Tamara Tierney began her college career at Emmanuel with plans to go into teaching, but after gaining job experience in retail, she decided to give some business courses a try. She fell in love with the discipline as a whole, and with an influential professor's saying, "You don't get what you want; you get what you ask for," as her own motto, Tierney declared a management major and took an active role in her own path to academic and professional success.
Tierney found that internships were valuable for figuring out where her skills and interests were best suited—dand where they weren't. Her first internship was in a marketing role in the corporate office of a regional fitness chain, but social media, event planning and research left out the critical component she was seeking.
"It lacked the human interaction I was looking for on a day-to-day basis," she said.
Tierney's second internship was within the sales and service department at the Boston Bruins. The role gave her the customer service experience she was seeking and allowed her to learn a lot about the culture of the organization. After graduation, Tierney was hired full time as a Fan Relations Representative for the Bruins. In this position, she managed more than 600 season-ticket-holder accounts and was responsible for customer retention, sales goals and overall customer experience. In addition to working with some of the franchises' most dedicated fans on their season tickets, she promoted and sold other products, such as suites in the TD Garden, individual game tickets and more.
After more than three years with the Bruins, Tierney took her custmer service experience to a leader in the field, TripAdvisor. As a senior customer success executive on their inside sales team, Tierney engages with B2B customers with the goal of renewing business year over year and position TripAdvisor as the "partner of choice for the hospitality industry."
"If anyone would ask me what to do in college, I would tell them to do everything. Get as much experience as you can. Meet people and do things. Take advantage of all college has to offer."
Jumping into her Emmanuel experience, Shakirah was sure of two things: that what she had planned was going to be a “tall task,” and that she was up for the challenge.
Katherine’s foray into biology might seem an unlikely one for a future dentist.
Counseling & health psychology major Christine came to Emmanuel knowing she wanted to pursue a career in health care, and the College’s opportunities and connections for students interested in the field—as well as a neuroscience course she attended at EC Incoming—made the decision an easy one.
When asking secondary education and biology double major Angela Girodier '22 if she’s more passionate about research or teaching, she quickly and emphatically says “both.”
From an early age, Campbell Shealy '22 was interested in two things—living in a big city and numbers.
As a mathematics and economics double major with a concentration in statistics, Matt found actuarial work of calculating the financial consequences of risk for companies right in line with his interests.
Robert’s interest in the workings of the wider world grew in 2011 as the Arab Spring became international news. “I love history,” he said, “so knowing the history of the states as well as their current affairs made their actions and interactions much more interesting to me.”
Michael chose Emmanuel because of its location in Boston and its proximity to the city's "big players," specifically its leading names in the financial industry.
What began as an on-campus job in Emmanuel's student center transformed into a new career path for Jessie, one that brought her to Harvard University as a master's candidate in higher education administration.
Chemistry graduate Jennifer Scarborough '17 has found a way to combine her love for science and education. She shares her enthusiasm for the subjects as an education associate in the Hall of Human Life exhibit at Museum of Science Boston—one of the top science museums in the country (according to National Geographic).
At Emmanuel, management major Juan Sebastian Levy '14 prepared to succeed in an increasingly global society, experience that has taken him to Wayfair's offices in Berlin and back to Reebok's international headquarters in Boston.
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