Exploring

Welcome to the Exploring Connections Community!

This community is geared towards anyone still exploring career paths. There’s plenty of time to select a major and find internships. So, browse through this page to discover many ways you can begin your career journey!

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Networking

By definition, networking means developing contacts and exchanging information with other people for purposes of developing business or expanding one’s …

Nova Network

Join the Nova Network, Villanova University’s Professional Network.

Through the Nova Network, you can:

Connect with alumni in a company, …

Post-Graduation Outcomes
Exploring Careers

Four Year Plan

The things you study, the activities you choose to explore your interests, and your pre-professional experiences all …

Firsthand – Explore Careers, Industries and Exclusive Guides

With Villanova’s login to Firsthand, you have access to in-depth intelligence on what it’s really like to work in an …

What Can I Do With This Major? – Connect Majors with Careers

What Can I Do With This Major? is a website that helps you connect majors to careers. Whether you are …

Skill Building Courses

Creative Inspirations: Ed Emberley, Children’s Book Illustrator

Ed Emberley
Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ed Emberley is truly a national treasure, having drawn nearly 100 books. The warmth…

Insights from a College Career Coach

Valerie Sutton
Are you feeling stuck in your current position, seeking a new one, or contemplating a career change? In this interview,…

Ideation for Marketers

Brad Batesole
How do you keep your marketing fresh—generating new ideas and approaches to keep your audience engaged? In this course, marketing…

A Day In The Life of a Data Scientist

Madecraft
The best way to understand what it’s actually like to work as a data scientist is to spend the day…

Working with Recruiters

Barbara Bruno
No matter how big your network is, a recruiter’s network is bigger. A recruiter can be a great resource to…

AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 1 Interface and Drawing Management

Jeff Bartels
AutoCAD 2014 Essentials with Jeff Bartels is a multi-part series that takes a more modular approach to this massive program,…

3ds Max: UVW Mapping

Joel Bradley
UVW mapping allows you to take a mathematical, coordinate-based approach to mapping 2D textures to irregular 3D objects in 3ds…

Creating an Interior Scene with Blender

Darrin Lile
Learn how to use Blender to model, texture, and render a realistic interior scene. In this course author Darrin Lile…

AutoCAD Raster Design Essential Training

Eric Wing
You don’t have to leave AutoCAD to optimize and vectorize raster data. Use AutoCAD Raster Design to write and process…

Chris Landreth: Oscar-Winning Animation Director

Chris Landreth
Chris Landreth broke out with his Oscar-winning animated short, Ryan. Now he conducts research on facial expressions and body language…

Leading a Marketing Team

Drew Boyd
Do you have what it takes to lead your marketing team to greatness—great campaigns, great collaborations, and great results? Learn…

3ds Max: Stylized Environment for Animation

Zaheer Mukhtar
Stylized art is used for both games and films, and in both scenarios, the intricate, detailed final animation often starts…

Cinema 4D R18 Essential Training: The Basics

Andy Needham
CINEMA 4D R18: The Basics introduces artists to the CINEMA 4D workflow, using CINEMA 4D as part of a pipeline…

Houdini Essential Training

Scott Pagano
There’s a multitude of tools for 3D content creation on the market, and each has its own advantages and merits.…

Learning to Be Promotable

Elizabeth (McLeod) Lotardo
To land a promotion, you need to do more than just excel at your current job. You need to have…

Agile Marketing Foundations

Chris DallaVilla
By adopting agile marketing principles, you can run projects that have a greater impact and improve over time. In this…

CMO Foundations: Become an Effective CMO

Lisa Nirell
Become a chief marketing officer (CMO) that gets results and thrives in a time of ambiguity and uncertainty. Get guidance…

3ds Max 2019 Essential Training

Aaron F. Ross
3ds Max is best known for its modeling and rendering tools. These strengths come into play in architecture, manufacturing, game…

3ds Max and V-Ray: Residential Exterior Materials

George Maestri
Anyone who presents architectural renderings and visualizations to clients knows the importance of realistic materials. Physically accurate materials add impact…

Mastering UVW Mapping in Houdini 16.5

Joel Bradley
Learn how to apply and refine textures on 3D objects in Houdini with UVW mapping. In this course, Joel Bradley…

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