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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.
Bringing Teaching English as a Second Language to Life
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages offers a window into other cultures, a way of better understanding your own, and an...
Educator Liz Bodle on the Importance of the Humanities
For teachers, the key to engaging the minds of children is to expand on the information already included in the required textbooks. With...
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...
A Promotion and Pay Raise
The nonprofit’s dedication to empowering survivors of violence remains strong—and helping the cause is Heather Anderson. She began...
From Human Resources to Health Advocacy
Donna Smith was only four years old when she had a life-saving surgery to repair a complex congenital heart defect—and her parents’...
Jump-Starting a Skill Set
“I've been at PG&E for about 10 years now,” says Fred Brew at the beginning of our interview. “For seven of those years, I...
Meet Graduate Jeremy Kiene
Jeremy Kiene is in the process of reinventing himself. For several years, Kiene taught Renaissance literature at a small liberal arts...
Corey Datz-Greenberg Gets Real-World Psychology Experience
For Corey Datz-Greenberg, making a career change from union organizer to psychologist isn't that much of a mind-shift.
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...