Why Human Development?
I plan to be a social worker, specifically in the area of casework within the walls of protective services. I want to help families in either cohesion or re-placement. I want children to be safe and have a better education and resources for them and their parents alike. UMU is preparing me for that through classes designed to teach me how to navigate the system.
Advice to Prospective Students
If you want to go to a trade school, do it. If you want to enlist, do it. If you want to go to college, do it. Possibilities are only endless when we do what others demand rather than inspect the future and dissect what it takes to be happy. Never stop learning. Never stop bettering yourself.
Impactful Faculty Member
Dr. Susan Haddox - I don’t think she knows this, but her education level mixed with the way she teaches, in an understandable and exciting way, has not only fueled my passion for my religious studies minor, but also furthered my education on the topic in my own free time.