I have often felt a little guilty when I have the following conversation with students: Student: Do you think it’s more appropriate for me to …
Accepting the Unknown Future
It’s hard to remember a time when I wasn’t planning out my life years in advance. Having siblings that were significantly older than me always …
Connect the Dots: Your Major to Any Career You Want
As an Academic Advisor who counsels college students regarding careers, one of the questions I am asked is: What kind of jobs can I get …
Where to Go Vs. What to Do
Through decades of bad hairstyles, poor fashion choices, rap music, and everything in between, the slogan of teen angst has remained consistent: “UGH, I CANT …
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Welcome to Germ Career Incubator
Welcome to Germ Career Incubator, a place to hang out and thoughtfully contemplate this idea of “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Take …
The True Story of a College Graduate
The last semester of my college career was like pulling a Band-Aid off very slowly. Various life predictions crossed my mind leading up to the …
It’s No Myth by Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons
You knew you wanted to be a writer when you read Nancy Drew in your backyard with the Go-Go’s playing on KFRC, a jar of jelly …
How to Find What You Love to Do
At some point in our adolescent years people will ask, what are you going to do with your life? What are you going to major …