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Beyond
The Baccalaureate
 With 1 in 5
Americans working in retail, Arizona developed a graduate
internship program for “Retailing and Consumer Sciences.”
Between 70 and 80 percent of the program’s graduates are placed
in retail jobs upon graduation, many at the sponsoring firm.
About 75 percent agreed, “the experience was instrumental in
developing their career expertise.”
Graduate programs
attract high-quality students and provide them with the necessary
skills to be successful scientists as well as successful
academicians. Programs that provide graduate students with
practical “real world” experiences are fast becoming the
norm. Nevada’s course, “Presentation of Scientific
Data” provides graduate students a first-hand experience  into
peer-review science. Janet Rachlow, Class of 1996 and a NATO
Fellowship recipient said, "After completing the course, I
felt like I had a solid sense of the tasks before me-I knew both
my likelihood of receiving grants and professional methods of
engaging my peers. Some things you just have to learn on the job,
but my previous experiences in the classroom really helped smooth
the transition from student to scientist."
Preparing graduate
students for collegiate careers is the focus of Wyoming’s
“Program in College Teaching.” The program begins with a
two-day seminar and continues with mentoring agreements, teaching
activities, research and reflection on teaching, and various
teaching-support roles that collectively result in a professional
teaching portfolio. To date 18 students have completed or are in
the process of completing the program requirements.
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