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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...
Video: Turn Your Writing Into Your Career
“It wasn't just one single moment that I had this cataclysmic kind of thought; it was more that I had a calling my whole life and then...
Flexing Newfound Skills
Duane Kubischta received an advanced engineering degree from UC Berkeley and quickly entered the biotech field as an instrumentation...
Moving Up in the Construction Field
Despite demanding 12-hour days as a construction project engineer, Ana Lazo is determined to complete the Certificate Program in...
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...
Kyle Cameron Enjoys the Flexibility of Online Learning
Learning in an online-only environment is certainly a different way to soak up knowledge than being in a physical classroom. But for...
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.