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Portfolio Center Presents: Friday Weekly Workshops

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This holiday season, we are presenting our present to you–Portfolio Center Presents: Friday Weekly Workshops. (And a few pics of our holiday-clad furry friends.) Every Friday at noon, we’ll cover a topic that’s important to you and getting you...

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Portfolio Center Events: Week of December 10, 2012

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Before you jet out for the holiday break, we’ve got a few helpful events to get you in the professional networking/scholarship grant money groove this season. Unlike the other events you’ve been hitting up this month, we won’t make...

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Portfolio Center Events: Week of November 26

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Now that your turkey coma has (hopefully) worn off, you can focus on finishing the semester off on a strong note. This week, we hook you up with the Weisman grant money application to help you finish a creative...

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Real-World Tips for Creating a Winning Reel

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Broadcast Journalism alumna (’09) and reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lauren Rozyla, spoke to journalism students and provided the following helpful tips on creating a great broadcast reel: Standup Example: A proper and professional demo reel...

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Portfolio Center Events: Week of November 12, 2012

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What are you doing this week? If you’re anything like us, then it’s a mix of learning how to get a job aboard, get a job in journalism, get a job in interactive game design, and then finally topping...

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How to Prep for the Non-Profit Career Fair The Non-Profit Career Fair is just a few days away, and we have an impressive list of 50 organizations, all looking for creative talent!Don’t let the word “fair” fool you- students...

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Non-Profit Career Fair: Creative Opportunities Available

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Coming up on Thursday, November 8th, the Portfolio Center and partners are hosting the Non-Profit Career Fair from 2-5 at 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor. There will also be a panel discussion starting at 1 PM which is great...

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Senior Savannah Million talks about the perks of being a volunteer at a local non-profit and how she was able to make the jump from volunteer to paid designer. Savannah works with the with local non-profit organization 826CHI, founded...

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Have you ever wanted to start your own business, make a film, or tackle some kind of awesome art project but don’t have the funds? Well say no more. We’ve got you covered with last week’s Freelancing Tool Kit...

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Digitas Event Recap: The State of the Ad Industry

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Who would have thought that print portfolios would so quickly be eliminated from the advertising vocabulary? Agencies are moving toward the online portfolio, especially for digital agencies. This is what we learned from digital creative agency Digitas’s Mary Lynn...

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