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Mindful Eating with Stephanie Meyers ’03MS, author of 'End the Mealtime Meltdown'

Stephanie Meyers '03MS is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and the founder of Families Eating Well, a nutrition practice that coaches parents to encourage healthy eating habits in their children. A nutrition manager in The Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and...
- Careers and Internships
- Health and Wellness
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Meet Lindsey Fern ’97, the Only Female Wine Director of a Three-Star Michelin Restaurant in the U.S.

How did you get into the wine business initially? I started bartending in college. It was easy money and I could work nights. After I graduated from Simmons with a degree in Psychology, I expected that I would come back...
- Behavioral and Health Sciences
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Archiving Nearly 200 Years of History: Brittany Contratto ’19MS at the Museum of Science, Boston

"Throughout my childhood, I loved history and natural history. I visited museums with my dad, and my mom was a high school science teacher," says Brittany Contratto ’19MS, Senior Archivist at the Museum of Science, Boston. "My goal was to...
- Careers and Internships
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The Accidental Librarian: Lina Osho-Williams ’21MS

How does your experience of immigrating to this country impact your career choices? Immigrating to the US provided a landscape of opportunities for me. First, it gave me my very first job as a cashier at TJMAXX. Three months later...
- Careers and Internships
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Susan Rich '93MA on the "Creative Collaborative Chemistry" of Children's Book Publishing

Little, Brown Editor Susan Rich '93MA will be presenting with illustrator Michaela Goade at the Summer Institute in Children's Literature in July 2022. What led you to Simmons? I wasn't really enjoying my political science major at McGill University in...
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Kirath Miller ’21MS On Her Move From Law to Libraries

What made you choose to pursue LIS after corporate law? I always wanted to be a librarian. When I graduated from college, the career development office was pushing new graduates toward corporate jobs. I worked as a legal assistant, and...
- Careers and Internships
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By Teens, For Teens: Kelsey Ford ’22MS Asks Teens What They Want in Young Adult Literature

Kelsey Ford '22MS is the creator of Bookish in the 'Burgh, Pittsburgh's Teen Book Festival, as well as the creator and adult advisor of the Bridges & Books Podcast and PA Reads YA, both projects created alongside teen leaders in...
- Careers and Internships
- LGBTQIA+
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Joanna Edwards ’16MSM on Connecting her Community to Real Estate

What led you to your Master’s of Science in Management at Simmons? For fifteen years, I was an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. I had a bachelors degree in criminal justice and psychology, but my manager told me that...
- Entrepreneurship
- Careers and Internships
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At 94, Mildred Kagan Greenbaum ’22MS Receives Her Degree

At Simmons University's 117th Commencement, President Lynn Wooten officially conferred a Master's of Science degree in Library and Information Science to Mildred Kagan Greenbaum '22MS. This degree was fifty years in the making. "Education is an important subject in our...
- Commencement
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Chief Equity Officer Martha Duffield '08MBA Finds Meaning in Public Service

What led you to your MBA at Simmons? I was working in civil engineering, a male-dominated field, and I knew it wasn't a fit for me. I wanted to explore other options, and being around a bunch of powerful women...
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