Messiah College is hosting the Career and Graduate School Expo next Monday. Here’s the blurb from the career center: **************************** Monday, Oct. 24, 11:00 – 2:30 PM in Brubaker Auditorium. Approximately 145 exhibitors will be on campus to recruit for internships, professional employment, and graduate school programs. A complete list of exhibitors is available here. [...]
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Graduate School and Career Expo
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Changing Career Landscape for PhDs in History
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I briefly noted an article about the changing landscape of employment for law school graduates. In this morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education, historians Anthony Grafton (president of the American Historical Association) and Jim Grossman (executive director of the same organization) discuss the opportunities for employment for PhDs in history besides becoming college professors. [...]
A Voice from Law School
Posted in Alumni, Careers, Law School on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, I posted a link to an article titled “Should I go to Law School?” Melissa Hogan, who graduated last May, saw the link and updated me about her first semester at Rutgers School of Law. Here is what Melissa says about her course of study thus far: “As Dr. Pettegrew mentioned in a [...]
Tuesday is History Graduate School Night
Posted in Careers, Graduate School on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every October, the Department of History organizes an event to introduce students to the range of opportunities and career paths for graduates in history. This year, we’ll be devoting an hour to think about graduate school in history. Are you considering graduate school? If so, come to the History Department’s Graduate School Session tomorrow, October [...]
Annual Graduate School and Career Exploration Event
Posted in Alumni, Careers, Events, Graduate School, History Club on September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ATTENTION HISTORY DEPARTMENT MAJORS! Have you been thinking about how you will connect your history major with your life and career after graduation from Messiah? Then this event is for you! Each year the Department of History invites alumni back to speak with current students about different graduate school and/or career paths they have pursued [...]
More Job and Internship Opportunities
Posted in Careers, Internships, Job Opportunities on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Building Preservation/Restoration Intern, Stratford Hall, VA. National Trust for Historic Preservation Intern, Washington D.C. Historic Landscapes Intern, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming. Museum Intern, Custer Battlefield Museum, Garyowen, Montana. Historical Site Researcher, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. Education Intern, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Intern, Florida Historic Capitol Museum, Tallahassee, FL Public Programming Intern, San [...]
So What CAN You Do With a History Major?
Posted in Careers on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Work for a financial analysis company. I recently received a press-release from Sageworks, a financial analysis corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina. Here is the mission of Sageworks: We want to help people make better financial decisions by giving them information they can understand and use. We are committed to helping the world realize the benefits [...]
Get a Traditional Liberal Arts Education–It is the Only Thing That Will Do You Any Good
Posted in Careers, liberal arts, What you can do with a history major on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So says Walter Russell Mead in an excellent essay entitled “Back to School.” Mead argues that most parents and “elders” know absolutely nothing about the world college students are going to face in the future. As a result, a liberal arts education remains a student’s best bet. Mead writes: … liberal education is no easy [...]
