2008 Woodie Awards
Four recent IUPUI graduates share their success stories
LaToya Coleman
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: College News
Imagine the day when there is no need to search for a place to park on campus, no need to buy textbooks and no need to spend hours studying in the library.
Picture the years at IUPUI being memories and envision working the dream job college years have prepared you for.
Life after college has begun.
For one IUPUI alumni, the dream job became reality the day after graduation. Heather Dallman received a degree in nuclear medicine in May 2007. She became a nuclear medicine technologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, Ind.
"I had the job secured in April. The location of the school, with the hospitals surrounding it, was an excellent resource for me," Dallman wrote in an email interview. "I feel like the experiences I gained at the different types of hospitals help prepare me for this job."
Internships gave Dallman the opportunity to develop skills and experiences needed for her career. Although internships brought her one-step closer to her dream job, the decision to get involve on campus helped as well.
"I also feel that my undergraduate experiences, while part of the University College, helped me to develop my leadership skills."
Dallman mentioned how Professor and Dean of IUPUI University College Scott Evanbeck was an excellent resource by encouraging her to get involved in the school's student government. She also worked as a tutor for the math and biology departments.
"The community service activities provided many opportunities to work with a variety of people across many settings," Dallman wrote. "I believe all these opportunities contributed to my success!"
Elizabeth Friedland, a 2007 graduate, is an alum who describes her job as "a lot of fun." She has a general studies degree with special concentrations in public relations and journalism.
Friedland works at a communications advertising firm in downtown Indianapolis where she is the public relations coordinator. With the title, she writes press releases, pitches stories to the media, keeps track of clients mentioned in the media and performs duties on a client-by-client basis. Like Dallman, she was able to get the job she wanted.
Picture the years at IUPUI being memories and envision working the dream job college years have prepared you for.
Life after college has begun.
For one IUPUI alumni, the dream job became reality the day after graduation. Heather Dallman received a degree in nuclear medicine in May 2007. She became a nuclear medicine technologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, Ind.
"I had the job secured in April. The location of the school, with the hospitals surrounding it, was an excellent resource for me," Dallman wrote in an email interview. "I feel like the experiences I gained at the different types of hospitals help prepare me for this job."
Internships gave Dallman the opportunity to develop skills and experiences needed for her career. Although internships brought her one-step closer to her dream job, the decision to get involve on campus helped as well.
"I also feel that my undergraduate experiences, while part of the University College, helped me to develop my leadership skills."
Dallman mentioned how Professor and Dean of IUPUI University College Scott Evanbeck was an excellent resource by encouraging her to get involved in the school's student government. She also worked as a tutor for the math and biology departments.
"The community service activities provided many opportunities to work with a variety of people across many settings," Dallman wrote. "I believe all these opportunities contributed to my success!"
Elizabeth Friedland, a 2007 graduate, is an alum who describes her job as "a lot of fun." She has a general studies degree with special concentrations in public relations and journalism.
Friedland works at a communications advertising firm in downtown Indianapolis where she is the public relations coordinator. With the title, she writes press releases, pitches stories to the media, keeps track of clients mentioned in the media and performs duties on a client-by-client basis. Like Dallman, she was able to get the job she wanted.
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