How to Enhance Professional Development Opportunities for Student Staff

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Courtesy of UMKC Campus Recreation

Liz Seal attended The Ohio State University to pursue a career in public health but eventually changed her intended career path after she began working in campus recreation as a student employee. “I really liked the environment of working on a college campus with college students, helping them live their best life,” she says. “To me, that felt like I was still doing public health work, but in this really amazing environment.”

Rachel Rayburn, a senior at Utah State University, tells a similar story — only she began her college career as an elementary education major before changing gears. “I distinctly remember, halfway through my sophomore year, realizing that I cannot do lesson planning. It was not for me,” Rayburn says. “But I loved my job [as a desk attendant] in campus rec. So I looked into my options, and within a week I had switched my major.”

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