Mary Parker

Bio

Mary Parker served as an academic advisor in the Department of Academic Advising at Fayetteville State University for one year and as the Director/Coordinator of the Career Center at Central Carolina Community College for almost 10 years. As an advisor, she is committed to supporting, inspiring, informing, and collaborating with students on their path to academic and career success. She received her master’s degree in Human Resources from North Carolina A&T State University followed by her post master’s certification in College Teaching, Adult Learning and Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition to academic advising, Mary has served in the roles of a college instructor, career coach, and human resources representative assisting adult learners with becoming autonomous, confident learners and engaged members of society as career professionals. She is a certified Global Career Development Facilitator and is an active member of the North Carolina Career Counseling Association and the National Career Development Association where she has presented at national conferences and wrote a scholarly publication on the subject of recognizing diversity, equity, and inclusion when performing professional career counseling and workforce development services.

Specialties: Academic and career planning, human resource management, and employability skill building

Fun Fact: Mary really enjoys fishing and has caught a bass weighing 9 pounds, a catfish weighing 5, and a carp weighing 4. All of which she threw back because she doesn’t eat seafood except for fried baby shrimp, clam strips, and calamari every now and then. She just enjoys the challenge of catching them.