friday, feb. 9, 1990
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
vol. xxxvi, no14
Alumnishare Blackhistorymonth key to future beginswith peace by Christina Roach College students are like fortune tellers--they try to predict the future. They study a major for four years and think they know what they 'II be doing for the rest of their lives. Although foutune tellers may predict the future, they cannot make it happen. The same goes for college students and their majors. Working in a field not directly related to the major pursued in college is not unusual in today's world. At last Sunday's alumni network career fair, current undergraduate students met with Cabrini alumni. It was a chance for the students to speak informally with the alumni about thier jobs. The importance of a well-rounded, quality education was stressed. Many of the alumni admitted that their current career is not exactly what they had, as undergraduates, envisioned it would be. Teaching was something Mary Kate Grimley had always wanted to do. In. her senior year at Cabrini, along with being a resident assistant and the president of the student governmentassociation, Grimley began teaching at an all-girls Catholic high school in Philadelphia. A t987 graduate, Grimley was an English and communications major with a certification in secondary education. It wasn't long before Grim le)' realized that if she wanted to make it on her own. she would not make enough money teaching. In her job search she came upon a job at Gwynedd-Mercy College as the Assistant Director of Allied Health Grants. ·' It fit with everythmg I wanted." Grimley said. "I loved teaching, but J knew I wanted something more 'professional,' while <;till remaming m contact with students.'' As the assistant grants director, Grimley's work day is never the same. She must write reports for the government about how successfully the money is being used and she works on the reapplication of the grants. In addition she plans workshops to recruit possible allied health students or enhance current
professional's skills. Grimley is also involved in the counseling of minority allied health students. ''There isn't a single thing I did or learned in college that I haven't used," Grimley said. Ron Katkocin graduated from Cabrini in three years. In what would have been his senior year, he stayed at Cabrini as the head resident of CounselHall and he worlced at Chilton Publishing company as an editor of a magazine. Katkocin, an English and communications major, wasn't sure what type of career he wanted to pursue. "I was always very practical," he said. I want to make a decent living and I knew that as a magazine or newspaper editor, I probably wouldn't." As early as high school, he had considered attending law school. After working in the communications industry for a few years, the 1980 graduate decided to attend law school, where he studied business and commercial litigation. "If a student wants to be a lawyer they should go to law school and become one,'' Katkocin said. "Don't even ·worry about what the economy is for lawyers in the next few years. If you want to do it only because you think its going to be a good area to get into, I would say, maybe give a second thought to that. Because, at least in the immediately foreseeable future. that might not be the boon that it was a couple of years ago. You might want to check something else out. But if you really want to be a lawyer, just do it, because the economy of It doesn't really make a difference.·' Dr. David Pilla D.P.M. doesn't feel he was pushed into the field just because his father was a doctor. He said he just admired what his father did and felt he wanted to work in medicine too. A podiatrist, Pilla is a 1984 graduate with a B.A. in mathematics. Pilla studied math because he knew that background would allow him to get into science. For Pilla, the field of podiatry, was the best of both worlds. Podiatrists can both admit and treat patients in the hospital, whereas
Little Evon Lee Buurton turns to share the sign of peace with Terry Bole at last Sunday's mass to open Black History Month in the Bruckmann Chapel. For another photo of the mass, see page 4. (Photo by Frank Emmerich)
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