Sentences with phrase «career at a major university»

Author Bio: Charles Frankhauser is retired after experiencing life at sea as a young man serving aboard a surface ship and a submarine, followed by a long civilian career at a major university.

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Cooper started his academic career at Theil College, but transferred to the University of Pittsburgh when he realized he wanted to major in athletic training.

Blogging is often seen as a waste of time at major research universities, where those seeking tenured positions «progress in their careers based on their research output.

The effect on his career: Buff was accepted to New York University at 15 and graduated as a math major three years later.

A mathematics major at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Newton started her career by teaching mathematics and science in Papua New Guinea in the Peace Corps.

Science Careers Blog notes the latest twist in the April death of Michele Dufault, a physics and astronomy major at Yale University who was active in undergraduate research projects.

Following the completion of his Ph.D., Combs hopes to complete a postdoc term at U.S.Department of Energy national lab and afterward a career path as a DOE research scientist or as a professor at a major research university.

Born in Milwaukee on December 22nd, 1955, Kaczmarek considered a teaching career, but majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin instead.

She wanted to act — but as a compromise with her parents, who were skeptical of a career in the arts, she majored in economics on a scholarship at Brandeis University.

Having launched a career as an educator after majoring in English literature at the National University of Singapore and earning a post-graduate diploma in education from the National Institute of Education, Juliet recalls being dissatisfied with her inability to grow and develop in the ways she dreamed about.

Over the course of his 25 - year career, Mattox has: * written numerous articles for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and other major publications; * spoken at educational conferences in Geneva, Prague, Rome, and Vatican City; * led writing workshops at Duke, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia, and other major universities; * served as a speechwriter for several Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.; * directed a documentary film and a number of other media projects, including a public service ad campaign that ran in Rolling Stone; and * spearheaded a number of quantitative and qualitative research projects, working closely with polling firms, focus group organizers, and «think tank» scholars.

Instead of the military (his younger brother and only sibling did become a naval officer), White entered the University of Virginia (UVA), where he majored in English and was aiming at journalism for a career until he discovered an interview of William Faulkner, who had taught at the school, describing Ike McCaslin, protagonist in Go Down, Moses.

Swick, who majored in natural resourcesmanagement at the University of Wisconsin, was able to make his loveof the outdoors a part of his teaching career at a timewhen environmental issues were of little general concern.

The fact that so many young university graduates are floundering in the labor market tells us that too many students arrive at college with no career plan, choose majors based solely on interest with no reference to the job market, and then find out only upon graduation that they have few marketable skills.

He began his college career as a History Pre-Law major at Morehouse College before earning his Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Georgia Southern University; Master of Education in Administration and Supervision from Augusta University; Education Specialist in Education Leadership and Doctor of Education in Education Administration, each from Georgia Southern University.

I was convinced that the standards were reflective of what students needed to know to be college - and career - ready, but in many leading nations, upper secondary school studies in mathematics are focused on the needs of those who will take mathematics - intensive majors at universities.

Building on a fifty year career in the education policy realm that has included roles in the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, at Stanford University, and in two stints with the SBE, Kirst will play a major role the upcoming year in guiding implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a new system of resource allocation designed to more equitably allocate money to California public school districts.

Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University.

Natasha Kurchanova: Mark, I am interested in the beginning of your career as an artist because I would like to trace the transition between painting, in which you majored at Stanford University, and puppetry, which you started doing almost immediately after your first exhibition.

Frankenthaler's distinguished and prolific career has been the subject of numerous monographic museum exhibitions, including — in addition to the 1960 Jewish Museum show — major retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and European tour (1969); The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and tour (1985, works on paper); the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and tour, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1989); the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and tour (1993, prints); the Naples Museum of Art, Florida, and tour, including the Yale University Art Gallery (2002, woodcuts); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, traveled to the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2003, works on paper).

Dow taught at three major American arts training institutions over the course of his career beginning with the Pratt Institute from 1896 - 1903 and the New York Art Students League from 1898 - 1903; [3] then, in 1900, he founded and served as the director of the Ipswich Summer School of Art in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and from 1904 to 1922, he was a professor of fine arts at Columbia University Teachers College.

In New York, Pearlstein began a career in graphic design as an assistant to the major designer Ladislav Sutnar, but also studied art history at New York University, taking courses with Horace Janson and Erwin Panofsky.

Key volumes include «Wangechi Mutu: a Fantastic Journey,» which illustrates a comprehensive survey of her work presented at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and the Brooklyn Museum; «Glenn Ligon: America,» a documentation of the artist's 25 - year survey organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art; «Frank Bowling» the first comprehensive monograph of the artist by Mel Gooding and «Mappa Mundi,» which accompanied a major 2017 exhibition featuring works spanning Bowling's 60 - year career; «Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting,» which coincided with the artist's recent career - spanning exhibition; and «Alma Thomas,» published on the occasion of her recent survey at the Tang Teaching Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem.

For the past year, Pfohl has been a curator at the Louisiana State University Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, where she curated three major exhibitions in the past year, including a career retrospective for the New Orleans artist Margaret Evangeline.

And even should there be a major breakthrough in wind and solar, Vaclav Smil, a distinguished professor of geography at the University of Manitoba who has spent most of his career writing about energy, warns, «Energy transitions span generations and not, microprocessor - like, years or even months: there is no Moore's law for energysystems.»

After studying law at Laval University, he went on to do a common law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and, fairly early in his career, sat on the boards of directors of several major anglophone companies such as the Toronto - Dominion Bank and Shell Canada, something his firm says was rare for a francophone at the time.

Currently, she is a career counselor at a major university where she reviews resumes and cover letters, and provides students with job search advice.

Ross has spoken at major career events, global industry conferences, universities, professional associations, and executive networking groups across Canada and the U.S., and his high - energy style, exceptional group dynamic skills, and real - world success strategies have consistently put him at the top of the career management speaking circuit.

Many folks don't realize that in addition to the on - campus interviewing focus seen at many universities, career centers help students to assess their skills / interests / values through programming and one - on - one work — and in doing so, attempting to reach a wide range of academic majors and student subpopulations.

«If we can get student veterans talking early on in college, they can avoid mistakes in the choice of a major — and a career,» says Lisa Andrews, Ph.D., director of The Office of Career Services at University of Maryland University College.

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If you would like an in - depth career counseling experience that utilizes career assessment instruments to help in your choice of academic major or career, you may want to arrange an hour - long appointment with a career counselor at the University Career Center.

Academic Advisor — Duties & Responsibilities Recruit, train, direct, and review academic advisors and support staff ensuring effective operations Advise students in the selection of majors, minors, concentrations, and basic course load Utilize education and experience to provide students with career and personal counseling Assist students in the initiation and completion of the transfer process Responsible for the completion and coordination of all relevant paperwork Provide support to all academic departments, chairpersons, faculty, and junior advisors Coordinate School of Business Convocation and Graduation ceremonies Organize and conduct academic tutorials, workshops, and faculty presentations Design and implement Probation Program to address academic and social needs of at risk students Set academic goals, monitor progress, and provide steady encouragement and guidance Create and author departmental newsletters detailing important news and upcoming events Organize social events for students to build community and encourage healthy relationships Perform crisis intervention management for students facing personal challenges Study university literature to become an expert on all academic regulations and policies Oversee department budgets ensuring cost effective daily operations Build and strengthen professional relationships with colleagues, students, and community leaders Represent university with poise, integrity, and positivity

Choosing this as my major at The University of Georgia and then consequently exploring the different career options available to me has ultimately led me to where I am now.

I've worked with an agency in New York, as well as local mental - health community agencies as a consultant to foster and adoptive families in Broward County, along with several years as a career counselor using family therapy ideas at a major local university.

Additionally, Mr. French has dedicated time to aiding students develop their career track at major universities, and served as advisor to the board of Sanford - Brown College in Orlando.

And until recently, real estate was not even offered as a major at most universities, which meant that people who had not grown up in the industry were often not aware it was a viable career choice.