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If someone had asked me five or six years ago whether I would work at an international development grant-making organization in the future, I might have laughed in their face. During my time at Wellesley, I discovered that I loved the smell of books, poring over old documents, and researching Soviet-era dissident movements late into…
Going to graduate school was always “in the plan,” but after graduating from Wellesley in 2010, instead of moving on to another institution of higher learning, I went back to a place that makes many people cringe when thinking of their academic history: I went back to middle school. I spent two years teaching Social…
If you’re like me and you’re an undergraduate student in the beginning stages of a job search and still trying to figure out what you want to do with your Wellesley liberal arts education, then adding Twitter to your job search repertoire might be useful in ways that you probably hadn’t thought about. When talking…
As a junior, Emma Smith ’14 studied abroad in Egypt with the support of a Boren Scholarship. The Boren provides American undergraduate students with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of the United States in return for their commitment to…
The greatest opportunity of today’s job economy is that there is no need to wait your turn to engage your passion. The Internet has opened up the playing field for demonstrating your savvy and brilliance. When I studied at Wellesley College, Google was just emerging as an Internet leader and Facebook was merely a new…
When I tell my friends that interviewing is my favorite aspect of the job search, I am met with blank stares. Hopefully these tips that I share today will also help you enjoy the process. These pointers are by no means revolutionary, but they are the ones that I used to score a first job…
Erika Turner is a 2013 Wellesley graduate with a B.A. in Religion. Originally from Las Vegas, NV, Erika currently works as a freelance writer and editor in Boston with a background in creative writing and marketing. She plans to pursue a publishing career in New York and is currently in the process of applying to…
Time is a wonderful thing if you know how to use it well. This time last year, I had finished new graduate student orientation and I was prepared (or so I thought) to start what everyone warned me would be the hardest year of grad school—the first. Nervous but excited to begin and do SCIENCE…
As a varsity basketball player, I am often asked how my participation in athletics benefits and shapes my experience as a Wellesley student. In many ways, my experience is similar to that of non-athletes who, like athletes, have too many things to do and too few hours in the day to do them all. But…
Did you know the Center for Work and Service has an AmeriCorps VISTA representative this year working as part of the CWS Service Team? Let’s get to know Sierra Raimondi a little better. My name is Sierra and I am the Massachusetts’s Campus Compact (MACC) AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) for Wellesley College…