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CLE Connect provides a space for Hopkins undergraduate and graduate students to network with Hopkins alumni and industry leaders in engineering, consulting, manufacturing, healthcare, marketing, finance, tech, media and more. CLE Connect prioritizes meaningful over transactional connections.
The goals of CLE Connect are to:
- Provide a space for current Hopkins students to learn more about their industries of interest, to make educated decisions about their career paths, to expand their knowledge about job prospects in their field, and to learn more about the hiring processes in a number of industries.
- Create mentorship opportunities between industry attendees and students.
- Share CLE partnership opportunities, including our project partnerships, with industry attendees.
- Provide networking opportunities for our industry attendees.
2024 CLE Connect
Date and time: 6-8 p.m., September 18, 2024
Location: The Atrium Ballroom at the Inn at the Colonnade (4 W University Pkwy, Baltimore, MD 21218)
Dress: business casual
Parking: Parking is available to industry attendees at the Inn at the Colonnade’s parking garage. Please bring your parking pass to the check-in table for validation.
Attending companies and organizations will be listed below. Please check back regularly for updates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Engineering, consulting, finance, sustainability, manufacturing, healthcare, marketing, tech, and media.
CLE Connect is a networking event. Each organization will receive it’s own high-top table and small signage. Industry attendees should feel free to bring swag or other materials to promote their organization. Please note that a high-top table does not offer a large surface space (roughly 36” in diameter).
Graduate students in our MS in Engineering Management and MS in Global Innovation and Leadership through Engineering, as well as undergraduate students from across the university pursuing CLE minor programs and members of our student organizations.
Industry attendees will be listed on our website. This list will be updated regularly.
Yes! Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided by Alizee.
- Plan a business casual outfit.
- Do research on the companies in attendance. We will regularly update our event page with a list of attending organizations.
- Update your LinkedIn profile before the event.
- Outline a few questions you plan to ask industry attendees.
- Practice a brief introduction for yourself that includes your experience as it relates to the industry and your goals.
- Remember that networking is not transactional. You never know who you might meet, what you can learn in the process, or how making new connections might become significant in the future. We encourage you to speak to as many attendees as possible.