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in this issue >>>Ariel internship excerpts (p. 2-3)

GlobAl pAthwAys excerpts (p. 4-5)

continuAtion of interview on p.1 (p. 6)

GenerAl pAthwAys students (p.7)

More inforMAtion (p. 8)

Career Services at St. John’s College, Santa Fe November/December 2015

Interview with Jill Savage (SF96), Geologist

Jill Savage, a graduate of St. John’s College Santa Fe, talks about her experi-ence at the college and how it related to her career as a geologist in the petrolium engineering field.

Ms. Sally Ko in Bhutan during her Global Pathways.

ALERTUpcoming DeadlinesBoren Fellowship for International StudyDeadline: Monday, 11/30 at Career Services Office

Projects for PeaceDeadline: Friday, 12/4, noon at Career Services Office

Global Pathways Fellowship Deadline: Monday, 12/14, 5:00 pm at Career Services Office

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What sparked your interest in Geology?I knew I would be a geologist despite my many attempts at being otherwise. I spent most of my pre-college years with my Dad in the Rockies surveying and mapping landslides, rock falls, and debris flows. It was a wonderful and in-evitable way to get hooked on earth pro-cesses. When it came time for college, instead of enrolling at a school that had a bachelor’s degree in Geology, I choose St. John’s. Some would think that St. John’s was a complete aberration from an earth science path but I would argue that it fell neatly in line (Aristotle, Lu-cretius, Darwin, etc. too many to name here). In fact, I was convinced I made the right decision during freshman lab, when we set off behind the dorms and found a comfortable spot on the ground amongst the trees and dirt and just sat, listened and observed. Then we all tried to talk about what we experienced. That was hard! I felt like I was in boot camp for the mind.

What are some important job/life skills that you gained from your SJC education? How did they help you in your career?St. John’s teaches you how to listen and ask questions. In the beginning, as a young geologist, you are surrounded by many more experienced scientists. If you want to learn and grow in your field you have to listen and ask questions, that is, put into practice the notion you really know nothing. Also, St. John’s teaches you to think. I was surprised at how easily I integrated intellectually into graduate school and into a field that was never specifically addressed while at St. John’s. Graduate school felt very natural and was a lot of fun. How-ever, once I entered the corporate world great conversation became less readily available for various competing reasons. You were hired to make the company money, but, you can do both. The ability to listen, to observe, and to thoughtfully approach people and problems sets you apart and drives success in your careers and in life.

Marchutz School of Visusal Arts

Ariel Internships Summer 2015Students explore a variety of career paths through Ariel Internships

final goal--the Paris and Copenhagen Fashion Weeks. My peers came from Finland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Swit-zerland, Germany, and Holland. Though we were technically divided into teams, the design process, whether it came to clothing or installation work, was very collaborative. In many ways, it was a new rendition of the St. John’s conversa-tional style-- instead of working through philosophical ideas, we were creating objects. Over the course of my internship, I worked on two fashion shows, sold clothing at the biggest music festival in Denmark, made very close bonds with wonderful people, learned more than I could have ever imagined about the way in which a fashion label runs, thought

about the processes of creativity and craft, and ultimately realized what my next step after St. John’s will be.”-Sarah Wiener

BEEKEEPINGTRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO“Mark and Melanie were very open to answering my incessant questions and thoughts, as well as listening to my suggestions and insights if they could improve how things were being done. They were patient as I learned the ropes of beekeeping, and were both unique mentors that each gave me different perspectives to consider as I worked with them. I think that having such an intimate experience with the bees and their operation was mostly possible due to the fact that they are a smaller operation, with a lot more work to go around and very little specialization for each person. It would have been a completely differ-ent experience working for a commer-cial beekeeper, and the overall range of experience I would have gained in that situation would probably be much more limited. This past summer was a fine blend of discovery and refinement of purpose for me. I discovered many new interests and outlets to explore through the various farmers and or-ganizations I met in New Mexico, and was also able to create and enhance my future goals and aspirations with more detail and direction than I could have before. Being an intern at such a small business, I was able to see and be involved in almost every aspect of their operation, and gain a lot more than just beekeeping skills.I would highly recommend considering an internship as a way to spend the

CLOTHING DESIGN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK“Scandinavian summers are bright. Though many of Copenhagen’s beau-tiful residents use summer as a time to lounge, drink Touborg in bathing suits, and dance until seven in the morning, my summer, though exciting and wonderful, allowed little time for these kinds of activities. ... My new roommates and I would drink coffee, eat bread and cheese, and talk before each of us went our separate ways: Signe to the library, Astrid to her art studio, and I to the workshop of Henr-ik Vibskov. The theme of the season was “surviv-al”. The show was an exploration of what that word means. As a St. John’s student, I was practiced in thinking through the expansive meanings of words. The installation needed to be a striking nod to a contemporary under-standing of survival. We were tasked with making tents that would eventually be assembled into a sort of landscape in the middle of the catwalk, a nod to the sadly all too common refugee camps. After spending a year with thinkers like Kant and Maxwell, profound frustra-tion was familiar to me. I was able to push through, trying to come at the problem from many angles in order to find a solution. Ultimately, I designed a system of straps that would act as the base to the tents, holding tension in the poles and thus allowing the structures to stand on their own. The most poignant and inspiring aspect of working for Henrik Vibskov was being part of a team of creative individuals all working towards a

Sarah Wiener in the design studio

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summer as a Johnnie, especially at smaller businesses through the won-derful Ariel program we have here at St. John’s. It gives you more experi-ence and exposure to discover, or make up your mind about what you do and don’t prefer and plan on doing. Mine was particularly rewarding because I felt like I was really a part of the whole process, instead of being stuck doing just one specialized part of the

whole picture, such as just equipment, or just honey extraction. I also gained connections for future internships, em-ployment opportunities, and resources in farming and agriculture that I wouldn’t have otherwise, and which I can take with me even after the internship itself. At this point, I am planning on incorporating beekeeping in my life at least part-time, perhaps even professionally.”-Alexandria Ingalls

HORTICULTURE/NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENTSANTA FE, NEW MEXICO“Some experiences in life have the power both to assure one of their abil-ity and to remind one that they still have a long way to go. My internship at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden was one of those. Many of the things I did there made me feel confident that I had the potential to acquire the skills I wanted, but working with real profes-sionals convinced me that the wealth

program shares three canvases on which they each paint their own vision of the Garden. The result is intended to be a reflection of the multiplicity of forces working on a Garden at any given moment, and the recognition of the gardener that he or she must work around these forces. Of course, my formation of the program was highly influenced by my time at St. John’s, and relies on the idea that people can be individually motivated and work together as a group. If all goes well the mindfulness program should begin in the spring. Whether or not it is successful, I will always cherish the memory of building it from nothing.”-Alexander Bindrim

of knowledge of horticulture and nonprofit management was vast and worthwhile, and that no matter how much I learned, it would always be a worthwhile endeavor to learn more. Looming over the whole experience was my education at St. John’s, and I always felt excited upon realizing that my highly theoretical schooling gave me an eminently practical advantage.The Botanical Garden is a relatively small organization, and I got to know everyone who worked there fairly quickly. I never felt talked down to or patronized; my role as an intern, I felt, was to learn as much as I could from people who were more than willing to teach. Some of the projects I had designed for myself came to a sort of fruition; some did not. I had early on wanted to make a catalogue of the myths and folklore involving the native plants, but for a variety of rea-sons, I never got off the ground. I was a bit discouraged by this, but I learned how difficult it is to make a project happen. The crown jewel of the intern-ship, however, was the mindfulness program I developed. With some help, I designed an entirely new mindful-ness program centered on individual creativity, the “mind” aspect of mind-fulness. Most of the program focuses on the reading and deeper thought of Garden poetry, but the major creative aspect I lent to it was the “collective easels” idea. Every participant in the

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Alexandria Ingalls working with bees

Alexander Bindrim taking care ofthe garden

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Global Pathways Application Checklist

• Letter of Interest

• Program Description

• Application Form

• Letters of Recommendation

Materials are due in the Career Services office December 14, 2015 by 5pm

Summer at SEA

SUPER INTENSIVE FRENCH“Overall, I found my 8-week stay in Langue Onze to be really rewarding. It solid-ified the foundation of my French grammar, which improved, in great extent, my French writing. From this course, I have started to be aware of the subtleties in the French expressions and styles, and this is crucial for my transition between conversational French and academic French afterwards.”-Wei Bai

BHUTAN- SCHOOL FOR FIELD STUDIES BHUTAN SUMMER SESSION“I felt prepared to undertake the program after studying the Great Books – in both the classroom and in the field. Even though my knowledge of forest man-agement was non-existent, I had the curiosity and desire to learn more broadly and deeply about ecology and how the natural “eikos” or house affected elements of the human “eikos” such as economic livelihoods, traditions, and languages. This I felt more keenly after reading Wordsworth’s Prelude for Junior Seminar, Odum for Senior Lab, Lamarck , Goethe, and Aristotle for Freshman Lab. Not only did this desire allow me to participate regularly in class, it also allowed me to synthesize, not merely analyze the information given in lectures in the form of inquiry. This was very helpful during our research team’s brainstorming sessions for composing a research question, conducting interviews with locals, analyzing data and forming “conclusions” from them.”-Sally Ko

Ms. Sally Ko at Bhutan School for Field Studies

And others...

“A typical day in the Aloha Aina course was never typical. At one moment you had to be prepared to spend a full day at the beach and the next moment you had to be ready to hike to the top of a watershed or watch the sunrise at the summit of Haleakalā or steer the helm of a 140 ft. research vessel.”-Parker Webber“

“Whereas the St. John’s education is mainly textual—knowledge garnered through reading of books—education at SEA is mostly contextual, meaning, the surrounding physical environment and circumstances do more to shape a stu-dent’s education than reading from any text. The context of the ocean and real-izing the fact that most of the world we live in is ocean broadens the students’ minds, and inspires new, truer ways of thinking about the human condition. I learned that because the ocean covers the entire world, the world is truly interconnected, and so humans cannot afford to ignore one another—we must all coexist in harmony, we are all on the same boat.”-Bum Cheul Park

“The strengths of the program were the variety of the topics studied around the environment and Sea Education Asso-ciation´s focus on experiential learning. The experience was truly amazing and I cannot think of any weakness.”-Julian David Rios Acuna

“The journey will be incredible, and it will test your vigor and sense of self. Being physically confident and fit before the beginning of the voyage is an enor-mous help. Be prepared for an intense month of labor and study.”-Raquel Goldman

Excerpts from Global Pathways

Excerpts from Global Pathways

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Pathway Fellows at Marchutz School of Fine Arts

“Marchutz is something St. John’s students need. Painting puts one back in touch with the world. Spending two hours a day struggling to perceive the way forms in nature relate to one anoth-er put me back in touch with the life of the body.”-Jamie Spencer-Zavos

“At Marchutz I learned how there were specific features and qualities to works of art that could be discussed and used to help me understand the effect the pieces were having on me and others. In pondering my own relation to art I have realized that pieces of art that have strongly moved me in the past are often, if not always, tied to something else that I have strong feelings about.”-David Stanilaus

“Marchutz cultivates the mindset of an artist by teaching its students how to see, how to openly perceive, and how to discuss art.”-Unhye Myong

“Students at Marchutz often looked to SJC students for examples as to how to participate in a seminar discussion. We took on leadership roles in terms of moving the conversation forward, as well as setting a standard for articulation.” -Cynthia Ma

“The professors leave the question open throughout the whole program. They want the students to figure out for themselves what makes a good painting – both as an individual painter while they paint in solitude and as a collective group during Seminar.”-Nancy Ko

“The only advice I would give to a Path-ways fellow would be to keep an open mind and eat the chocolate!”-Miranda Blas

Rome Institue of Liberal ArtsStudents spent their summer in Rome, where “the history and art of Italy becomes an integral part of a deep engagement with classic texts”. At RILA, students approach “the relationship between the beautiful and the sacred from a variety of angles.”-from the website

“Overall, I would say that RILA provides an excellent balance of academic work, relevant sight-seeing, and freedom to take advantage of the fact that its students live in one of the most amazing cities in the world.”-Natasha Farmer

“As for my experience, it was more than I could have imagined or hoped for. I came with the desire to learn about Rome, political science and myself. I left with a new, yet budding, understanding of my ignorance on all of these subjects, having had a glimpse of many levels within them, all to be explored further. This is certainly an indication of success.”-Anna Bell

“Little by little, the students’ painting and drawing discipline becomes the center of their lives. When this happens they discover that painting is not dead. They dis-cover new ways to speak about the old truths which have touched them most in the already existing art that they admire.”

-From the website

Excerpts from Global Pathways

Interview with Jill Savage, Geologist (cont. from p.1)What are some things that you wish you had experienced during your undergraduate years?I wish I had taken more advantage of the opportunities the career center pro-vided like summer internships, summer study, etc. I could have stepped out of my comfort zone and experienced other career possibilities. You have the rest of your life to have a career so go NOW and experience as many different “lives” as you can - your career will always be there waiting. Who knows, you may just stumble upon a passion you never knew you had.Any advice to students pursuing further studies in the science field?Graduate school is a must for careers in the sciences. Don’t be discouraged by the extra coursework required to catch up to your peers who already have a bachelors in that field. Graduate school has a way of leveling out the playing field and you will find that your behav-iors learned from St. John’s will be a great advantage. Expose yourself to as many different aspects of your chosen field. This is important because when it comes time to find a job you not only have connections throughout your in-dustry but you also have a clearer sense of what you like and don’t like. What was your favorite book/class? Who was your favorite tutor?What an impossible question to answer. I love just about everything we read while at St. John’s. Of course, some were more laborious than others (notice I did not mention Kant), but I loved them all. St. John’s tutors are a special breed. I have yet to meet another set of folks that not only embody “wonder” but also so effortlessly give you the gift of wonder. For that I will be eternally grateful. It’s been almost twenty years since I graduated so I’m not sure who is still around BUT if you get the chance to be in a seminar or class with Sherry

Martin I highly recommend it.What kind of work do petroleum geologists do? What does it take to become one?The petroleum geology field is pretty diverse being that you can work in academia, government or the corpo-rate world. But mainly, you are either involved in looking (exploration) for oil and gas or you are helping to extract it (production and development).An MSc in Geology is the basic require-

ment when applying for a Petroleum Geology position. You become a more attractive prospect if you have done an internship or two at an oil and gas company. My path to this industry was unique in the sense that I did not do an internship. In fact, I had no interest in the corporate world until my advisor talked me into going on a field course run by ExxonMobil. They ended up of-fering me a job and I took it. So, choos-ing the right advisor is important too.What is it like working in an office or field environment?I prefer the field. Office work is the bane of a geologist’s existence. In the field you are physically moving through time, your body is working, your imagi-nation is running, you are there touch-ing the rocks, following the outcrops,

seeing earth’s processes and putting a puzzle together. But, there are tech-nologies, like 3D seismic, that are a necessity as a petroleum geologist and require a work station (computer, ergo electricity) and proprietary software. Therefore, in this industry you will be in the office quite a bit.What were some of your favorite moments in your career? What are some downsides?My favorite moments have been the “a-ha” moments. There’s a point, in every field I suppose, when the concepts that you have been toiling over become part of you. The best thing about the earth sciences is that it is a fantastic field for those who love the search more than the destination. Regarding the corporate world, I would say the downside is the instability of the market. Downturns directly affect you, your family and friends. It is hard to watch your friends lose their jobs. Another downside to the corporate world is the excessive amount of time you are in the office.Why are you pursuing a different career? And what are you looking for in a new job?Yes, I am excited to say I will be leav-ing the corporate world soon. It’s not the first time. Last time I left I went back to graduate school to get a degree in Political Economy. But now, quite simply, I am ready for a change. I have had wonderful opportunities and a good career in the oil and gas industry but I want to experience something else now. What that something else is… I am not quite sure yet. I do know that I want to be of use. I want to grow as a human being. I’m excited to see what happens next!What is something you would like to achieve in life (a goal)?I want to always have a sense of wonder.

Grand Canyon field site, Colorado River

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