JMU Career Center - Success Suits You

 Success Suits You

Thursday, September 4th 2025

4pm - 7pm

Location: Valley Mall: 1925 E. Market Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Enter through the JCPenney Salon entrance by Dick’s Sporting Goods to check-in and get a list of participating stores.  

The University Career Center has partnered with stores in the Valley Mall and beyond to bring a shopping event to JMU students. Learn how to build an affordable professional wardrobe for your next interview, career fair, job, or internship. Guests will receive discounts at all participating stores. Shop career apparel, accessories, and shoes. UCC staff will also be available to offer guidance on appropriate business or work attire.

Registration is not required for this event but is helpful. 

Handshake event link: https://jmu.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/1742116

Methodist University DPT, Fayetteville, NC

 I am the Director of Admissions for the Methodist University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and I would like to provide some information regarding our program to share with your students.  We are hosting an open house on Friday, September 12, 2025, in the McLean Health Science building in Fayetteville, NC to showcase our facilities and faculty to potential students.  MU DPT is currently accepting applications for Fall 2026 and we would love to speak with your students about the benefits of the Methodist University DPT Program.  If any students are interested but unable to attend the open house, I’d be happy to schedule a Zoom session with them. Attached is our open house flyer for distribution to your students. Feel free to reach out with any questions about our program and application process.

flyer

 

Sincerely,

 

BM

 

Bess Moore

Director of Admissions and Assistant to the Director of Clinical Education

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program

College of Health Sciences and Human Services

Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28311-1498

Office: (910) 480-8493

Fax: (910) 630-7531

RMH Wellness Center employment, Harrisonburg, VA

The Director of the RMH Wellness Center located in Harrisonburg, VA, contacted me to share employment opportunities. They need to hire both land and aquatics group fitness instructors as well as a group exercise coordinator. My guess would be certification is necessary or planned to achieve early in employment. Application can be found on ⁠Www.sentaracareers.com

Certification being offered in Harrisonburg

We’re excited to share that the Sentara RMH Wellness Center will be hosting Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC) Level 1 & Level 2 certification courses right here in Harrisonburg!

Summer opportunity - JMU Football Strength and Conditioning (APC)

 2 opportunities remain available - 5/6/2025

Fitness Assistant employment, VMRC, Harrisonburg, VA

 My name is Kendall West, and I'm the Wellness Center Fitness and Membership Manager at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.  I am emailing you regarding a Fitness Assistant position opening we have at our Wellness Center. We are looking for someone who has a degree in Exercise Science, Health Science, Kinesiology or a related field. This position is a full-time, benefits-eligible position consisting of 40-hour work weeks, with a weekly rotating schedule of mid shift (8:00am-4:30pm or 8:30am-5:00pm) with occasional opening (5:45am-2:15pm) or closing (10:30am-7:00pm) shifts. Every 6 weeks they would cover a Saturday shift from 6:45am-12:30pm.  We hope you might have recent graduates that would be looking for a job in the fitness/wellness field!

Cardiac Rehab internship, Charlottesville, VA

 I am contacting you from the Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab program at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. I am reaching out to inform you of summer internship opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in cardiac rehab/clinical exercise physiology. This internship provides experience with hands-on patient care, exercise leadership and prescription, monitoring vital signs during and around exercise, and providing patient counseling on cardiac risk factor modification. Intensive cardiac rehab provides patient education through staff-led workshops, videos and cooking demonstrations in addition to providing supervised group exercise to patients with various cardiac diagnoses. 

 

Please reach out if you have any questions regarding this opportunity, and you may provide my email address to any interested students.

 

Thank you for your time,

 

Ashley Hamlett

 

 

 

Ashley L. Hamlett, MEd

SMJH Health & Wellness

590 Peter Jefferson Parkway

Charlottesville VA  22911

434-654-4510