{"id":3,"date":"2022-01-04T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/about\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:41:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:41:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/cardinaldirections\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North. South. East. West. Those are the cardinal directions.<\/p>\n<h1>What is &#8220;Cardinal Directions&#8221; at Ball State?<\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">It&#8217;s a speaker series that:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>helps to professionalize Ball State students majoring in Anthropology, English, History, Modern Languages and Classics, and Philosophy &amp; Religious Studies.<\/li>\n<li>connects students with alumni and other professionals who share career stories, job advice, and internship\/job leads in order to light the way for the next generation.<\/li>\n<li>highlights the <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/csh\/compass-advantage\/career-pathways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">career pathways<\/a><\/span> that our students often take after graduating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of our events are broadly applicable to lots of majors&#8211;in the humanities and otherwise, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>networking for introverts<\/li>\n<li>personal branding<\/li>\n<li>applying to graduate school<\/li>\n<li>preparing for \u201calt-ac\u201d positions in higher education<\/li>\n<li>serving nonprofit organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of our events are very specific, serving a particular concentration within a major.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>editing and publishing<\/li>\n<li>working in strategic communications<\/li>\n<li>fundraising<\/li>\n<li>working in public relations<\/li>\n<li>pursuing a career in library and information science<\/li>\n<li>starting a business as a creative<\/li>\n<li>teaching English abroad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">It&#8217;s also a blog-post series that:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>illuminates the many amazing career pathways available to students who major in disciplines whose names do not indicate what you can &#8220;do&#8221; with the degree. &#8220;English&#8221; as opposed to &#8220;Journalism,&#8221; for example.<\/li>\n<li>demonstrates clearly that Ball State humanities majors are thriving in the workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We meet many of our alumni speakers when we interview them about their career journey for the Ball State <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/category\/regular-features\/cardinal-directions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/category\/alumni\/cardinal-directions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Sciences and Humanities<\/a><\/span> blogs.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to share your cardinal directions, check out our <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.bsu.edu\/forms\/csh_communications_portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communications portal.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">It&#8217;s part of a broader initiative:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Cardinal Directions is part of the Humanities <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/csh\/compass-advantage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compass Advantage<\/a>,<\/span> an initiative within the College of Sciences and Humanities.<\/p>\n<p>The series is organized by <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/connect-with-us\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/daycathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Cathy Day<\/a>,<\/span> Director of the Compass Advantage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North. 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