#STEM MAJOR PROFESSIONAL#

In the past, some students who have gone on the trip have realized that they want to help out down in Mississippi more than just the week-long trip and decide to move down there after graduation. Uni gives many opportunities, such as the Habitat for Humanity trip, for students to experience life outside of the bubble we live in in the Champaign Urbana area which can be an eye-opening experience for some students. I wanted to do something about it, and to be able to help people without monetary resources.”

I learned that people with financial resources had unlimited options, whereas poor people were constantly fighting an uphill battle. For the first time, I was exposed to true poverty and learned how unfair our system of justice was in this country. It wasn’t until I went on the Uni Habitat trip as a sophomore that I decided to be a public defender. “I knew I wanted to be a lawyer since I was about 6 years old, but at the time, it was because people in my life told me I was good at arguing. Elisabeth Pollock, class of 1999, originally majored in Government and History, as a precursor to law school, but the influence that the Habitat for Humanity trip to Mississippi had a massive effect on her choice to pursue being a public defender. We asked about some influences that outside forces had on their decisions to go into certain fields, and what influences at Uni helped guide them to pursue their passion, and there are countless professions Uni students choose after graduation, whether it be in a STEM field, the arts, or something completely different and unique, but there is always inspiration behind that decision. We got the chance to interview some Uni alumni about their college major choosing experience, in both STEM fields and non-STEM fields, and what made them choose to continue to do what they do now. One thing that some Uni students don’t think about though, is that when you get to college your choice might not always work out for you, which is okay. Declaring your major in a certain field usually means you are interested in said subject, and Uni does a pretty good job of influencing people to STEM fields due to the school being on a top 10 engineering school in the nation according to U.S.

Compared to the nationwide average taken from the National Center for Education Statistics, which states that STEM fields are less popular nationwide compared to other majors that are available. According to the SSO, in the past 5 years at Uni, an average of around 65 percent of students have declared their major in a STEM field.

#STEM MAJOR PROFESSIONAL#

Knox Mynatt, totally professional journalistĪlong with interviews with current Uni students, the 7 th -period journalism class got to talk with some of the school’s alumni about why they chose their major and what forces outside of Uni led them to choose the path they are on today.

Stem major