A graduate degree is required to advance in many careers today. Our department prides
itself on preparing our students to successfully apply to graduate schools and then
complete their programs. Some of our graduates are pursuing Masters and Doctoral degrees
in History, but many others have pursued their interests across a wide spectrum of
fields.
Our senior course, Career and ePortfolio Workshop, provides students considering graduate
study with information about the application process and supports them as they write
application essays for a potential application to a school of their choice. Visiting
alumni also share their advice in conversation as part of the course, giving students
the benefit of real-world experiences.
Here are examples of programs in-progress or recently completed by graduates of the MCLA History program:
Timing is everything. Stephanie Kopala ’06, M.Ed. ’10, didn’t know that when she chose to complete her student teaching internship at Drury High School in North Adams, she would still be working there 14 years later.
Alexandra Kadell-Peltier ’16 has taken what some people once told her was an insurmountable obstacle and turned it into a list of successes.
