Staff Spotlight
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Meet Jaime Velasquez
Department: Career Services
Position: Assistant Director
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Length of Service at UIC: 20 years this fall! He began at UIC as an Academic Advisor for the program now known as AAAN and he has been dedicated to Career Services for the last thirteen years.
Role: Jaime enthusiastically assist students with career counseling needs and organize job fairs. He has established a great rapport with contacts in Chicago area companies, many of whom he is proud to consider friends.
Work Mission: Jaime seeks to provide quality employment opportunities for UIC students. He really wants students to find positions where they may passionately contribute their talents in the workforce. An advocate for engaging students
early on, he encourages student participation in the Alumni Association during their undergraduate years. He believes this practice helps students maintain strong lifelong connections to UIC.
What co-workers would say: He loves to give presentations the larger the audience, the better!
Leisure Time is Spent: Attending every concert possible. This year he has seen artists such as Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Dave Koz, and Tom Jones. By the end of the year, Jaime expects to have attended at least fourteen concerts. He is interested in all types of music, thus it is natural that he likes to DJ at events.
Hobby: A collector of many categories, his most prized groupings consist of microphones, radios, White Sox autographs, and celebrity autographs including the late composer Henry Mancini and President Bill Clinton.
Special Interests: He has served as an advisor for Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity for about ten years and makes an annual visit to Mexico to see family. Neighbors think of him as the fellow who entertains friends with cook-outs each weekend. They see him outside grilling, even through the harsh Chicago winters.
Favorite Sport: Baseball! Jaime is the #1 White Sox Fan. For five years he has orchestrated the UIC White Sox outing. The picture above was captured as Jaime was invited to provide the first pitch at a White Sox home game.
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