the School of Business wel-
comed alumna Mari Snyder,
vice president of Social Re-
sponsibility and Community
Engagement at Marriott In-
ternational, Inc., as a guest
speaker.
her through email, updating
her with my professional sta-
tus, and also asking her for
ing forward with my career,"
Nessle said.
Enterprise (SIFE) and em-
braced the organization's so-
cial entrepreneurship mission.
In one of SIFE's signature pro-
grams, she joined fellow stu-
dents and faculty from a
cross-section of disciplines on
the annual Bahamas service
trip.
and even participated in hur-
ricane relief," Nessle said.
When she was interviewing
for jobs, she found out that
employers were very inter-
ested in these types of expe-
riences.
other candidates who were
applying for the same jobs,"
she said.
sumer Marketing Department at
public relations firm Porter Nov-
elli's Washington, D.C., office --
one of the firm's 90 offices in 60
countries.
Nessle graduated.
explained. For instance, when she
self and landed her first job at
a Baltimore public relations
firm right on the heels of
graduation.
habits," said Nessle. So when
she decided she wanted to
seek career opportunities be-
yond Baltimore, "I already
had experience knowing what
I needed to do next and
where to look and find jobs."
out to St. Bonaventure alumni
in the D.C. network.
do a lot of holiday outreach. It's great to have an opportunity to
help people in that way."
did in the IMC program was
take that and apply it to a pro-
fessional setting. We treated
the classroom like a business
environment. By the time I
came out of school I couldn't
wait to jump in and start ap-
plying all of this knowledge."
college his parents (Bob, '76;
Ann, '74) graduated from.
Bonaventure) it would be a lot of pressure to live up to," said
McCarthy. "My dad is the one that actually said, `If you're to be
going into a career of communications, you have to apply. It's
an outstanding journalism and mass communication school.
You owe it to yourself to apply.'"
"I had an unbelievable experience at St. Bonaventure and it's
complete my master's. I made the best friends that I will ever
make and it's a great place to grow as a person and as a pro-
fessional," he said.
Carthy, who managed to grab an open-
ing in Community Relations for the
Buffalo Bills before he had even finished
his master's degree. "I consider myself
extremely lucky. You hear from people
every day that everybody wants to work
in pro sports, and to get a chance to do
that and live your dream -- it's a great
feeling."
and military education, Mc-
Carthy revels in the opportu-
nity to work in a position
where compassion is just as
important as St. Francis be-
lieved it was.
is with the specific intention
of helping people, which is
something Franciscans do
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