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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.
Fighting Inequity in Health Care
“I’m a career changer,” Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program student Aidan Loeser writes in her scholarship...
The Birth of a Digital Marketer
While Marissa Joy Clark felt unchallenged in her day-to-day work as an office manager, there was one shining light: She was able to work...
Earning Certificate Brings Job Promotion
Sometimes all it takes is one opportunity at work to change your career direction. For Jaimee Drew, it was being asked to join a team...
Succeeding As a Senior Legal Assistant at Oracle
Mark Schreier is no stranger to the legal field. Since 1999, he’s held various legal assistant positions, primarily focused on...
Meet Graduate Kristen Fortnam
The field of biological sciences is constantly evolving, what with new discoveries, research and novel techniques inundating a scientist...
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.
Making a Résumé Stand Out
When Macarena Muniz moved to the United States from her native Chile, she thought that her previous job experience might not be weighed...
Career-Changing From Software Engineering to Medicine
Despite traveling and working around the globe and working at lucrative tech startups, Bradley Heinz kept feeling the draw to...
Gaining Knowledge to Go Green
While working in China at an environmental nonprofit, Simon Feng Ou wanted a career that would sustain his interest. After scanning the...