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From getting into graduate schools to landing their dream jobs, our students and alumni study and work hard to accomplish their academic and career goals. Be inspired by their successes to achieve your own career change or advancement.
Backed by Formal Education
Oct 27, 2022
The technology that we know today was in its infancy when Scott Barney headed off to college. A career in communication wasn’t in his...
UX Graduate Lands Coveted U.S. Digital Corps Fellowship
Oct 25, 2022
A civic-first mentality combined with philomath—a term to describe a lover of learning—compels User Experience (UX) Design program...
From Discovery to Market
Oct 19, 2022
Reiss Reid is a self-proclaimed nerd. Like a moth to the flame, Reiss could spend all of his waking hours in the lab, developing new...
Nothing Is Impossible
Oct 3, 2022
Think about your own goals. How many have you set? How many did you successfully achieve? In life, we tend to start on the path toward...
An Artist’s Path to Amalgamation
Sep 19, 2022
“I was raised in Laguna Beach by a mom who really encouraged creativity. Her inspiration along with the natural beauty of the city’s...
Communication by Design
Sep 12, 2022
Professional Sequence in Editing and Professional Sequence in Technical Communication graduate Amber Fischer grew up in Boulder, Colo.,...
Silicon Valley’s Shining Star
Sep 8, 2022
You can’t argue with Tetiana Pairman, a recent software development certificate graduate. As she says, “Software has become an...
One Week Brings New Ideas, New Talent
Sep 1, 2022
A great networking opportunity may just be a Nextdoor post away. At least that’s how Graham Quigley and Summer 2022 custom programs’...
Fifteen Hours and 5,900 Miles Away
Aug 30, 2022
In March 2020, my UC Berkeley Extension class shifted suddenly from a live classroom-based course to one held via Zoom. Although I...