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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.
Making Continuing Education a Priority
Making a career transition is no easy feat for any working professional. Between working full time and other responsibilities, making...
From Berkeley to Burma: Bringing Poetry and Culture to the World
"The great thing about the program is that it cuts across demographic lines," he says. "When you're getting feedback, you don't get it...
Writing Graduate Aisa Valenzuela Never Ignored Her Desire to Write
It takes a leap of faith to follow your passions—especially when you're an undergrad and have to declare a major. Aisa Valenzuela...
Soul-Searching Leads Student Ed Shockley to Study Loss and Grief
Not content with easing into retirement by sitting, reading or watching TV, Ed Shockley has done some soul-searching as to "what's...
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...
Graduate Update: Jennifer Brandl
When Jennifer Brandl first began the Certificate Program in Clinical Research Conduct and Management online, she was a research...
Art and Law
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts graduate Catherine Kiwala recently exhibited her artwork at our San Francisco campus.
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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.
Helping Immigrants Adjust to a New Culture Through TESL
"I had a lot of students from India and Korea, and I didn't know how to help them," he says. "They were really well-meaning and bright...