Career Stole

Celebrate your achievements and stand out at graduation with the EDGE Career Stole. Our stole symbolizes your commitment career readiness, highlighting the skills and dedication you’ve gained through our programming and services.

Registration Deadline

Registration is open all year round. Students are allowed to register as early as one year before their graduation date.

photograph of a woman at graduation with a white stole and graduation cap

Pick-Up Dates and Times will be sent via email after you register and complete all requirements.

ELIGIBILITY

Students must the following eligibility criteria:

  • Must be a Graduate Student
  • Must be graduating in Spring, Summer or Fall

COMPLETE 6 ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS

Complete 6 engagement activities within on year before your graduation date.

  1. Meet TWICE (2) with EDGE Center Career Advisor
  2. Attend TWO (2) EDGE Center sponsored career events
    • Life After Grad School: LinkedIn Lab
      • February 19th | 4:30pm - 5:30pm | The Gallery @ UTA Fort Worth & MS Teams
    • HWNT: Keys to Latina Entrepreneurship - Empowered Women Power Economies Series
      • February 18th | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | SEIR 298
    • Life After Grad School: First Generation Trailblazers
      • March 19th | 4:30pm - 5:30pm | MS Teams ONLY
    • Graduate Career Fairs**
      • March 25th - 27th 4:00pm - 7:00pm | The Gallery @ UTA Fort Worth
    • HWNT: Celebrating Latina Philanthropy Brunch - Empowered Women Power Economies Series
      • March 29th | 9:00am - 2:30pm | UTA Central Library Atrium (6th Floor)
    • Sin Miedo al Éxito: Graduate Student Conference
      • April 19th | 9:00am - 5:00pm | UC - Rio Grande Ballroom
    • Life After Grad School: The Art of Negotiation
      • March 23rd | 4:30pm - 5:30pm | The Gallery @ UTA Fort Worth & MS Teams
    • The BIG Event + Leveraging Volunteerism in the Job Search Lunch and Learn
      • April 26th | Volunteer Location/Time TBD | Luncheon @ EDGE Center (SH 322)
      **Students are only required to attend one day of the Graduate Career Fair to earn credit for this event.
  3. Complete TWO (2) pre-approved LinkedIn Learnings:

How to Track Requirement and Completion:

  1. LinkedIn Learnings (2): Upload the Certificate of Completion pdf. for each (2 total) LinkedIn Learning completed to the registration form.
  2. EDGE Career Advising (2): Each completed meeting will be manually recorded by the Career Development Specialist at the end of your appointments.
  3. EDGE Center Career Event (2): Check-in links and QR codes will be available at each event. Make sure to check-in at each event to record your attendance.

LinkedIn Learnings are free for all UTA graduate students with your UTA student log-in information.

Summer Graduates working towards their stoles must complete all requirements in the Spring Semester before graduation while they are actively enrolled at UTA.

Ready to Register?

Congratulations! We are excited to celebrate you and all you have accomplished.

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