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to a full-time job in June 2013 at its Brookline, Mass., location as a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor. Her role includes helping students complete financial aid applications, apply for college, or choose a major. Schieble credits “the


The road to the full-time job, which she started last year, came “I think participating in


internships is very beneficial. They provided a hands-on


experience so you could take what you learned in the


classroom and see how it actually was applied in real time,” she said. “It was also a great way to


whole Department of Rehabilitation Studies” at Springfield College in helping her secure her internships and practicum, noting a large list of alumni names and agencies at which they work provided her with multiple networking opportunities. “I think participating in internships is very beneficial. They provided


network and eventually led to me getting hired.”


a hands-on experience so you could take what you learned in the classroom and see how it actually was applied in real time,” she said. “It was also a great way to network and eventually led to me getting hired.”


Natalia Przybylski


As a museum teacher at Mystic Seaport, Natalia Przybylski ’13 learned how to make candles, climb rigging on historic wooden ships, and speak eloquently about the history of the whaling industry. Przybylski spends


most of her time leading tours of the museum’s re-creation of a 19th century seafaring village in the coastal town of Mystic, Conn., for Girl Scouts, elementary students, college profes- sors, and many others. “I give life to the


exhibits and explana- tions,” she said. “I’ve had people say, when they are on tour with me, that it’s like I’m proving myself every day that this is what I want to do.”


after much perseverance—and a change of heart about her career path while at Springfield College where she earned dual degrees in education and history. During her junior year, Przybylski, now 22, decided that working as


a classroom teacher was not for her. With guidance from her history professor, Daniel Russell, she researched how to combine her passion for history and education into a career. Her search turned up the category of “museums” and eventually she found Mystic Seaport. She scrambled to secure an internship the last semester of her senior year in 2013. While at Mystic Seaport, her efforts at developing lessons plans,


shadowing tour guides, and absorbing all aspects of the workings of the museum stood out. “The day after I graduated they said ‘you are now a museum


teacher.’ It’s a fairy tale story,” said the Norwich, Conn., resident. For Przybylski, the time


she took as a student at Springfield College to figure out her career path have all been worth it. She noted that her internship taught her not to be complacent and to face soul searching head on to find her passion. “The unpaid internship


“The unpaid internship introduced me to a new history environment without the pressure of being a newly hired staff member,” she said. “I interned at a location I could see myself working at, a


introduced me to a new history environment without the pressure of being a newly hired staff member,” she said. “I interned at a location I could see myself working at, a place I wanted to be, so that if I worked hard and those in higher positions saw my dedication, I would be offered a position.”


place I wanted to be, so that if I worked hard and those in higher positions saw my dedication, I would be offered a position.”


For Przybylski and the others, success can be directly measured by their curriculum experiences and real-world leadership skills gained through experiential learning activities in fields related to their degrees. These successes continue to be possible for Springfield College students because of the commitment of their professors and alumni who continue to pay it forward.1


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