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Tina Zillhart

  • Pronouns: she, her

  • Employer Relations Coordinator

BA in History and Political Science, University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, MA in Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development

    AREAS OF INTEREST
    • Challenging students to engage with opportunities they haven’t considered before
    •  Engaging career exploration in ways that meets students where they are
    • Holistic student development
    • Community Engagement
    • Mental health and the intersectionality of marginalized identities
    •  How to better understand what a good work environment means to individuals
      BIOGRAPHY

      I have been a part of the University of Minnesota since I began as an undergraduate in the College of Liberal Arts in 2009. While an undergraduate, I studied history and political science. This helped me understand the complexities of the ways that institutions are present in and work with communities. I knew that I wanted to provide community engagement in some capacity. However, as I often like to share when connecting with students, I did not take advantage of my career services resources. So, when the time came for me to decide what I wanted to do next, I realized that I was missing the kind of engagement I needed to do in order to understand what work I was interested in. This led me to join the AmeriCorps VISTA program, serving the City of St. Paul for two years exploring educational programming.


      In 2015, I came back to the University as a staff member in the Office for Student Affairs (and not too much later, as a graduate student in CEHD!). My positions in Student Affairs gave me the opportunity to learn about the importance of holistic student development and support, something that I have brought to my current position as the Employer Relations Coordinator. I use this experience to challenge students and employers to challenge conventional approaches to career and recruitment, encouraging creative thinking and innovative engagement strategies

      • Education: 
        Undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from the University of Minnesota,
        College of Liberal Arts
      • Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development (Higher Education) from the University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development 
         

      Myers-Briggs: 
      INTJ

      Strengths: 
      Context; Input; Intellection; Restorative; Ideation

      Dream Job: Dog rescue!


      I’m passionate about: Engaging in fandom culture


      Fun fact:
      I am also a professional dog trainer

      Tina Zillhart