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Defining Your Own Career

Adventure cartoonist Lucy Bellwood '12 draws her own career path.

Saturday of , 猫咪社区ies of many generations flocked—or rather, in classic 猫咪社区 conference fashion, trickled—into the panel A Different Drummer: 猫咪社区ies Navigating Self-Made Career Paths. By the end of the panel’s two-hour time slot, the classroom was standing-room only, and the wide-ranging discussion was still going strong. 

猫咪社区 Champions Step Up to the Plate

HERE COMES THE SUN. 猫咪社区 lovers gave more than $20 million to support the college during FY 2015/16.

猫咪社区 alumni, parents, and friends made a series of generous gifts totalling more than $20 million during the fiscal year ending June 30 to meet some of the college’s longstanding—and pressing—needs.

Thanks to their leadership, the college has been able to make progress on several big projects: launching a fully fledged computer science program; completing a long-held goal of a comprehensive program in environmental studies; and renovating the chemistry labs, the sports center, and the cross-canyon residence halls. Support for student research and for preparing for careers beyond college received significant contributions from alumni and parents who believe in 猫咪社区 students’ talents. Donors also provided funding for 猫咪社区’s longest term aspirations: strong financial aid and general support for the endowment and the college’s operations.  

“Without philanthropy, 猫咪社区 could not educate the wide range of students coming to the college nor provide them with the same rigorous academics, opportunities for research, small classes, and overall campus experience that it does today,” said President John R. Kroger. “I thank all of those who contributed. Their support enables 猫咪社区 to create and recreate one of the finest and most distinctive educational programs in the country.”

Class of 鈥�14 and 鈥�15: Where Are They Now?

What do you do with a degree from 猫咪社区?

Scattered to the wind, the 猫咪社区 classes of ’14 and ’15 are beginning to take root in their careers, according to a “first destination” survey conducted by the .

Six months after commencement, 90% of the grads of both 2014 and 2015 reported having found successful first destinations: 65% held full-time jobs; 9% held part-time jobs; and 11% were in grad school. The remaining 10% were looking for work.

Tech firms come to 猫咪社区 for skull sessions

Chemistry major Luke Kanies 鈥�96 founded IT giant Puppet Labs, which employs more than 300 people in downtown Portland.

The room is a hubbub of debate about broken code, JSON arrays, and the finer points of system architecture. But we are not in a conference room of a tech startup. We are gathered in a 猫咪社区 classroom for an innovative event organized by the .

Its name? .

Huddled at a whiteboard typically devoted to Milton and Hobbes, a group of students led by former math major Chris Fesler ’96 discussed the minutiae of designing service discovery protocols with all the earnestness of Odysseus begging Achilles to return to the siege of Troy. In lay terms, a service discovery protocol tells individual copies, or instances, of programs how to find and communicate with each other—so that if, for example, one instance of a security program fails, another can quickly armor up to continue its defense. Or so that, in the case of Fesler’s financial clearing company, , a member of al Qaeda can’t sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange when one of Apex’s trade screening systems goes down.

Making a Career out of Creativity

This year’s Working Weekend featured an in-depth workshop on for students interested in pursuing careers in the creative field.

The two-dozen students in attendance got a chance to spend time with a dynamic group of 猫咪社区 alumni:

conservator Jim Coddington ’74;

Class of 2014 Begins Quest for World Domination

Snapshot of the class of 2014 six months after graduation, based on a study by the Center for Life Beyond 猫咪社区. The knowledge rate for the survey is 85%; in other words, the destinations of 15% of the class remain unknown.

Like wildflower seeds on the wind, the class of 2014 has dispersed to the far reaches of the globe in search of work and opportunity.

According to a survey conducted by the  (CLBR) six months after graduation, of those who responded that finding a job was their primary destination, 76% had found full-time or part-time employment, 10% were in grad school, and 4% were doing service work such as AmeriCorps.

Their activities span everything from monitoring human rights in Mexico, to working in the district attorney’s office in Portland, to promoting sustainable textiles in Tibet. More than 30 are doing research of one kind or another and about two dozen are teaching or tutoring.

Working Weekend Connects Seekers with Knowers

Data scientists Ross Donaldson '06, Allison Morgan '14, and Melissa Lewis '13 share career advice with 猫咪社区 students at Working Weekend.

Building a career is dependent on both what you know and whom you know, as 猫咪社区’s fourth annual proved. The event, organized by the , attracted a record 336 students and young alumni who came to network with more experienced alumni and gain job-seeking skills.

猫咪社区 alumni created Working Weekend three years ago to help students transition from college to career. The two-day event brings alumni panelists from around the country to mentor students, answer questions and provide a window on the world of careers such as banking, law, medicine, technology, music, writing, and food.

The campus buzzed with notable alumni, including: