Ok so I'll admit it...I'm not the world's best planner. Sure, I keep my tasks organized and get my bills paid on time and hate to be late for anything, but you know those last minute sales on Christmas Eve? Yep...those are for me. That whole call to schedule your doctor's appointment two months in advance? Nah, I'll give him a call and see if he has any open slots tomorrow. I'm a walk in to get my haircut kinda guy. I slowly start planning birthday gifts weeks in advance but don't actually go out and buy them until the week before and I didn't have a final plan for how I would propose until the week before it happened. And even then I realized that I had no back up plans if it rained that day (fortunately for me, it didn't!). I didn't plan on becoming an interface analyst at UPMC my freshman year at Saint Vincent. Actually, I didn't even plan on majoring in bioinformatics. My goal graduating high school was to get a physical therapy degree and go into a sports science or sports medicine field. But man how things change.
Topics: Allyson Lambert, alumni advice, career advice
Stand Out: 4 Tips on Building Your Personal Brand
Hi, Bearcats! Can you believe how fast summer went? August will always remind me of moving back to Saint Vincent, excited to reunite with my friends and ready for the mental stimulation of going to class. Welcome back!
Topics: alumni advice, career advice, Career Center, Sadie Stresky, marketing
Growing up (and even still today) when I'm feeling overworked or overwhelmed, my dad always tells me, "Remember Aaron, pressure makes diamonds." Even though at the time, I may not always want to hear such simplistic and optimistic advice when I'm so busy that I forget to eat, it's true...you can't have the hardest mineral known to man (or the most beautiful stone known to woman) without a ton of pressure. As quite the involved student athlete with a crammed academic schedule, I'd be lying if I said that college was no sweat and that there weren't nights that I questioned my sanity (as illustrated in the picture below from a finals week one year). I may not have emerged a sparkling diamond when I graduated Saint Vincent, but it was those times when I was ready to throw in the towel that truly prepared me for life after college and taught me some important lessons.
Topics: alumni advice, Aaron Seckar
Most people have seen the scene from Adam Sandler's movie Billy Madison where Billy comes back to the elementary school and tells the third grade kids how "great" high school is. "Gee," announces one of the third graders, "I can't wait to get to high school." Billy's face turns serious and he grabs the pudgy kid's cheeks and shakes him repeatedly while telling him "Don't you say that. Don't you ever say that. Stay here. Stay here as long as you can. For the love of God, cherish it. You gotta cherish it." (If you haven't seen the movie, or you are like me and still laugh every time you see it, see the clip below)
Topics: alumni advice, Aaron Seckar
Greetings from a Communication/Marketing Bearcat Alumna
Hello, friends! Thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to look at my little corner of the blogiverse. My name is Sadie Stresky, and I graduated from Saint Vincent in 2013 with a communication major and minors in marketing and graphic design. Presently, I work as the Digital Marketing Manager at 321Blink, a full-service marketing and production agency in Aspinwall, PA.
Topics: alumni advice, Sadie Stresky, marketing
Without going into a full blown discussion over alternative realities and butterfly effect theories, sometimes I wonder how many different opportunities have been presented to me throughout my short 24 years of living that could have changed who and where I am at this moment today.
Topics: alumni advice, Career Center, Aaron Seckar, Campus Life
Hello there! My name is Allyson Lambert and I graduated from Saint Vincent College this past December with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance. It's hard to believe that just a few short months ago, I was finishing up my last finals week of undergrad and preparing for graduation!
Topics: Allyson Lambert, alumni advice