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STUDENTS FORFEIT PAYCHECKS FOR UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Remy Samuels Staff Writer

For many students, scrolling through internship opportunities on LinkedIn and Indeed can be a very stressful process. Finding a meaningful, paid internship that doesn’t include strenuous hours of busy work or delivering coffees to employees may be more difficult today than ever before — but the dreaded unpaid internship may not be dreaded by everyone. Sara Green, a junior majoring in communication and public and professional writing, thinks the experiences and connections available through unpaid internships are not as easy to attain through paid ones. “I learned some of the best internships are the ones that aren’t paid, whereas a lot of paid ones are a lot of busy work and you’re kind of the bottom tier,” Green said. Green has interned with the Pittsburgh Knights — a professional esports team of the City of Champions, Pittsburgh — for the past seven months as a PR and communications intern. Her job includes anything from writing press releases to blogging and managing the company’s social media. Between going to the office and working from home, Green works 10 to 15 hours per week — and can only manage the schedule because her employers are sympathetic to her schedule as a student. “It’s tiring and it does get exhausting, but usually they’re really understanding, especially since I’m in school,” Green said. “I had some health issues over the summer and they were really great about giving time to rest. Even now they’re always checking in on me and saying, ‘If you don’t have time to come today, that’s fine.’” Green works a paid job to make up for her time spent with the Pittsburgh Knights — though she wishes she could be paid for her work there, it ultimately is not a deal breaker. “I’m more in it for the experience than the money,” Green said. “Because I’m at the start-up level, I get to do more than any other intern I know. Like, I’m completely in charge of writing press releases

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and the blog posts. They’re gonna have me writing weekly emails to investors, so I don’t mind that I’m not being paid because I’m getting a lot more responsibility and creative freedom.” But some argue that unpaid internships take advantage of students. An article in The Atlantic with the headline “Unpaid Internships: Bad for Students, Bad for Workers, Bad for Society” lists responses from readers, many of whom argue that by not providing stipends or salaries for internships, c omp an i e s and organizations are preventing financially

essentially receiving free labor to utilize skills their interns already learned in college classes, such as writing, Photoshop, communication and Excel. Joseph Miksch, the director of media relations at Pitt, said in an email that professional recruiters are more interested in the skills obtained from an internship than whether or not an applicant was paid. “Compensation does not determine quality,” Miksch said. “The most important aspect of determining the best internship for you is not whether or not it is paid or unpaid, b u t

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internship. Palko, a junior public and professional writing major, is currently interning at a group within the Clinical and Translational Science Institute called Pitt+Me, which is a newsletter sent to people who want to participate in clinical trials. Similar to Green, Palko said the fact that she wouldn’t be compensated for this internship wasn’t a main priority for her. “At the time I was looking for an internship, I wanted to get something where I could do a lot of writing because I’m taking it for credit,” Palko said. “Besides that, I was looking for something where I could do science or research because I’m looking into going into public health.” Palko and Green aren’t alone. According to Pitt’s Career Center’s most recent internship survey conducted in 2017, 41 percent of students reported their most recent internship as unpaid. The National Association of College and Employers also reports on its website that though unpaid internships don’t add to students’ bank accounts, they are not without value. A study by NACE at the University of Georgia Career Center revealed that of 3,000 students, 85 percent of them in recent years reported that their unpaid internships were highly beneficial to their career development — one of the main reasons Palko chose her internship. Palko calls this experience an “investment into [her] career,” and that the communication and time management skills that she’s learning are what’s really valuable to her. Her advice for any students who are struggling to find internships is to keep an open mind and not be afraid to reach out to employers, even if the field may be out of your comfort zone. “I think keeping your eyes out, going to panels and just listening to what people have to say [is a good strategy],” Palko said. “If something catches your ear and you think, ‘Oh, that’s really cool,’ then just go talk to the person. You’ll never know where it will lead.”

INTERNING INTERNATIONALLY: resumé BUILDING GOES WORLDWIDE Victoria Pfeﬀerle-Gillot Staff Writer

Studying abroad is something many college students dream of doing. But students may encounter the obstacle of needing work experience and internships to boost their postgraduate job prospects. This issue tends to force students to stay stateside for their summers. But this doesn’t have to be the case for students at Pitt — resumé boosting can be done abroad through Pitt’s internship abroad program. A.J. Weber, a 2017 English writing graduate, spent his final semester of college in London and graduated in the winter. “I interned with Dennis Publishing, which is one of the U.K.’s largest media companies, doing marketing and publishing,” Weber said. His experience with Dennis Publishing proved to be beneficial for his future professional career, as he currently has his own website development and design firm for small businesses and is also a designer for a separate small, business-oriented design firm. “The internship affected me personally by giving me not just a broad cultural experience with Londoners and Europeans, but it also granted me insight into my identity as an American and a global citizen of a larger, interconnected global economy of partnerships, trade, competition and camaraderie,” he said. While in London, Weber also put together a creative series of his photos and poetry entitled “Smoke From an Unseen Fire” that was displayed at the

CAPA Global Education Center during a globalization conference this past November. These photos can now be found on his photography website, www. ajweberphoto.com. “I gained valuable connections with extremely talented people who I have come to respect greatly,” he said. “I’ve also gleaned broader cultural experience through interactions with co-workers both inside and outside of the workplace.” Students pursuing almost any discipline, whether it be writing, engineering or premed, can find study abroad programs that count toward their majors — but the internship opportunities are promising for experience and resumé building. “Our internships cover a range of different interests and fields,” Gisselle Arce, resource area advisor for Pitt Study Abroad, said. “We have had students who have done internships working for the BBC in London or Marketing for IBM in Portugal.” Arce shared that some students are unsure of how to go about finding internships abroad, given that finding one here in Pittsburgh can be a daunting task on its own. “The best way to ensure that you select a program with the best option for you is to sit down with one of our program managers and explain the professional goals that you would like to accomplish on the program,” Arce said. While the Study Abroad office is currently finalizing numbers for the past 2017-18 academic year, Arce said Pitt sent 262 students abroad for internships in the 2016-17 academic school year.

“Every student has a different experience when they do an internship abroad,” Arce said. “However, the most common thing I have heard from students upon their return is that they have learned more about themselves and the specific goals they want to achieve in their professional career.” Kurt Clements reflected on his own experience when he went to the United Kingdom to intern with Alcohol Concern U.K., an alcohol health awareness charity, through Pitt’s Global Business Institute program. “Probably the biggest thing that I learned from my internship was how to work with people from completely different backgrounds,” the current senior said. “As an intern, I mostly worked with the social media and communications, so I had to be mindful of not only the different business culture in the U.K., but also the drinking culture, especially when dealing with some of the more sensitive or heavier topics.” Clements noticed the differences between the U.K. and the U.S. in many ways while abroad, including in the workplace. “One thing that is different is that less time is spent ‘working.’ That’s not to say Brits don’t get the job done, but a lot of my co-workers would come in at different times, and mostly be gone at 5,” he said. “There were a lot more tea breaks as well, and it was more normal to stop working to have a quick chat or socialize with your co-workers. It was a bit tricky to get to unwind a bit and stop focusing solely on my See International on page 12

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Maggie Koontz Senior Columnist

In the waiting room of Sennott Square two summers ago, I sat rigidly in an uncomfortable plastic chair, my sweaty palms squeezing the armrests while I waited to be called in for an interview that could land me a writing internship in Germany — an internship that could make or break my plans for the future. I did everything in my power to prepare. I went to Pitt’s Career Center on the second floor of the William Pitt Union to review my resumé and I practiced introducing myself in front of what felt like a million different mirrors. But as I shakily got up and walked toward the interviewing room, I feared I hadn’t prepared enough. Interviews aren’t difficult solely because of the questions — they’re nerve-racking because you only get one chance to make a first impression on a potential employer. While qualifications are vital in securing a job, your appearance, mannerisms and tone can be equally important. According to the American Psychologi-

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cal Association, people form judgements immediately upon meeting one another, meaning first impressions can have lasting consequences when it comes to potential employment opportunities. So when you’re interviewing for a job, every little thing matters — especially your attire. While it may seem superficial, the first thing an employer notices about your appearance is what you’re wearing. By dressing appropriately for your interview, you’ll exude an air of professionalism and feel more confident. Many companies require business professional attire, but some may only ask for jeans and a nice sweater. If you’re in doubt, though, wear business professional — it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed. Business professional attire should be conservative and modest — plain and dark colors are the best way to accomplish this look. Your attire can reveal key parts of your personality to employers, like work ethic and ambitions — so don’t forget to

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THE INNOVATION INSTITUTE Big Idea Center Launches with @PittInnovates Open! Nicholas Zarras The highly anticipated arrival of the Innovation Institute’s new Big Idea Center will be marked with an opening kickoff event next week. Open to all University of Pittsburgh students, the @PittInnovates Open will be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the O’Hara Student Center and will offer attendees the chance to learn all about what the Big Idea Center has going on for the 2018-2019 school year. In addition, students will be enjoying ice cream, giveaways and the chance to win tickets to the upcoming Thrival Music X Arts Festival. Attendees will be able to learn about programs and upcoming events for students, faculty and staff. Additionally, it will provide the opportunity to connect with the university’s rich entrepreneurial ecosystem, which offers many education, funding and mentorship opportunities throughout the school year. Many partners of the Innovation Institute will attend, such as Innovation Works, Idea Foundry, Ascender, Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum, BlueTree Allied Angels, LifeX Ventures, Pitt Center for Medical Innovation, Office of Economic Partnerships and Clincial Translational Science Institute. Students will be able to network and speak with these groups in a comfortable and easy environment while making ice cream sundaes. The event provides the opportunity for students to meet the Big Idea Center’s entrepreneurs in residence (EIRs) and win a free lunch with an EIR. In addition to the educational and networking benefits offered at next week’s event, attendees will have the chance to win

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tickets to Thrival Music X Arts Festival. One of the biggest music and innovation events of the year, Thrival will take place directly after the event on Thursday, Sept. 20, and continuing on Friday, Sept. 21, with the music part of the festival at Highmark Stadium. Musical guests will include Dillon Francis, Matt and Kim, and Bear Hands, in addition to free activities, demos and art installations. The festival emphasizes shared experiences, interactive art and technology, and community gathering. Tickets for Thrival start at $30, so come to the Open to have a chance at scoring some free tickets. Tickets for the innovation side of Thrival also will be given away. @PittInnovates Open will officially launch the Big Idea Center for student entrepreneurship that was initially announced last Spring at

the Randall Family Big Idea Competition. For those unfamiliar, the Big Idea Center’s goal is to continue advancing student entrepreneurship at Pitt. Both a physical space and a set of programs, the Big Idea Center offers programs, competitions and resources for Pitt students. Located in the Gardner Steel Conference Center O’Hara Street, any student can access the Center and use its resources, as long as it is for entrepreneurial reasons. Students will be able to learn more and ask questions at Open next week. Also upcoming for the Innovation Institute is Bluehack, a one-of-kind competition sponsored by IBM. It will be the first time the event will come to North America. Taking place on Oct. 13-14, Bluehack is a friendly competition

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where student teams brainstorm and apply IBM’s famous Watson artificial intelligence platform to solve various problems. Students can form their own teams before the competition or can form teams at the event. Students will have three challenge categories to choose from: Improving the Healthcare Process and Experience, The Future of The Internet of Things (IoT), and Open Innovation: The Future of You…Open Category… “Do Something Amazing.” IBM and Amerisource will coach and judge the event along with members of the community. While @PittInnovates Open and Bluehack are the next two exciting upcoming events for the school year, one cannot forget that the Randall Family Big Idea Competition and its $100,000 in prizes is right around the corner next semester, so visit next week’s event for more info. To register for @PittInnovates Open, you can visit bit.ly/pittinnovatesopen, and to register for Bluehack, visit bit.ly/pittbluehack

PittInnovates Open Date: Thursday, Sept. 20 Time: 5 to 6 p.m. Location: O’Hara Student Center Ballroom

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IN THE ARMY: Professional prospects for Pitt ROTC

Grant Burgman News Editor

Well before most Pitt students have hit snooze on their first alarm every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, students in the Army ROTC program are on the lawn outside Bellefield Hall enduring PT — physical training. Junior emergency medicine major Emma Frasier is one of those early risers training. She says her schedule is actually manageable, despite having to be at PT three times a week at 6 a.m. “I pretty much get up at 5 a.m. every day — every day, even if we don’t have ROTC — because I have other responsibilities,” Frasier said. “There’s a lot of time outside ROTC that you need to spend working on it, but it’s not overwhelming at all.” Frasier is just one of 275 cadets in Pitt’s program, which makes it one of the biggest programs in the country, according to Sgt.

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1st Class James Henderson, a military science teacher with Pitt ROTC. In Pitt’s ROTC program, students receive a full-tuition scholarship as well as $600 a month to cover the cost of books and a $420 monthly stipend. Students who already have a full-tuition scholarship, through athletics or academics, can instead choose to accept a $10,000 room-and-board scholarship. Frasier received one of these scholarships coming out of high school, where she was involved with a junior ROTC program. She said part of the reason she was involved in the program was to help her in senior ROTC. “I did it so that I could get that sort of edge on the scholarship — also just so I could see what it was like, and it was similar in some ways, but also different,” Frasier said. While Frasier used her experience in junior ROTC in her decision to join Pitt’s program, that’s not the sole purpose of the ju-

nior ROTC programs that are found in more than 1,700 high schools across the country, according to Henderson. “Actually, we are expressly not allowed to use junior ROTC as a recruiting tool for senior ROTC,” Henderson said. Still, Frasier decided to join Pitt’s program right out of high school. This was partly based on her experience in JROTC and partly based on her family’s military history — her grandfather was in the army during World War II. She said that even as a first-year, the ROTC program made it easy for her to adjust her schedule because they increase cadets’ responsibilities incrementally. “Freshman year, you’re just learning the basics, so you don’t really have that much outside of the classroom in ROTC,” Frasier said. “Each year you go up, it gets a little bit and a little bit more, so it’s pretty gradual, and you kind of get used to the whole idea of

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it intensifying every year.” Christopher Boissonnault, the scholarship and enrollment officer in Pitt’s ROTC program, estimated that between 75 and 80 percent of cadets in the program start as first-years like Frasier did. Students that join after their first year at Pitt have a bit more difficulty adjusting to the program. “We can put a freshman or a sophomore in, so even if they’ve missed a semester or a full year, we do have some things to make up that time,” Boissonnault said. Henderson said that the older students find the program more difficult because they miss the important early training that the program offers. “If you take one of those other non-traditional paths, where you don’t do all four years with us, you miss some of that foundational training,” Henderson said. Once students get through the program, See ROTC on page 19

Interviewing, pg. 4 iron your business suit, or else you might give your interviewer the wrong impression. Even if you don’t own professional clothes, you might be in luck. According to the Los Angeles Times, dress codes are becoming more casual as more millennials enter the workforce. Just make sure you ask the company what attire is appropriate or consult the internet if possible. Preconceptions based on looks can make or break your chance of getting the job before you even open your mouth. When you begin your interview, it is crucial that your body language matches your words. Forbes lists bad posture, lack of eye contact, aggressive hand motions, crossed arms and fidgeting as some common mistakes you want to avoid during an interview. Instead, sit up straight, hold eye contact, keep your hands low, relax your body and focus your nervous energy into connecting with the interviewer. By staying calm, you subtly communicate that you are confident and able to handle the stressors the job may entail.. The questions themselves will likely be the

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most anxiety-inducing part of the interview — but there’s a simple way to tackle them. Prepare in advance by researching common questions and outlining your answers. As you write out your responses, you’ll gain confidence — but you might still be asked a question you don’t know how to answer. According to The Muse, a career resources website, when this happens you should take a deep breath, pause to think and try to integrate concepts you’re more familiar with. Applying the question to a similar experience is better than nothing. But if your mind draws a blank, just admit you don’t know the

answer — lying will only prove your ignorance and come to bite you in the butt later. Answer politely and express your desire to use the position as a learning opportunity. You can’t prepare for every curveball in an interview — but to become smoother in handling them, you’ll need to practice. And to replicate the true interviewing experience, you should practice with a complete stranger. Someone at the Career Center will always be available to perform a mock interview during its weekday hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Folks there won’t put you at ease like a friend would, but that’s the idea. They’ll be

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able to critique your interview honestly and offer helpful advice. Once the interview is over, be sure to thank the interviewer for their time and the job opportunity. According to experts at the Career Center, you should also send a thoughtful thank-you letter — it’ll affirm your interest in the job and solidify a positive first impression. With these tips, you’re all set for your next interview. Just remember to look sharp, sit up straight and answer questions with conviction. Hopefully, you’ll soon be worrying about your first day on the job instead.

MUSIC MAJORS LOOK FORWARD TO HARMONIOUS FUTURES

Emma Maurice Staff Writer

The pressure to find a balance between the employment world and their passion for music is not something out of the ordinary for music majors. Oftentimes, the only way to accomplish this is through double majors. At Pitt, the music department recognizes the struggle for this balance, and encourages students to study related areas to open up more opportunities with their music degrees. “The whole idea is that you’re going to have to be fluid with your jobs, so it’s good to have more than just music,” Jonathan Heller, a senior majoring in music composition and in economics, said. Heller applied to Pitt as a biology major. After realizing biology wasn’t for him, he switched to economics — and when he found out he could also add a music major on top of economics, he did just that in his sophomore year. “Most music schools are an audition-in — it’s a very large process and you can basically only commit to just music,” Heller said. “Where here, the way it’s set up, it’s really easy to commit to two [majors], compared to other places.” Music majors at Pitt choose between five tracks — composition, global and popular music, music and cultural history, jazz and performance. Heller is on the composition track. When he decided to add the major, he was already taking music theory classes for fun — it was something he’d always done. “I started on saxophone in fourth grade, and have played all of the saxophones,” he said. “I learned euphonium in the 12th grade … I’m self-taught on the drum set … and in [Pitt’s] drum line I played cymbals for two years.” He focuses on writing, producing and recording music — and this year he started focusing on producing music using his computer, rather than writing it for instrumentation. “Personally, for me, it made more sense to make it all myself,” he said, “instead of having to rely on other people to do it.” With his expected graduation less than eight months away, the hunt for employment is now on. He’s looking into an internship in

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New York with Matador Records or doing stage production at various local venues. Currently, Heller is trying to keep busy with freelance music work. “If I’m producing someone else’s music, I’ll produce anyone’s music,” said Heller. “And if I’m making my own, as long as I can make the sound I want to make, it doesn’t really matter to me what the end job is for that.” Sophomore Thyra Altunin didn’t wait until this year to declare her music major. “It’s definitely something that I thought about for a long time. I came here with the intent,” she said. “I knew directly what I wanted to do.” Altunin, who is on the music and cultural history track, experienced life in Rome this summer during an internship, in which she wrote textbooks for Latin and Greek languages. Before her internship, she wasn’t sure how she was going to incorporate her love for muSenior music composition and economics major Jonathan Heller performs sic and music history with her knowledge of with the percussion section of Pitt Band outside Heinz Field. Photo courtesy the classics — but she found a way in Rome. of Jonathan Heller “I was writing sections about ancient music and writing exercises that kids could do about ancient music and drama, because that’s a huge part of their culture,” she said. Along with her internship this summer, Altunin worked at a classical music festival in her hometown — Incline Village, Nevada — after volunteering there for the past six years. “The internship gave me a different perspective on both classics and music,” she said. “This gave me a different perspective on working with music in the business sense and working with the people that make the music.” Altunin worked closely with the musicians, from Michael Buckstein (front left) — a 2018 Pitt graduate who majored in music composition processing their paychecks to and psychology — worked as an assistant marching band director at Plum High School making collectible cards for during his senior year at Pitt. Photo courtesy of Michael Buckstein each of them to conducting See Music on page 21

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF PITT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS Stephen Thompson For The Pitt News

Over the weekend, Pitt women’s volleyball set a program record when it entered the top 10 after beating Kennesaw State, Dayton and No. 12 Washington in the Panther Challenge. Most people found out via social media from the team’s official Twitter page — the results were posted within seconds. Casey Bonk, Pitt’s assistant director of media relations, was the face behind the tweets. It’s part of her job as a sports information director, or SID, for Pitt Athletics. “Social media is run by all the SIDs here at Pitt,” she said. “I run softball, volleyball and gymnastics. So we’re always on call for that. We go to practices, we spend as much time as we can with our teams and we do as much as we can to promote them to the public.” Bonk earned her current job soon after graduating from Pitt in 2014, but it was the culmination of many years’ experience as a student employee. She knew she wanted to work in sports media, so she interned in Pitt’s media relations department as an undergraduate from her sophomore to her senior years. This experience not only helped Bonk get hired, but also made the transition from intern to full-time employee relatively seamless.

“The transition was also very easy because the people I was working for here prepared me very well,” Bonk said. “As an undergrad intern, we were just thrown into the fire. And they put us on a lot of duties and gave us a lot of things and that’s, in this field, what you have to be able to move forward, so I was very grateful for that because I was very well prepared heading into the full-time position.” SIDs act as team-specific media liaisons, statistics managers, beat writers and team promoters. It’s a busy job, Bonk says, considering how frequently Pitt sports teams travel for competition. “The travel was probably the biggest part [to adjust to], having to prepare myself either every weekend or every other weekend to get on the road,” Bonk said. When the volleyball team goes on the road for conference play, it plays in two different locations in a weekend. For a typical weekend, it leaves Thursday, plays Friday, travels on Saturday for a second game on Sunday and returns to Pittsburgh that night. It’s a lot to pack into a four-day trip, but Bonk’s game-day duties end up being lighter. Back on Pitt’s campus, Bonk and her assistants handle the score-keeping, statistics and other game-day responsibilities,

but her only responsibility on the road is keeping up on social media. “Home tournaments are definitely different and they’re a little bit more hectic. You’re constantly doing things,” Bonk said. “We run six matches in a weekend because these opposing teams will play neutral [site] games … we have to be at every game.” But one can come to embrace the long hours, as in the case of media relations assistant Matt Keenan. Keenan graduated from Slippery Rock University this past spring, where he earned a degree in sports marketing. His time at Slippery Rock included four years interning in the Slippery Rock athletic communications department. As far as work ethic goes, Keenan has it — and he needs it to keep up in this fastmoving field. “When I first got to Pitt … I worked as much as I could,” Keenan said. “I worked a lot of office hours and any event I could, and I think people here saw that I was taking that interest, taking that initiative, and I think that’s why I got the opportunity to travel with teams and host events and why I have my current opportunity.” See Directors on page 22

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By The Pitt News Staﬀ

THAT IS THE QUESTION

Those in favor … Brian Gentry, Contributing Editor I’ve wanted to experience the college atmosphere since my first year of high school. Not just the social aspects like the clubs and the parties and the friends — I love the idea of research, of inquiring about what we don’t know yet and testing the limits of what we can know. I love the idea of teaching — the act of getting someone to understand a concept. This is strange coming from a mechanical engineering student like myself. Most mechanical engineering majors go into industry, working behind a desk reviewing plans, designing parts, performing simulations and completing other menial tasks. But I’m going to be a professor — it’s the only job that combines my love of research and teaching. That’s why I need to go to graduate school. If I ever want to realize my dream of becoming a professor, I need to go through another five years of school, learning how to research and practicing my teaching. I don’t know where I’ll go to graduate school. Of course, I have dreams of attending some of the top-ranked engineering schools, like Carnegie Mellon, Cornell or Georgia Tech. But I recognize that these are long shots — as long as I’m in a thriving city, I’ll be happy. I don’t even know what I’ll go to graduate school to study. I’ve done coursework in mechanical engineering, research in chemistry, internships in environmental engineering and industry projects in applied math. I have a passion for all of these subjects and since STEM graduate degrees tend to be fully funded, I won’t have an issue paying for it. What I do know is this — to satisfy my urge to contribute to the knowledge the world has access to and to fulfill my desire to help the next generation of students learn how to think, I need to get a doctorate. Though the long nights and caffeine addictions of undergrad are already draining, grad school is in my future. Delilah Bourque, staff columnist Since I first came to Pitt in 2016, I have planned on going to some form of grad school — even though I’m still not entirely sure what I’ll study. As a general biological sciences major, I’ve always felt like grad school is my destiny. Getting a graduate degree will help me get the research science-based career I yearn for, either in an academic setting or in industry. After coming to Pitt and listening to the tales of graduate students in STEM, I’ve come to acknowledge students pursuing STEM degrees are much more likely and much more encouraged to attend grad school. Aside from professional schooling — such as law school or med school — it seems generally easier for a STEM student to get a graduate degree. Most programs for human genetics or pharmaceutical

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TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL OR NOT TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL...

design, the two fields I’m most interested in, are six- to eight-year-long programs, in which you earn both a master’s and a doctorate. In most of these programs, the cost of tuition is absorbed by a faculty member overseeing your research and the school gives students a living stipend to live near and work with the university. As a postdoctoral fellow once told me, “Don’t get a degree in science unless they’re paying you.” This is a far cry from even a master’s degree program in a related field. The path seems to be laid out for people like me, who want and need a post-bachelor education. Why pay for a degree you could get paid to complete? For me, graduate school is a clear choice. Joshua Jordan, For The Pitt News The journey to my decision to major in architectural studies was not an easy one — and my decision to go to graduate school even less so. I actually arrived to Pitt three years ago with the intention of becoming a physical therapist but quickly realized that understanding the intricate inner workings of the human body was not a task I was up to. After several major changes — trying everything from psychology to marketing to history — I decided to try my hand at architecture. Being a creative type with an appreciation for design that’s both well-built and aesthetically pleasing, the switch seemed to make sense for me. It was the right decision — I love my program. With my undergraduate career halfway over already, I’m constantly thinking about my future. My ideal path would entail becoming a licensed and practicing architect. But in order to do this, I would have to go to a National Architectural Accrediting Board-certified grad school and earn a master’s degree in architecture. Graduate-level architecture programs are extremely competitive. They can also take anywhere from two to three years to complete and can cost upwards of $50,000 a year in tuition alone. Considering these factors, I sometimes find myself asking if grad school truly makes sense for me. While my feelings about attending grad school are mixed, I am definitely still looking forward to my proseminar for undergraduate architecture students. The course is designed to educate students on our various options upon finishing our undergrad, including paths that do not require attending a graduate program. So while at the moment I do plan to advance beyond a bachelor’s, if choosing a major has taught me anything, it’s that the future is always subject to change. Those against… Neena Hagen, Assistant Opinions Editor “Mommy, I wanna get out of here!” I cried as my teacher dragged me into the school building

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International, pg. 3 work.” Clements also noticed differences in how co-workers interacted with each other, which turned out to be a delightful change from some workplace environments in the United States. “There’s the stereotype that the English are very polite, and it exists for a reason,” Clements said. “While an American boss might tell you when

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you were wrong or had messed up directly, an English boss might tell you in a way where you didn’t realize you were even wrong.” Although his specific internship dealt with some of those heavier topics, it did not deter from his chance to spend time outside of the country. When asked if other students should take the same opportunity he had, his face lit up with a smile. “Absolutely,” Clements said. “Not only is it a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it really adds something special

to your resumé.” Arce echoed this belief, sharing that the benefits of doing an internship abroad range far beyond gaining professional experience in the field that they plan to pursue. “Doing an internship abroad comes with its own lessons,” she said, “such as intercultural communication, intercultural competency skills, learning how to be adaptable, becoming familiar with ambiguity and understanding that work culture norms are not universal.”

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STUDENTS BALANCE SCHOOL WITH NECESSITY FOR FULL-TIME Sid Lingala Staff Writer

Ask Alec Cantor what it’s like to work standard full-time hours while being a fulltime student, and he’ll tell you that while it’s still work, he appreciates having a break from classes. “It’s a little easier to manage than school because there’s no homework and my weekends are completely free,” Cantor said. “There’s deadlines at work, but at school, it’s like, ‘this big project is due, you have this amount of time, you are not allowed to do this and it has to be done the way we learned in class.’” Cantor, a senior computer engineering major, started interning 40 hours a week at Mine Safety Applications — a company specializing in workplace safety products — during the 2018 spring semester. He said he joined the company because of his interest in its software development aspect — and he began his second rotation this semester. “Right now, I’m helping work on a device that we are trying to roll out in the next couple of years for firefighters,” he said. “It’s going to be a device that helps them navigate buildings better.” Cantor also has to deal with his roles as both a student and a full-time employee. “I do feel like I’m a full-time employee. I wake up at 7:45 every morning. I get into my car and there’s traffic,” Cantor said. “But then I feel like a student because at work, I’m not asked to plan an entire project. It will be like, ‘work on this small project and if you have any questions, let me know.’” Despite these obstacles, Cantor thinks this experience will be valuable to his goal of becoming a software developer. “I’m hoping that once I graduate, they end up hiring me on to the team, because the team I’m on right now is very short-staffed,” Cantor said. “But even if that doesn’t happen, it’s an incredible resumé item. I would have literally done software development at a professional level for three semesters.” Rebecca Weaver, a junior mechanical engineering student, also values the experience she gets from her full-time internship — it’s taught her how to approach professionals in a

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From left to right: Senior Etta Popek, junior Rebecca Weaver and senior Alec Cantor work 30 to 40 hours every week on top of going to school. Kaycee Orwig | staff photographer way she never learned in class. “I had no idea how all the different people email, how you have to learn to communicate differently with different people,” Weaver said. “I didn’t realize how much small talk came into play. My final rotation, someone came in to advertise all the different nozzles their company sells and half of it was talking about motorcycles and baseball.” Weaver completed her third and final rotation last spring at Schroeder Industries, a company that specializes in products dealing with hydraulic fluid filtration. She took particular interest in the company because of the hands-on shop and vast amount of lab experience it offered. “Sometimes I would get random high-importance, one-day assignments that took all day to finish, like reverse engineering a competitor’s product or finding a vendor for a particular manufacturing machine,” Weaver said. During her first rotation, Weaver had a tough time dealing with her busy schedule. She taught high school band on weeknights and rehearsed at a performing arts ensemble in Akron, Ohio, on weekends. It became easier with each rotation. Despite her positive experience where she learned how to communicate with other professionals and prioritize her projects, Weaver

still felt her co-op was harder than taking classes. “With classes, you get to shape your own schedule, work when you want to. But with co-op, everyone is there Monday through Friday until 5 p.m., and you need to work with all those people. If you’re not available during those times, you’re kind of screwed,” Weaver said. While Weaver kept her co-ops and classes separate — like Cantor does now — Etta Popek often finds her full-time job as a waitress conflictual with her regular classwork. Popek, a communication major graduating this December, works 30 to 35 hours a week at Local Brewhouse waiting tables. She manages her school and work responsibilities by doing her homework during slow days in the restaurant or on the bus to and from work. “I know I’m going to work, I know the amount of time I need to set aside for transportation. If I have schoolwork, I can either bring that or I can do it on the bus with me, or the time that I have between school and work,” Popek said. “College has definitely prepared me for, like, taking responsibility of my own time and also like respecting other people’s time.” Working at the restaurant since January, Popek has an extensive occupational history

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that she attributes to her love for being busy. “I’ve always worked since I was like 16. I’ve always had at least one job,” Popek said. “This past summer, I did two serving jobs and then a research position that Pitt was running, so that was kind of a crazy summer. But that was fun. So I’ve always been working, I can’t sit still.” Popek, like many students, also has financial woes that motivate her through her hectic schedule. She’s financially independent from her parents and therefore needs a job to pay her living expenses. “Being self-sufficient is, I think, one of the most important things to do while you’re in college. You don’t have to be fully self-sufficient, but this is like the next stepping stone in your life before you’re expected to really do everything on your own,” Popek said. “This is like a trial and error before you’re on your own doing whatever job that you choose to do.” Regardless of the hardships that come with having a full-time job during college, all three students agreed with the personal development that college students can gain from a coop or job experience. “I can’t imagine trying to become a professional out of college without this experience,” Cantor said.

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Universities should recognize student-athletes as employees Brian Gentry

Contributing Editor Football players at Northwestern University requested to unionize in January 2014 — an unprecedented request. After weeks of deliberation, the National Labor Relation Board granted the players’ request that March. A little over a year later, the same board that first ruled in the players’ favor overturned its initial decision. Since that case, a few similar court cases have followed — none successful — and national progress on the issue has stalled. Yet debate continues to rage throughout the country about whether student-athletes are considered university employees. Universities should recognize athletes as student employees. This would mitigate exploitation of the athletes, minimizing the overtime hours they put in and limiting the control that coaches and universities have over athletes’ personal lives. Kain Colter, Northwestern’s quarterback at the height of the request, initially approached the College Athletes Players Association and presented arguments in favor of recognition as employees, including the revenue the athletes generate, the time they spend at practice and the control the university has over their lives. One main reason athletes want to be university employees is so they get the same perks that employees get. This includes quality medical care, something that Colter emphasized. “I sacrificed my body for four years,” he said. “They sold my jersey in the stores and they should protect me as far as medical coverage.” More importantly, this can include the right to be represented by a union. As university employees working under a union, student-athletes could negotiate hours, benefits and pay. Though no student-athletes have ever successfully formed a union, similar cases occur in the academic sphere all the time. Graduate students at Penn State held a union election earlier this year, and graduate students at Pitt are pursuing something similar — they filed to hold a union election in December 2017, something the University has aggressively fought back against. Athletes would benefit from this unionization, but giving athletes more control over their hours is especially important. On aver-

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age, student-athletes practice — work — more than 30 hours per week, with more time-demanding sports like football or basketball topping 40 hours per week. An essentially full-time job outside of class leaves little time to focus on homework and exams. Student-athletes should be students first and athletes second — after all, they attend universities to get a degree, and most do not go pro. Only 1.6 percent of NCAA football players enter the NFL and only 0.9 percent of women’s basketball players enter the WNBA. A solid education is vital to ensure student-athletes’ future successes. In addition to minimal control over their hours, student-athletes have little control over their personal lives. At Northwestern, football players have to seek approval from coaches before they can sign a lease, drive a car, post online or even leave campus. This lack of autonomy in adult students is unacceptable, especially since they have little choice in deciding these terms. Controversially, this would also grant a large number of students the right to negotiate their pay. Currently, top student-athletes can obtain scholarships that cover the full cost of tuition, room and board, but many other athletes — particularly in less-watched sports — do not receive the same compensation. It’s not just an issue of money — this debate is also divided along racial lines. While more than 50 percent of black Americans support paying college students, only 27 percent of their white counterparts feel the same. And given that a high percentage of student-athletes are black, it’s difficult to ignore that a race factor may influence beliefs toward student-athletes. After the Northwestern case, the NCAA changed its policy and began awarding stipends to players to cover any expenses that scholarships did not. This stipend scales with the cost of the school, with the highest stipend coming from the University of Cincinnati at $6,082. The lowest known stipend is $2,500 at University of Tulsa. But some don’t think this goes far enough. Many who support paying student-athletes cite the players’ market value, the revenue and capital associated with their name and brand. A nationally renowned player, like former Pitt running back James Conner, brings in extremely high revenue from sponsors, ticket sales and memorabilia — top-level Division I players bring in an average of $163,087

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Kain Colter, a then-football player for Northwestern University, answers questions following the announcement that several Northwestern football players wish to join a labor union, on Jan. 28, 2014. Antonio Perez | Chicago Tribune | MCT per year. Critics of the current policy argue that athletes should get a portion of their market value, which is the increased revenue they bring to their universities. Some may argue that recognizing athletes as university employees would give them undue benefits that go beyond the privileges they already have. At Pitt, for example, athletes get early registration, special one-on-one tutoring and nearly 24/7 access to top athletic facilities and medical care. But just because student-athletes currently get these privileges does not mean that students gifted in other areas, such as academics, should not. Undergraduate students who produce excellent research are recognized nationally with publications and accolades, yet they don’t benefit outside of this recognition. These students should get analogous benefits — they could definitely benefit from getting into classes early. More than that, the revenue student-athletes bring to their universities is significantly larger than the revenue the average student brings, so it only makes sense to compensate student-athletes appropriately. In the end, paying athletes is unavoidable if we want to treat athletes fairly. Recognizing them as employees is the best solution in giving them more control over their lives, regardless of a change in pay policy. Universities across the country need to recognize the significant contributions that student-athletes make to their universities and recognize them as employees accordingly. It’s only fair to grant them basic autonomy over their lives.

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TAKE A GAP YEAR BEFORE GRAD SCHOOL Rachel Boward For The Pitt News

course, help them land all those entry-level positions that require a year of prior experience. Anyone who needs extra help with their internship applications can visit Pitt’s Career Center, which provides everything from career planning to networking help to mock interviews. For graduates looking to work in the private sector, it’s best to wait a bit and prepare before immediately trading the long graduation gown for a business suit. Although the switch from college classes to a cubicle may appear simple — we’ve all daydreamed about life without homework constantly looming over our heads — the professional world and the college bubble are very different and the sudden change will certainly affect graduates’ social lives. Adult life doesn’t provide the same sense of community as college does, where seeing and interacting with people every day is just a fact of life. The move to a new area for a job opportunity or gradu-

Time to start anew. Every year, black graduation caps fall haphazardly while “Sweet Caroline” plays in the background and nearly 4,000 graduates breathe a collective sigh of relief. But as the gold and blue confetti hits them, so does their uncertainty about their futures. This uncertainty is quite common because the undergraduate years are a transient step — a bridge connecting the gap between high school and the realities of independent adult life. Many seniors plan to jump right into a career. Others spend their final two semesters frantically applying to grad school after grad school, praying they’ll find a place that wants them badly enough to pay for their post-grad studies. But there is another choice — taking a gap year after graduation can provide a much-needed break for students who spent their previous 16 years immersed in academia. It can also help students discover a purpose outside of education and allow them to pursue opportunities they might’ve passed up otherwise. According to a 2014 Pew Research Center poll, 50 percent of recent college graduates said their biggest regret was not gaining more work experience prior to graduation. This points to a lack of direction and foresight among college students and recent graduates. Since a last-semester major switch might not be wise, soon-to-be graduates should seek out various education and employment opportunities related to their major before trapping themselves in a job or school they don’t like. A great way to gain work experience without committing to a career is to do an internship, which many companies offer for recent graduates. Volunteer organizations such as AmeriCorps have internships in the United States as well as abroad, so students and graduates can fulfill their college dreams of spending a year abroad and slap a reputable internship on their resumés. Most of these programs often offer free housing, loan deferment and stipends toward graduate school or further education. Taking a gap year to explore these kinds of opportunities can help graduates set Eli Savage STAFF ILLUSTRATOR a foundation for career aspirations — and, of

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ate school can strip recent graduates away from any sense of home or permanency that college may have provided — and the struggles of remaining financially self-sufficient in a new area only adds to the stress. Finances are also a major issue for many students who decide to pursue a graduate degree. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average student loan debt for those who complete a master’s degree is about $66,000. So for an upcoming graduate who hasn’t reviewed their options, rushing into grad school can be a dangerous financial decision — especially since the average grad student pays 77 percent of tuition themselves. And since 36 percent of university students feel food insecure, it’s unlikely they’ll be able to pay for grad school without taking a year to save money — or to consider if grad school is even their best option. Trying out a few different, short-term positions can help ease the financial burden of grad school and give students purpose and direction in their lives — a lack of which contributes to depression and anxiety in nearly onethird of college students. While there are no official stats on postgraduate depression, these mental health issues are unlikely to disappear in most students’ unsteady transitions to independent adult life. That’s why it’s important to take a break and try new things. Who knows, some students might find they’re more satisfied at a slidingscale medical clinic in an underprivileged area than at the corporate, for-profit hospital they’ve always dreamed about. It’s certainly possible they’ll even discover that grad school is no longer a necessity for achieving their goals. A gap year can provide a graduate with much-needed insight into their true ambitions. It can also help combat the postgraduate depression and quarter-life crisis that are sure to set in after receiving a diploma. Although it seems like getting a diploma and packing up that cap and gown should be the cliched end to some ‘80s coming-of-age movie, it’s really just the beginning of another part of life’s story. Take a moment — or a year — to figure out the best path for your life. It can help to make the transition a lot less stressful.

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ROTC, pg. 6 they have several career options after graduation. They can join the army on active duty, join part-time as a reserve — meaning they only have to report to base one weekend every month — or take an education delay, allowing them to pursue a master’s degree. Frasier said she plans to report for active duty upon her graduation. “My goal is to go active duty, either in the aviation branch of the army or in the medical services,” Frasier said. Boissonnault said Pitt’s program commonly graduates students who go into medical fields of the army or take medical professions in their civilian jobs. He also said Pitt’s program separates itself from others by having a majority of female cadets. “One of the unique things about this program, we are the most female-integrated program in the U.S.,” Boissonnault said. One of those graduates that has gone into a medical profession with the army is 2nd Lt. Kristian Hill, who’s currently stationed at Fort Sam in Houston in the army’s Basic Officer Leaders Course for nurses. She said her experience with Pitt’s ROTC program

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helped her prepare for her career in the army. “[Pitt ROTC cadres] teach us the basics of being a soldier, but also that other side of not only being a soldier, but being a leader. So they teach us all about leadership,” she said. Hill originally came to Pitt intending to join the Air Force, but opted to join the Army ROTC program because of what the Army offered to nursing students. Between her junior and senior years, Hill was sent out to work at hospitals as part of an internship with the Army.

“You’re starting IVs, you’re doing EKGs, you’re doing assessments, you’re doing everything — and that was something that the Air Force didn’t offer, either,” Hill said. Hill said she enjoyed her time in Pitt’s Army ROTC program but understood that the program offers a challenge to some students. “There are some people that haven’t managed that time management and they haven’t quite figured it out. So they join and then their grades drop, or you know something just doesn’t work out for them,” she said. “I think anybody can do it, it’s just a

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matter of how much you’re willing to put into it and how much dedication you have toward the program.” Frasier, who still has a year left in the program, echoed Hill’s assessment of the program. She said that ROTC has offered her experiences that have shaped her today. “I’m semi-afraid of heights and we have this rappel tower that we go to for the field training exercises every semester, and that fear was gone a few times after I did it,” Frasier said. “Conquering something like that in a program like this makes me a better leader.”

Grad School, pg. 11 for my first day of kindergarten. Fourteen years later and my sentiments about school remain remarkably similar — in fact, I still repeat that same phrase to myself as I walk to class every day. Growing up in an Indian family, culture dictates that obtaining a doctorate is the highest possible life achievement, and it’s hard not to get sucked into that same mentality. But I’ve always found private-sector jobs a lot more enticing — going through several years of graduate school and ultimately living a life bound to academia just isn’t for me. As an actuarial math major — a very niche field that blends statistics and insurance — it makes sense for me to avoid grad school. Most advanced degrees either lead to a professorship, which usually means a lifelong career in academia, or prepare graduates for a specific profession, which I’m already bound for with my undergraduate degree. Going to grad school may make sense for lawyers and medical professionals who need law school or medical school to find footing in their professions, but for the remainder of students it’s not always a sound decision. Since the average grad student pays 77 percent of their tuition by themselves — on top of the nontrivial $16,500 per year for undergraduate school — students would benefit financially from declaring a specific, career-focused major in college rather than scrambling their senior year to earn tens of thousands of dollars for grad school. For me, the decision is clear — finish college, then avoid academia at all costs. Maggie Koontz, Senior Columnist After I tell someone what my majors are — English nonfiction writing and German language and cultural studies — they either ask me what I plan to do with them or they ask me if I’m going to graduate school. This has been happening for a little over two years now. For the former question, I would always wave my hand and say something vague — but for the latter, I would say no without a second thought. That is, until recently. Honestly, I hadn’t given grad school that much thought. For my majors, I would only go to graduate school if I wanted to pursue my doctorate in German or if I wanted to get my MFA. But German is more of a hobby for me, and although writing is my main career goal, I had only recently — and loosely — considered going to graduate school to get my master’s. But as I dove into the world of writing, a long-forgotten career goal floated to the surface

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of my mind and I remembered that as a child, I wanted to be a librarian. So I began researching this fancy of mine and talking to the librarians at Pitt. Suddenly, this was a very real possibility. I can go to graduate school to be a librarian, and I absolutely will — just not right after my time as an undergraduate. Grad school is expensive, so I plan on taking some time after I graduate from Pitt in the spring. I’ll probably try copy editing, translating or work for a publishing company. That way, not only can I save up my money, but I can also test the waters in the job market to make sure my mind is made up before I decide to fully commit. Who knows? I might decide not to go, but for now, that’s the plan. For me, my career just happened to bring me to the idea of grad school, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if I changed my mind. I believe that humanities majors have a lot more freedom to navigate the job world and that they don’t necessarily need grad school, but they should go if they have a desperate desire to go farther in their field. Maggie Durwald, Opinions Editor I’ve always thought I’d go to grad school. My mom got her master’s degree, so I figured I should, too. After all, we’re supposed to do as well as our parents — if not better. As a linguistics and French major, the next logical step is grad school, with the ultimate goal of a doctorate. But now I’m not so sure that’s what I want. College is exhausting. For me, there’s nothing more thrilling than learning, but in many ways school — even at the collegiate level — isn’t just about the act of learning for the sake of knowledge. It’s about learning to take the test, to pass the course, to fulfill major requirements, to graduate in four years with a degree. A large part of me is wary of signing up for another two years of that. Besides the toll grad school takes on a person’s energy, it’s also incredibly expensive. There are grants and scholarships to apply to, but about 60 percent of grad students don’t receive that kind of funding at all. After four years of paying tuition and fees, the idea of taking on more debt does not appeal to me in the slightest. And since I’m so skittish when it comes to the idea of grad school, I don’t think I’ll dive into it just yet because I think it’s the next right step. Instead, I think I’ll try teaching English as a foreign language abroad, translating, interpreting or maybe copy editing. Wherever I end up in a couple years, I know I’ll have several options. I might return to the idea of grad school someday when I know exactly what I want to do. But until then, I plan on avoiding what could be a costly mistake.

Music, pg. 8 video interviews with them. She was also able to sit in on rehearsals and help with logistics like organizing sheet music and helping the musicians take notes. “I have a lot of new resources now — I’m really good friends with the conductor … I have a lot of new friends in New York City who play for the Met,” Altunin said. “It gives me just a whole new world of opportunities and networking opportunities, and it’s even just knowing that if I need anything, I could ask somebody from there.”

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Connections helped Michael Buckstein — a 2018 Pitt graduate who majored in music composition and psychology when he was at Pitt — along his path too. When he was a senior at Pitt, he started working at Plum High School, about 15 miles away from Oakland, as an assistant marching band director. “It was really great to be able to get experience in the field that I wanted to go into while I was still in school,” he said. “The director there was very understanding of my schedule, but I wish I would have had a little more free time to actually be physically present there.”

Before that, he spent plenty of time around music. He said the turning point in his college career was when he was a student employee with the Pitt Band. “I was there for three years. I got to be up in the band room most days. All over the summer I copied music, I edited music, I wrote some stand tunes for the band to play — and that’s where I truly got to see how a major college band runs,” Buckstein said. “That experience was what solidified my commitment to going into music education and hopefully running a band of my own some day.”

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Now, he’s a graduate student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and he’s taking courses in music education to work toward a third bachelor’s degree and a Pennsylvania teaching certification. He has a couple words of advice for any current music majors who are trying to pursue a future in the field — make connections. “Basically, any business is all about connections, especially in the music world. The music community is very small, so get to know as many people as you can,” he said. “Just get your name out there and there’s sure to be stuff that pops up.”

Directors, pg. 9 Between running social media and preparing student athletes for home and away game-days, the SIDs stay busy, but Bonk says seeing it all come together makes it worth it. “The reason we do what we do is to be able to help them win and to help them succeed on and off the field,” Bonk said. “We can do so much for them from an athletic standpoint, but in the end they all graduate and go out into the real world and have their own lives. In the end, if we can help them in more ways than just putting something out on social

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media … that’s what we’re here for.” R.J. Sepich is no exception. Sepich is an assistant director for media relations who works primarily with the football, swimming and diving teams. During the fall, Sepich’s job revolves around the football team. He travels with the team, runs workshops to help the players handle interviews and acts as a middleman between the media and the players. Sepich has worked closely with recent Pitt stars and current NFL players like Nate Peterman, Matt Galambos and James Conner. Pitt Athletics has always been a part of Sepich’s life. He’s a native of Butler County

and his parents and grandparents, who Sepich says facilitated his love for Pitt at an early age, have been regulars at Panther football and basketball games since the ‘60s. “Outsiders and friends and family think it’s really cool [to know these players], but eventually you learn that they’re honestly just normal people trying to chase their dreams,” Sepich said. “James Conner is someone who always comes around the building and shakes my hand, asks me how I’m doing.” Like Bonk, Keenan emphasized the importance of getting your foot in the door as soon as possible, adding a piece of advice for those who might want to follow his path.

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“The biggest thing I’d say is get in as early as you can because that can give you more time to learn as a student while there’s still not as much pressure on you,” Keenan said. Keenan and the other SIDs take a tremendous amount of pride in their work — and they feel each others’ successes. “My favorite part of the job is promoting our school, promoting our brand, promoting our athletes, coaches … making sure they get the attention they deserve,” he said. “Whenever you see a story you put out or a post you put out gain a lot traction, it’s great to see because it means that people are paying attention to what you’re doing and what Pitt is doing.”

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The School of Education also understands the changing needs and diverse schedules of today’s students, so we provide options like evening and weekend education courses, as well as online offerings. Our master’s students range from those who have just completed their undergraduate degrees to those who have been in the workforce and are ready to impart their knowledge and expertise to future generations. By preparing the next generation of teachers, researchers, administrators and educators, we advance education and careers regionally, nationally and internationally. The School of Education offers numerous opportunities, including undergradu-

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The University of Pittsburgh launches Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering Program for students who lean green ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Pitt students have many opportunities to help build a better world through programs like Plate to Plate, the Pitt Student Environmental Coalition, Engineers for a Sustainable World, Engineers Without Borders, or any of the Sustainable Pitt initiatives. Now they have an opportunity to not only join sustainability-minded organizations but to learn how to lead them. Answering a growing demand for professional programs that show students how to find sustainable solutions to regional and global engineering issues, the University of Pittsburgh has designed a Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering (MSSE) program. The professional degree will take a systems-based approach to help students identify and address complex environmental and socioeconomic problems. Housed within the University’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI), with the degree granted from the Swanson School of Engineering, the 30-credit MSSE provides students the opportunity to complete two master’s of science degrees with a limited time increase. The MSSE curriculum combines the technical aspects of engineering with the study of sustainability from multiple perspectives, such as business, policy and economics, by incorporating coursework from the Swanson School of Engineering, the Katz School of Business and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

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“Sustainability is integrated throughout our engineering curriculum, especially at the undergraduate level, and this new master’s program complements and builds upon this foundation,” noted Eric J. Beckman, distinguished service professor and MCSI codirector. “Industry, government, non-profits and even the military today understand that sustainability impacts the triple bottom line of environmental, societal and economic problems and is much more than recycling materials or ‘going green.’ The MSSE will give our students a distinct advantage in pursuing sustainable solutions in various professional settings.” Four tracks of study are available in the MSSE program – energy, environmental and water sustainability, green computing, and sustainable built environment and infrastructure – allowing students to customize their coursework to meet their educational passions and career goals. According to a survey by McKinsey & Co., more than 3,300 organizations across a wide variety of industries recognize sustainability as an increasingly strategic and integral part of their businesses. Forty-three percent of the executives surveyed in 2014 said their companies sought to align sustainability with their overall business goals, mission or values – up from 30 percent in 2012. Pitt’s new MSSE program is designed to help students succeed with sustainability in mind and to meet the growing demand for leaders with creative sustainability solutions engrained into their decision-making. The MSSE program also plans to integrate community-based, service-learning opportunities to help students develop regional and nationally scalable sustainability solutions, explained Beckman. This provides students with experiences that enable them to address real-world issues up close while learning to communicate sustainability concerns and solutions to multiple audiences. “MCSI has a proven track record in connecting faculty research with underserved populations in the Pittsburgh region, and so this degree program will not be limited to the classroom and lab but will also reach out into the communities that Pitt serves,” Beckman said. “Sustainability is a global issue, but its strength lies in community engagement and helping the average person understand how sustainability impacts daily life.” Pitt undergraduates studying sustainability in non-engineering fields will be accepted on a case-by-case basis and are encouraged to apply. For more information, contact Stephanie Opalinski, senior manager of graduate engineering programs recruitment, at stephanie.opalinski@pitt.edu or 412-383-7027.

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Xavier University Cincinnati, Ohio /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Xavier University’s School of Psychology offers two graduate programs; an APA accredited Clinical Psychology Doctoral (PsyD) and a Master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. The programs adhere to the practitioner-scientist orientation that recognizes the importance of a strong research foundation upon which applied skills are built. In all psychology graduate programs, students learn to integrate theory, research, and practice to become skilled professionals who understand the importance of the scientific foundations of psychology and are prepared to assume one of the many roles of professional psychologists. Our PsyD program is currently and has been accredited by APA since 2001. Both of our programs are full time, on campus programs which require an internship and a final research project (thesis or dissertation). Contact Info: Margaret Maybury, Director, Academic Program,

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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Participating in God’s ongoing mission in the world, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is a community of Christ joining in the Spirit’s work of forming and equipping people for ministries familiar and yet to unfold and communities present and yet to be gathered. The established academic rigor of more than 200 years of theological education, and the depth and diversity of our faculty, ensure our student community learns, grows, and flourishes on a path to practical ministry. Our students prepare to engage in God’s work with churches, nonprofits, and institutions specific to their call. Our academic degrees include Master of Divinity (with joint degrees in social work, law, and public policy) and Master of Arts (in Pastoral Studies or Theological Studies), plus Graduate Certificates in Church Planting and Revitalization, Ministry, Missional Leadership, Theological Studies, and Urban Ministry. Visit us in East Liberty to discern your call to ministry and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Contact Info: 800-451-4194, admissions@pts.edu Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions Student to Faculty Ratio: 6:1 Tuition: $456 per credit

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Nearly every graduate student at Duquesne becomes engaged in research and academic discovery, with important research and scholarship taking place in all of our schools. Nationwide, Duquesne is one of the 107 universities classified as a doctoral university/higher research activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Duquesne is #16 among the nation’s top small doctoral universities and one of only seven private Pennsylvania universities in the “higher” or “highest” research category. And because Duquesne is among the top research institutions in Pittsburgh, our graduate students contribute to and benefit from a critical mass of knowledge, discoveries that are being actively shared among public and private universities as well as corporate and community partners, from Fortune 500 corporations to neighborhood nonprofits. Visit duq.edu/research for more information.

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