Stars to Steer By is an event series hosted by the English Department to help Humanities majors find their way. The next event is October 26th in Bracken 104. 

September’s Stars to Steer By event, hosted in Bracken 104 by Career Coach Eilis Wasserman, was dubbed, “You Don’t Have to be a College Professor to Work at a University.” The panel of Ball State faculty was comprised of  Jim Mitchell, Associate Director of the Career Center, Michael King, Residence Hall Director, Professor Molly Ferguson, who teaches various courses on campus, Brandon Pieczko, Digital Archivist for Manuscript Collections, and Lola Mauer, Associate VP of Annual Giving. They discussed pursuing alternative career tracks in the world of academia. Professor Ferguson represented those who do wish to teach, but the other four speakers discussed their own careers at Ball State that many people do not consider right away. The objective of the night was to show that there are plenty of other opportunities to be explored in a college setting outside of teaching. We will always need professors, but we need plenty of other professions as well.

The next event in the Stars to Steer By series is called, “Personal Branding: Uncovering Your Authentic Self,” and will take place on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 6:30 PM in Bracken 104. Ball State University alum Monica Scalf of The Playground Group will be speaking and demonstrating how to create and maintain your professional online presence. Make sure to bring your computers! The workshop will help you work on your professional LinkedIn and Twitter accounts.