Callie, her husband Jordan, and her son Cooper all wearing ROAM Wear 701 shirts.
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woman of many titles, Callie Wachendorf, ‘12, seems to do it all. She currently works as a health care IT professional, but that wasn’t what she originally had planned for herself. “I actually went to my undergrad for fashion. My degree is in apparel and textiles retail merchandising,” Wachendorf said. She started at the Buckle, intending to work her way up to being a purchaser for the company. But when she had her son, Cooper, Wachendorf decided that working nights and weekends would not work for her anymore. She started working at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck as an office coordinator. “That’s when I realized I am a very goal-oriented, project-driven person,” she said. 10
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passions “And then one day, I was thinking of the life I wanted to give my son, and I was not content with where we were. I wanted to grow; I wanted to have more for him, do more for him. And I wanted to show him how hard work can pay off, so I applied to the University of Mary for my MBA and switched positions within the medical center to do recovery audit, contracting for Medicare and Medicaid claims,” she said.
“When I got accepted to grad school at Mary, it was a pivotal moment in my life. It changed who I was as a person and told me that I was good enough to go after my dreams, and I didn’t have to settle for the status quo,” Wachendorf continued. “When the days were long and the hours were
