Humanistic Studies develops attitudes and abilities prized in a variety of jobs. Because our majors work closely with each other and their professors throughout the entire Program, they learn to work together as a team. Discussion seminars teach students how to persuade others and build consensus. Interpreting original texts requires students to tolerate ambiguity and to make independent judgments. Making class presentations teaches them to organize and present their ideas effectively.
For advice about networking with Humanistic Studies alumnae, please visit the Counseling and Career Development Center in LeMans Hall. The Center houses the Alumnae Resource Network, a computer-based system that links students with alumnae to discuss the job search process. The Network provides information about our graduates' entry-level job, career history, and current position. To give an indication of the wide variety of careers available to HUST graduates, a very brief sampling of graduates and their occupations follows:
Jayne Ader '92
Co-Executive Director, Co-Founder, CORE/El Centro, a non-profit natural healing center
Angie Little Berg '00
Attorney, Business, Tax, and Real Estate Department, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis
Paula Lawton Bevington '58
Chairman, Servidyne Systems, Inc.
Mary L. Burke '85
consultant on corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures; formerly Chief Financial Officer, Imperial Sugar Company
Mary Griffin Burns '62
Supervisory Attorney, Office of the Public Guardian, Chicago
Melissa Buss '04
teacher of English as a foreign language, Japanese Embassy Teaching program
Elizabeth O'Connor Chandler '70
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago
Paula DeLisle '75
Hong Kong Managing Director, PRC, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Nora Barry Fischer '73
U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Cristina Grassi '99
The Health Care Chaplaincy, New York City
Elise Hall '00
Administrative and Programming Assistant, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri
Margaret FitzGibbons Higgins '73
National Human Resources Director for Tax, KPMG
Margaret M. Hill '61
theatrical producer, attorney, New York City
Molly Kahn '01
English teacher, Dunlap High School, Peoria, Illinois
Melissa Kill '00
production assistant, CNN, Atlanta
Mary Anne Luzar '72
Chief, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Health
Lisa Maxbauer '99
freelance writer; formerly Associate Editor, Physician's Weekly
Diane Daly McGarry '70
President, North American General Markets Group, Xerox Corporation
Susan McGury '80
Assistant Professor of English, DePaul University
Ashley Ratcliffe '97
trial lawyer, St. Louis, Missouri
Susan F. Rice '61
President, SFR Consulting; Past President, League of Women Voters of California
Monica Schuler '62
Professor of History, Wayne State University
Nancy Strzelecki '95
Office of Political Affairs, Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Sally Thompson '00
ranger trainee, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Mary Warnement '91
Reference Librarian, Boston Athenaeum,Boston, Massachusetts
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