Student stories

Library & Information Studies alum, Lauren, shares how career services at UW–Madison helped her navigate a career pivot and land a fulfilling role as an…

Data skills can open unexpected doors. Rahil Virani, MSx’25, knows this firsthand. Before coming to Madison, Virani was a software developer tackling coding projects while…

University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students looking to advance their careers quickly are turning to the College of Engineering’s accelerated master’s degrees. With an accelerated master’s…

Through University of Wisconsin–Madison Professional Degrees & Certificates programs, Fatima Abdul Rasheed discovered a new career, and Natasha Sanchez hopes to advance in hers. Due…

Are you interested in the treatment of various neuropsychiatric conditions through controlled psychoactive substances? UW–Madison’s Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation (PPI) MS and Psychoactive Pharmaceutical…

Catch up with Alisha, an alumni featured in a previous episode, to learn how completing an accelerated engineering degree jump-started her career as an engineer at Apple.

Considering a career change? Catch up with Jesus, who was featured in one of our first podcast episodes. He pivoted from engineering to graduating with a Master of Science in Special Education and is thriving as a new teacher.

Catch up with Landon, who was featured in our inaugural podcast episode. He’s a teacher who advanced his career by pursuing an online Master’s in Educational Psychology: Learning Analytics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.