Centenary Students Benefit From Speed Mentoring

Centenary College students had the opportunity earlier this month to meet with business professionals and begin learning about the “real world,” as well as creating relationships with those in the know.

On March 5, the school’s career center, along with the Hackettstown Area Business Council of the Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted the second annual Career Speed Mentoring Event for both students and alumni, the college said.

Designed to allow students and alumni to meet with a wide range of business people  and backgrounds, the program brought in more than a dozen of the area’s professionals.

“I am pleased that we hosted this event again for our students and alumni,” said Michael Iris, Director of Career Services at Centenary College in a statement. “Our partnership with the Chamber of Commerce has again proved itself beneficial to our students and institution bringing local and regional business leaders to our campus.”

The following professionals were on hand:

• Tony Torre, former Vice President and General Manager of the New Jersey Cardinals Baseball Team
• Brian Fitzgerald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Easter Seals, New Jersey
• Betty Schultheis, Mayor of Allamuchy and President of Images by Ron
• Maria DiGiovanni, Mayor of Hackettstown and Senior Vice President, Fulton Bank of New Jersey
• Peter Trusio, Director of Business Development at Jamieson Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.
• Janen Ardia, General Manager/Executive Vice President/Broker of Record for Re/Max Heritage Properties, Flanders and Chester, N.J.
• Lisa Dimiceli, Manager of Marketing and Public Relations for Hackettstown Regional Medical Center
• Raymond Nisivoccia, Founding Partner, Nisivoccia & Company, LLP, and Centenary College Board of Trustees Member
• Christopher Onwuasoanya, Vice President of Investments at Chase Investment Services
• Brian Nauer, Probation Officer, New Jersey Drug Court, Somerset County Division
• Thomas Torode, Managing Director/Consultant, Inspirance, LLC, BNI Northwest NJ
• Jessica A. Jansyn, Attorney, Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP
  Sandy Josephson, Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Matheny Medical & Educational Center
• James Graham, President/CEO Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce

Centenary will host a Career Fair on Wednesday, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the John M. Reeves Student Recreation Center. The event is open to the public. See which employers will be on hand here.