Rebecca Maguda, M.A.

As a Career Counselor, Rebecca works with students on their resumes and cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, interviewing skills, job search strategies, job fair preparation, Nittany Lion Careers job posting system, job shadowing, LionLink, as well as graduate and professional school applications. Students who are undecided about a major can come in for career counseling and use a resource called Focus 2. She taught CNED 100 Effective Career Decision Making for undecided students and LA 401 Professional Development for the Liberal Arts Student. 

Rebecca attended the State University of New York College at Fredonia and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. Then, she attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and obtained a Master of Arts in Student Affairs in Higher Education. She was Interim Director of the Career Development Center at Seton Hill University and worked in Career Services at Penn State Altoona for 27 years. Rebecca joined the Penn State Behrend Career Services team as Career Counselor in August 2024. She can be found on LinkedIn and is a member of NACE and EACE.