One of the students on the finance track, economics major and psychology minor Luke Purinton \u201928, said the trek gave him\u00a0confidence in his liberal arts education. He heard from employers and alumni working in the industry that Bowdoin prepares students to think critically, write effectively, and to move into positions\u00a0of responsibility. \u201cThe broad education we’ve amassed not only gives us a strong foundation across disciplines but also equips us with the soft skills to work well on a team,\u201d Purinton said.<\/p>\n
Aur\u00e9lie Nishimwe \u201926, a psychology major and cinema studies minor, joined the social impact trek as it aligned with her aspirations\u00a0in education, filmmaking, and making a difference.\u00a0Nishimwe recounted a conversation her group had with a CEO about his preference\u00a0for hiring people with a liberal arts degree versus a more industry-oriented one like marketing. \u201cThe CEO answered that with a liberal arts education, students are taught how to learn, and most careers require this willingness and ability to learn new things every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Shannon Kim \u201928, an environmental studies and sociology major, joined the non-tech tech trek\u00a0because she’s interested in pursuing a career in innovation and design, possibly as a brand strategist, program manager, or architect. She said that San Francisco, as an epicenter of design, seems like a great place to land.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m looking forward to working towards life in San Francisco by taking small steps to advance my knowledge of the industries out there,\u201d she said. \u201cMy main hope is to continue nurturing the relationships we made in SF and continue to get excited about what life looks like post-grad.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the students on the finance track, economics major and psychology minor Luke Purinton \u201928, said the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-236135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}