Student Stories
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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.
My Experience Studying Remotely With Berkeley Global
Mar 24, 2021
A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the UC Berkeley campus, and I was impressed by the environment.
Keeping the Customer at the Forefront
Feb 18, 2021
Ramin Partovi considers himself a career-changer. But upon further inspection, changing careers from a customer success manager to a...
Celebrating Our Black Instructors, Students
Jan 25, 2021
Needless to say, 2020 put a glaring spotlight on the many crises affecting our country.
To Empower Underserved Communities
Jan 22, 2021
When I asked College Admissions and Career Planning certificate student Joana Pantoja Scharinger how the Community Impact Scholarship...
English Learner Becomes the Teacher
Jan 20, 2021
Kenia Macias was a migrant child. She would travel with her father from Mexico to Arizona for a few months so that her father could...
Putting the User First in User-Experience Design
Jan 15, 2021
Going to school in the United States was something Iliyana Bozhanina had thought about for a long time.
After starting private English...
Committed to Criminal Justice
Jan 12, 2021
UC Berkeley Legal Studies graduate Summer Bosse is motivated.
In 2019, Summer had finished a yearlong internship with the San Francisco...
Finding the Nooks and Crannies of Good Editing
Jan 7, 2021
Electing to take nonfiction writing classes while working toward an international relations degree at Grand Valley State University,...
How to Architect a UX Design Career
Dec 16, 2020
“During Diagramming and Prototyping for UX—the first class I took at UC Berkeley Extension—I remember the instructor saying that...