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Career Profiles - Snapshots of Vocation
School of Education and Social Sciences Judy Armacost  Title: Full-time church planter in Hobart, Tasmania Employer: International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Graduated: 1984 Major: Home Economics Education "It had always been my intention to return to a mission field..." Since graduating, education major Judy Armacost has never taught a formal class. Yet, “while I have never used my major in the way I initially thought I would,” Judy says, “it was invaluable. I still see myself as an educator—I help people learn through discovery.” (more)  Kate BinderTitle: Case Manager Employer: TresslerCare Graduated: 2004 Major: Social Work "The only way to become a good social worker is through hands-on experience" The sheer number of possible majors and careers can be overwhelming to someone who feels passionately about many different things. (more)  Melody BoydTitle: Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant Employer: Temple University Graduated: 2004 Major: Sociology/Communication "I know why I am doing what I'm doing." Entering college as an aspiring journalist, Melody declared a major in communications. Although she graduated with a communications degree, her academic journey took a different path... (more) Matt Dickersheid  Title: Kindergarten Teacher Employer: Selden's Landing Elementary School, VA Graduated: 1999 Major: Elementary education “I never even dreamed that I would be able to do this. I truly believe God has guided my life!” From an early age Matt Dickersheid developed an interest in education through his father, a fourth grade teacher... (more) Katrina Hunsberger Didot  Title: Restaurateur, A Bowl of Good
café Graduated: 1989 Major: Social Work "I define my experience by the food that I eat" Katrina spent several years travelling and doing missions and social work in the Carribean and South America. That experience influenced her decision to open a restaurant in Virginia... (more) Fabienne Doucet  Title: Assistant Professor at the School of Family Studies Employer: University of Connecticut Graduated: 1995 Major: Family Studies "God was just setting this up from the beginning." “God was setting this up from the beginning,” Fabienne Doucet says of her current appointment as assistant professor of family studies at the University of Connecticut. Initially, Fabienne was uncertain of how to find an occupation related to her scholarly interest—parent-child relationships—and still pursue research in that area. (more) Malia Meiser  Title: Abstinence Education Director Employer: Capital Area Pregnancy Center Graduated: 2002 Major: Family Studies "I know that this is right, and that I'm where I'm supposed to be." Malia's process of choosing a major mirrors the difficulty many first-year students experience as they search anxiously through course catalogs and take inventory of interests and hobbies. How is it possible to channel your interests into a career that you love even as it pulls you from your bed at indecent hours of the morning while your half-asleep arm slams on the snooze button at least eight times? (more) |
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