Visiting Days, where you walk
the halls of North Quad and can start visualizing yourself working on
group projects in the UMSI-students-only meeting rooms.
Last
year, I was fortunate enough to visit Ann Arbor for this three-day weekend of
activities, and meet new people. Funny enough, most of the information
I had already seen: from the Facebook Group to the UMSI website, but it still made a difference to meet the students living those words.
In particular, the moment of impact for me was hearing 40-year old Dylan
(name changed) share his story of having worked in the publications industry
but decided to make a career change because the tides of technology required a
new mastery of information. Even though he was still vested in
publications, and had limited funding to support a drastic shift, he decided
that he still had 20+ years of work ahead of him and the investment would pay
off. In addition to the investment in himself, he discovered a new passion of
web development and was reinvigorated to re-enter the work force equipped to
make a difference.
There
wasn't a push to make a decision on the spot, but evaluating my interactions
with a community of potential future peers, recognizing the level of resources and support
offered by the School (in particular the ever-helpful Career Development
Office), and hearing the accelerated growth of students developing
into information professionals with very positive career outcomes (2011
UMSI Employment Report in PDF) allowed me to decide UMSI was right for me.
As
you all continue to consider UMSI as your school of choice for your graduate
studies, take a second to visualize your typical day, see yourself as a student
here, and decide, is this the right fit?
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