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Great careers begin at Western

 
The ultimate goal of our department is to allow our students to develop themselves as active and engaged citizens who can bring their training to a wide variety of personally and socially fulfilling careers - Philip E. Coyle, assistant professor
Click on the photos or names below to share some of our graduates' career success stories:
 
 

Christy Evans

Christy Evans
Patrol Officer,
Franklin (N.C.) Police Department
"Anthropology helped me to understand various cultures, people, and human relations, which is what I deal with every day."

 

Joseph T. Hefner Joseph T. Hefner
Research Assistant,
C. A. Pound Human Identification Lab.

"Anthropology at Western provided me with such a broad background, that I needed only to make my [career] choice."
 

Lora Taylor

Lora Taylor
Tribal Historic Preservation Asst.,
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Greatest educational accomplishment? "When I graduated from Western with an Anthropology degree."
Mark Martin
U.S. Forest Service Archaeologist
"Western provided me with a great education as well as the opportunities to explore both the natural world and the cultural heritage of the area."









 
career moves
Our graduates have entered a diversity of career fields including: graduate school, education, real estate, land and cultural resources management, social services, landscape architecture, counseling ...

   
 
 
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