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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.
Berkeley Haas Global Access Program Ambassador Ruocheng Zhao
3 things I love most about Berkeley!
A Day in the Life of an International Student at Berkeley
8:30 am—Leave the House. Because I live a little further from campus, I bike to school. From summer to autumn, Berkeley is sunny every...
A Tale of a Successful Career Switch to Accounting
This story should sound familiar to anyone who is thinking of switching careers to accounting.
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...
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...
Understanding Regulatory Affairs Through an IT Lens
For Barbara Hanly, it’s all about making a difference in patient care and health.
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...
Looking Beyond STEM for His Career of the Future
For a lot of people, a career in STEM is the end goal. But for Oscar Ko, a career as a software engineer at Boeing was just a launching...
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...