PUTTING THEIR DEGREES TO WORK BY ERICA NAONE
For many, graduation brings a thrill of both excitement and fear. It’s the moment of leaving campus and setting out into the unknown. It’s the moment of truth that reveals how a course of study will work when applied to the “real world.” It’s the moment when, amid pressure to “get a job,” a person might be searching for what to do in life. The possibilities, however, are out there. The nine Virginia Commonwealth University alumni on the following pages have followed their degrees to careers with transformative, creative and adventurous elements. They might not fit traditional images of what comes after a person earns a particular degree, but in the glimpses they’ve shown here, they reveal how they use their knowledge and skills to find fulfilling career paths and to make a mark in their field.
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