Ashleigh Brock

Ashleigh Brock
  • Assistant Director Cohen Career Center
  • Archived Blogger

About Ashleigh Brock

Ashleigh Brock was an Assistant Director in the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center before her departure in June of 2013. Ashleigh primarily advised underclassmen as the coordinator of first year and sophomore programming. In the fall 2011 semester, Ashleigh rolled out a new first and second year career experience program that focuses on preparing students to declare majors, explore careers, and develop career resources, like resumes and online portfolios. She also served as the liaison to Tribe Varsity Athletics, creating athlete-focused career programming and assisting in recruiting efforts.

Ashleigh has spent her career advising students in transition, having worked in college admissions, orientation and career services over the last several years. She received her Master of Arts degree in Student Affairs Administration in May 2010 from Michigan State University, where she worked as a Career Advisor for the Career Services Network. Ashleigh completed her undergraduate work at the University of Richmond in 2005.

Outside of the Career Center, Ashleigh was a BodyPump fitness instructor for W&M Campus Recreation and a philanthropy advisor to Delta Delta Delta sorority. She also has a keen interest in the productive, innovative use of social media in higher education.

Posts by Ashleigh Brock

Dear Class of 2016

Outside my window, I see new students and their families moving belongings into residence halls, navigating past the Career Center with their campus maps,

The Inside Out Internship Search

Internships can be productive experiences that help you decide where your career path leads. But, the process of finding an internship can be rather

New semester, new internship opportunities

Many of you will begin the search for internships and work experience this semester. You don’t have to be a junior to start this

How will you spend winter break?

Guest blogger Holly Meyer, Assistant Director of the Cohen Career Center, offers insights on two great ways to make use of your winter break.

Don’t have experience? Time to get some.

Post by Tiffanie Rosier, Assistant Director and Internship Coordinator, Cohen Career Center Experience is an important word in the Career Center vocabulary. According to

Don’t Panic, Seniors. Focus.

Are your ears burning, seniors? They should be because everyone is talking about you. It’s hard to flip through a newspaper today without seeing

Conquering career fair fears

I spend lots of time trying to coax freshmen and sophomores to check out our major events, like the Fall Career and Internship Fair,

Tales from the internship #3: Intern life at the Muscarelle Museum

Meet Nathan Alston, a W&M junior studying government and theatre. Nathan’s from Chesapeake, Virginia and plans to attend law school after graduation. This summer,

Tales from the Internship #2: Lauren’s Lessons

Lauren Jones ’14 has completed the second week of her internship at the Virginia Tech Summer Governor’s School for Agriculture, and not surprisingly, she’s