About Us

What We Do

CDO assists students and alumni/ae with career planning. Bardians may schedule individual appointments or attend any of our various workshops and programs offered throughout the year. Students are encouraged to visit the office for advice on any career-related question. Typically students seek help on preparing a resume, searching for a summer job or internship, making post graduate plans, and sorting out career goals. Please contact CDO if you have any questions or suggestions. We will be happy to hear from you.

April Kinser, Director

B.A., Portland State University; M.F.A., Pratt Institute

April Kinser has worked in higher education since 1989 and joined Bard College in 2003. She delivered student advising and career services at Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology and taught at New York University and New School University. She is certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and her specialization in career counseling is working with creative people. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowship prize in Architecture for her site-specific environmental installations. Her work has been reviewed in ArtNews, the New York Times, and Arts Magazine.

Elisabeth Giglio, Assistant Director

B.A., Earlham College; M.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Elisabeth Giglio has spent 10 years working in the film industry in NYC, managing a post-production sound facility. She has also worked in non-profit and social service organizations. She is certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and completed a certificate in career counseling at NYU. Elisabeth was a career counselor at NYU’s Center for Career Management and has taught classes at NYU’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies.