by Maryia Spirydonava and Melina Dallastella
Kaitlin Donohue, the recruitment coordinator for the College of Arts and Letters, works with marketing in order to encourage prospective students to apply to Stevens and makes sure current students know about the humanities program. She also works one-on-one with families of current students to inform them about humanities programs offered so they can put a face to a name as opposed to contacting a general “1-800″ number. This makes things more personal for the families and the students, making it her favorite part of her job.
Donohue says that even though Stevens is a technical school, there are a number of students whose families are excited that their children can participate in the humanities while getting a technical degree. She explains that in the 21st century, students need to be flexible with both technology and humanities to adapt to the “real world.”
Although she recruits for CAL, she has earned a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Disease. After Working in DC for the federal government for three years, she realized that the part of her job that she enjoyed the most was speaking to prospective employees about the programs she was in. This realization, coupled with the fact that she worked at the admissions office at her alma mater as a student, led to a perfect conglomeration of skills to work for Stevens Institute of Technology. Because she has experience in both sides of the academic spectrum, she hopes that someday humanities courses at Stevens become as nationally recognized as the STEM courses.
