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Career Services for Student Athletes

Career Services recognizes the importance of providing well-rounded learning experiences for student athletes. Our career coaches work alongside the athletic department to provide leadership growth opportunities & ensure that student athletes are equipped with professional, career readiness skills to serve and shape them as future professionals.

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OUR GOALS

Our goal is to coach student athletes on their personal career goals as well as how to best relay, market, and model professional skills to prospective employers and coaches. We offer individualized career coaching that covers:

  • Career Planning

  • Employability skills

  • Professionalism

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Our career coaches are prepared to meet the needs of individual students to help them grow, develop, and communicate their unique skillset. Student athletes will develop many professional skills throughout the course of their education and athletic engagement, including:

  • Teamwork

  • Time management

  • Communication

  • Leadership

  • Receptiveness to Feedback

  • Discipline

Before leaving NCTC, we suggest that all students, including student athletes, work with a career coach to develop and gain an understanding of these key employability skills and documents:

  • Resume

  • References

  • Cover letter

Career Services Staff

Erika Vaughn

Career Coach
Career Services


Campus: Corinth, Denton

Majors: All Majors; Specializes in: Computer Information Systems and Technology, Cyber Security, Database Management, Game Design and Application Programming, Networking Technology, Web Development, Accounting, Business Management, Criminal Justice, Engineering Technology, Fire Science, EMT, Child Development, Teacher Education

Text: (940) 310-3237
Email: evaughn@nctc.edu
Phone: (940) 498-6452

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Elise Tan-Pascual

Career Coach
Career Services


Campus: Corinth, Flower Mound

Majors: All Majors; Specializes in: Computer Information Systems and Technology, Cyber Security, Database Management, Game Design and Application Programming, Networking Technology, Web Development, Accounting, Business Management, Criminal Justice, Engineering Technology, Fire Science, EMT, Child Development, Teacher Education

Text: (940) 360-4433
Email: etan-pascual@nctc.edu
Phone: (940) 498-6482

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Andalusia Hinojos

Career Coach
Career Services

Campus: Gainesville

Majors: All Majors; Specializes in: Agriculture Management, Equine Science, Horticulture, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Barber, Health Sciences (ADN, LVN, Rad Tech, Surgical Tech, Allied Health), Student Athletes

Phone: 940-668-4282
Text: 940-291-3749
Email: ahinojos@nctc.edu

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Kristi Mikkelsen

Career Coach
Title V: Pathways to Completion

Campus: Gainesville

Majors: All Majors; Specializes in: Agriculture Management, Equine Science, Horticulture, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Barber, Health Sciences (ADN, LVN, Rad Tech, Surgical Tech, Allied Health), Student Athletes

Phone: (940) 668-7731, ext. 4304
Text: (940) 329-4307
Email: kmikkelsen@nctc.edu

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Patty Turner

Career Coach
Title V: Pathways to Completion

Campus: Flower Mound

Majors: All Majors; Specializes in: Construction Management/Plumbing, Electrical Technician, HVAC, Industrial Mechanics, Logistics, Machining, Welding, Pathways to Completion Program Participants

Text: (940) 202-7184
Phone: (972) 899-8428
Email:pturner@nctc.edu

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Shannon Solomon
Student Services Manager
Career Services

Text: (940) 291-3685
Email: ssolomon@nctc.edu
Phone: (940) 498-6459