Provo High Career and Higher Education Day

February 13th, 2025 /
Spencer Tuinei /
CTE, News, Provo High, Schools, Secondary Schools

Onlookers might have been shocked to catch Firefighters, EMTs, and Resource Officers entering Provo High last week– but it was all part of Utah Career Day, where local professionals across multiple fields assembled to share career information and advice with our students. Morticians, Graphic Artists, Attorneys, Authors, Content Creators, you name it, Provo High hosted it. Hear how Provo High organized their successful career day; read our interview with Connor and Collin Casperson, our Content Creator presenters (who happen to be Provo High School students themselves!) before surveying a few students on what they took away from their Career Day experience.

Each Career Day, students sign up for courses introducing them to a profession, listening to the day-to-day work that goes into a given job, the highs and lows in their respective fields, and the first steps students take to move towards their occupation.

“There’s a lot of moving parts to organize so many working professionals,” shared one student: Administrators, district employees, and even students from Latinos in Action, Peoples of Polynesia, and Student Government aided in setting up panels, directing speakers to their classes, and coordinating students to their chosen events.

Provo High staff reached out to Universities like UVU, who sent several accredited experts. Afterward, the counseling team contacted specialists in their community, both personally and by word of mouth.

The Concurrent Coordinator says they were busy through most of Career Day but managed to slip into a few classes, noting that the students seemed genuinely interested—and from my visit, I thought so, too. Each class had students taking notes and asking questions, engaged, involved.

Connor and Collin Casperson, both Provo High students and Career Day presenters, brought a unique perspective to the event. As content creators, they reviewed content genres, spoke on crafting content with your audience in mind, and eventually asked students to create their own content.

I spoke with them after their first presentation, where they shared their journey from childhood hobbies to real-world marketing experience. “It first started when our brother got into marketing in high school. He introduced us to the business world, and we really got interested in marketing,” they explained.

But they’ve been creators at heart since elementary school: “I think the first content we ever created might be our first “Twin Cast” video. It was just an intro where we talked about ourselves. We didn’t know how to edit back then, so we just set up our little iPod 7 and recorded back in 6th grade.”

Their young passion evolved when they became marketing interns for the Dawg Bowl, a student-operated soda shop, requiring them to hone their passion into strategized, goal-oriented content. “For the Dawg Bowl, we focused on our target market—students. We made super engaging content, less informational, to actually get people to try it. That’s what gets them to come back.”

Looking ahead, both plan to serve religious missions and then pursue business degrees at BYU, with interests ranging from marketing to economics and accounting. Their unique role as student presenters offered a fresh, relatable perspective—and yet, they were just one part of a diverse lineup of professionals who brought Career Day to life.

The sheer number of presenters was astounding; I wondered what went into making a Career Day like this a reality. Moreover, what is the outcome of a Career Day? What do students learn from candid discussions with working professionals? I talked to a few Provo High students for answers.

One student shared that she “Enjoyed the architecture course. I learned that architecture shows up everywhere in our lives. According to our lecturer, architecture means structure–from city buildings to Kleenex boxes. I want to be a part of building something people use.”

Another student offered their takeaway: “I think everyone’s career path is a little different. My takeaway was that as long as you study and work in a field you enjoy, the money will follow.”