Meet the Career Team

Becky has spent the last 30 years in the educational field, but has found her passion in higher education. As director of Career Development at Mount Union College, Becky facilitates career exploration, graduate school selection, job search strategies and fosters career and experiential learning opportunities with local, national, and international corporations on behalf of Mount Union College students and serves as adjunct faculty in The Department of Accounting, Economics, and Business Administration. She serves on four job fair committees and has been a conference presenter at the state, regional, and national levels. Becky has twice been awarded The N.A.C.E. (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Award of Excellence for Student Publications (2001) and Educational Programming (2005). She also serves on The National Advisory Committee for The Washington Center for Academic Internships and the executive board for NCCA (Northeast Consortium for Career Advancement). Under her leadership Mount Union College has consistently maintained an employment and graduate school success rate of 97- 98%. Becky posses a B.S. in Education from The University of Findlay and a Master's in Community Counseling from Malone College. Her office philosophy is "if you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day; if you teach a man to fish, he will eat for lifetime." (Bolles)

Sara Fugett
Fugettsb@muc.edu
Sara has been with Mount Union College since 2001. Before coming to Mount Union she worked in career development and student services at Kent State University, La Roche College, and the Community College of Allegheny County. Prior to this, Sara worked in the human resources field specializing in employment recruiting and employee relations. This experience provides Sara the versatility to work with all students, whether they are new freshman with unclear career goals or seniors preparing for a job interview. Sara's academic credentials include a Master of Science degree in Human Resources Management (La Roche College) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business & Organizational Communication (University of Akron). Her office philosophy is the same as Becky's, but since Becky listed it first, she'll go with, "Think big and have a plan 'B'."

Linda Zepernick
Zepernlk@muc.edu
Linda is the most familiar member of the 'Career Team' as she has served in Career Development for over 10 years. Linda is the very friendly front line person and administrates College Central Network and coordinates The On Campus Recruiting Programs.