
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In what I call the vertical dimension, the office will serve students from the time they matriculate and will continue be helpful to them as they pursue their careers after graduation. Alumni will become more prominent in the office, both as users of career planning services and as mentors who will help with undergraduate internships and career information. But that pursuit is not diminished in any way by examining the skills that students are developing along the way. Curran came to Brown in 1982 and has held a number of positions in the human resources area. She is widely known on campus for originating and supporting programs that enhance the personal and professional development of University staff, including the Management Development Program and Brown's annual Staff Development Day.