2008 Woodie Awards
Back to work: AC Alumni return to campus as employees
Kate Ricciordone
Issue date: 12/4/04 Section: News Stories
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After four years of demanding classes, never-ending papers, and difficult tests, you are finally free to enter the "real world" as a working adult. You will no longer spend hour upon hour every week in the classroom, immerse yourself in campus activities, or work closely with other college students. May of your senior year, you receive your degree, have a graduation celebration with family and friends, and never look back. Right?
Not always.
In recent years, there has been an influx of former Assumption College students who have opted to return to the college to work full-time. They have taken on a variety of positions around campus, such as professors, admissions counselors, administrators, and overseers of student activities. Each alumnus has learned a great deal since their days as an Assumption College student and has returned to the college with a desire to make a contribution to the students at the institution at which they received higher education.
One might assume that it would be somewhat strange to work at the college one attended and see the school through an entirely different perspective. What made these former students choose Assumption College as their place of employment after graduation?
For some, like Christoper Klofft, Professor of Theology, the decision to work at Assumption was the result of close personal connections made while attending the college.
"I was in the process of looking for work, but the job market was really tight," he said. "Luckily, I still knew people here and while discussing my job search with them, they said they could help me out. And here I am."
For others, like Erica Tolles and Joseph DiCarlo, both 2003 graduates of Assumption College who began their employment almost immediately after graduation, the decision to work at Assumption was based on their desire to continue involvement in a place that played such a significant role in their lives.
"I was in grad school at Assumption pursuing a career in counseling psychology," said Tolles, the Graduate Assistant of Student Activities. "It felt strange to be at Assumption and not be involved because I was so involved on campus when I was an undergrad. So I decided to take the job in Campus Activities."
Not always.
In recent years, there has been an influx of former Assumption College students who have opted to return to the college to work full-time. They have taken on a variety of positions around campus, such as professors, admissions counselors, administrators, and overseers of student activities. Each alumnus has learned a great deal since their days as an Assumption College student and has returned to the college with a desire to make a contribution to the students at the institution at which they received higher education.
One might assume that it would be somewhat strange to work at the college one attended and see the school through an entirely different perspective. What made these former students choose Assumption College as their place of employment after graduation?
For some, like Christoper Klofft, Professor of Theology, the decision to work at Assumption was the result of close personal connections made while attending the college.
"I was in the process of looking for work, but the job market was really tight," he said. "Luckily, I still knew people here and while discussing my job search with them, they said they could help me out. And here I am."
For others, like Erica Tolles and Joseph DiCarlo, both 2003 graduates of Assumption College who began their employment almost immediately after graduation, the decision to work at Assumption was based on their desire to continue involvement in a place that played such a significant role in their lives.
"I was in grad school at Assumption pursuing a career in counseling psychology," said Tolles, the Graduate Assistant of Student Activities. "It felt strange to be at Assumption and not be involved because I was so involved on campus when I was an undergrad. So I decided to take the job in Campus Activities."