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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.
Recognizing an Opportunity for Career Change
You could say Tracy Locken partially owes her career direction toward freelance editing to a junior high school choir—and her tween...
Working Toward a Bright Future in Medicine
It is not surprising that Robert Matthew (Matt) Klinkel has excelled as a student in UC Berkeley Extension’s Post-Baccalaureate Health...
Believing in What She Writes
Writing essays and short stories may not be on Nancy Tompkins’ career path. But it is now part of who she is.
From Junior Biologist to Senior Medical Writer
“[Enrolling in the Certificate Program in Clinical Research Conduct and Management] was probably the best decision I've made in my...
To Make a Positive Impact in Mental Health
When she finally decided to pursue graduate school for psychology, Lisell Perez-Rogers turned to UC Berkeley Extension's...
Job Unicorns Are Real
How does an art curator and events assistant end up in a writing and editing career in financial services? Well, for Alison Kranz, it...
Two Life Goals Down!
Elinor Cheung wanted two things: to live in a warmer climate and to paint. Item #1: She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, from...
The 5 Parts of a Writer’s Story
“As is common with many English teachers,” Barbara says, “I thought of myself as a teacher who might have been a writer if my life...
Why I Returned for Another Semester of the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program
Oct 18, 2019
My name is Hugo and I am privileged to be spending two semesters in what might possibly be one of the world’s most unique learning...