[ Center for Professional Excellence ]

Overview

At the CPE you'll learn to connect with the people and resources and gain the experiences you need to thrive professionally and personally. As you lay the groundwork for a rewarding life and career, we'll offer you new opportunities to act and reflect, to learn and connect, to serve and grow.

Here you can discover how to combine who you are with what you do. How? Through student-centered self-assessment, career guidance, and values formation programs. Through rewarding internships at top corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Through mentoring experiences, international and intercultural education, and community service opportunities.

At the CPE, we're proud that 95 percent of Elmhurst graduates launch careers or enter graduate school within six months of commencement. But that's not enough for us. We also help our students cultivate their commitment to building a better world.