CMU Off-Campus Success Stories

CMU grad keeps things humming at the hospital

For Steven Locke a successful day at work is one in which co-workers forget he’s around.

Steven, who graduated from CMU with a Master of Science in Administration degree with a concentration in General Administration, is a Cardiology Informatics Manager. It is his job to oversee the technology....read more...

CMU student takes classes while deployed

Courtney Buck, current CMU Master of Science in Administration degree student, realized that a nine-to-five life just wasn’t for him. Perhaps his childhood ambition of becoming a rock star should have been his first clue...read more...

Columbus Fire Chief climbs ladder of success

Ned, who earned his Master of Science in Administration degree in 2006, is the current Fire Chief for the city of Columbus, Ohio. He said he knew early on that a degree would help him make more positive changes that would affect his associates, as well as the city...read more...

CMU Off-Campus Grad Leads her Students by Example

Mary Jones, who graduated in May 2000 with a Master of Arts degree in Education with an Adult Education concentration, is the Wayne County Community College District dean of students. As part of her job Mary encourages students – and staff – to continue their education as a means to further their careers...read more...

International Student Honored by Leading Magazine in Mexico

Mariana Via Urista thrives on difficult tasks and challenges and her job as an electronics industry analyst will attest to that. Mariana, who attended CMU in Guadalajara, Mexico, graduated in May 2006 with a Master of Science in Administration degree with a concentration in General Administration...read more...

Education Takes this Grad across the Globe

Marie Gagliardi is not one to sit on the sidelines and watch others work to better their schools. Marie prefers to take the proactive approach and works almost tirelessly to better the school where she teaches and helps co-workers to do the same...read more...

CMU Graduate Works to Save Kids from the Streets

It takes a village to raise a child, and no one could agree more than recent CMU graduate Bob Howard. Bob, who is the outreach coordinator at Covenant House in Atlanta, graduated this past December with a Master of Arts Degree in Education with an Instructional concentration. His position with Covenant House takes him into some of Atlanta’s toughest neighborhoods seeking out sexually exploited youth, drug dealers and gang members in hopes of saving a life...read more...

Mayor of Southfield and CMU Alumna

The honorable Brenda L. Lawrence, Mayor of Southfield, Michigan, recently sat down to talk with CMU at the grand opening of the new Troy, Michigan center. She discussed her own CMU experience, and how she never lost sight of her own educational goals even while working at her demanding roles as mayor of a thriving Detroit suburb of over 75,000 people, wife, mother and grandmother...read more...