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PatreceRobinsonphotoExplore Being a Career Services Director with Patrece Robinson, BM, MM

Patrece has a dual role as Assistant Director of Career Services and Adjunct Professor of Music at Stetson University

Patrece Robinson, BM, MM Assistant Director of Stetson University Career Services Adjunct Faculty of Music Stetson Career Center Director shares how she combined love of music with a career in education Patrece Robinson’s passion for music was impossible to leave behind. As a dedicated musician, she practiced and studied intensely since the age of five. Despite being an accomplished performer, she knew it would be difficult to balance the intensity of 6-hour daily practices with a personal life. She re-focused on the business aspects of the field. After years of building her expertise she took that wisdom on the college campus. Today she is a music professor and also guides students as Stetson’s Assistant Director in the career center.

cz: Briefly describe your job.

As Assistant Director of Stetson University Career Development, my role is quite extensive:

    • I advise university students and alumni on all phases of career development including self-assessment, career planning and preparation, job and internship search strategies, major exploration, and graduate, professional school and summer festival applications.

    • I assist the Stetson University Career Development Director with collecting and evaluating pertinent statistical information regarding new graduates and recent alumni for faculty, staff and administration.

    • I work with local and national employers and organizations developing strong working relationships aimed at cultivating internship and employment opportunities for students and alumni.

    • I provide career-related seminars, workshops and presentations as well as outreach programs to classes and student organizations.

    •  I assist with planning and coordination of career fairs, etiquette dinner, additional programs and events.

I am also an Adjunct Faculty of Music member at Stetson University where I teach Career Skills for upper division music students. I guide undergraduates with respect to graduate programs/applications, summer music festivals, individual research, auditions, and career opportunities. Additionally, I developed and administer an Internship Program for University Music Students, locating internship sites, developing relationships with professional arts organizations and monitor student progress.

Explore Being a Business Systems Consultant with Cynthia Driscoll

cz:Briefly describe your job.

I am a Business Systems Consultant for the Manufacturing and Hi-Tech industries. I contract my services to companies as the liaison between the business and the technology developers. I research and analyze technology problems and process gaps, recommend and architect solutions, write technical specifications for developers, design and implement test plans, write training documents and conduct training sessions.

cz:How long have you been working in this field?

22 years

davidsonExplore Being an Author/Writer with Peter Davidson

cz:Briefly describe your job.

I write articles for newspapers and magazines and for the tabloids, the National Enquirer and the Globe. I also write for a website called bankrate.com.

I recently completed a book which will be published in 2006. I have also worked as an editor.

cz:How long have you been working in this field?

I have been working in the field since 1974

Explore Being an Architect with Keith Chambers

architectcz:Briefly describe your job.

I am the President and Senior Architect for a local architecture firm. I am also the President and a licensed Contractor for a local construction firm.

cz:How long have you been working in this field?

30 years. I started in this field assisting my uncle fixing up houses for resale. Then I started architectural drafting and design in high school, then during my college period, I worked part-time for some local architecture firms and then after college, I joined a variety of large architecture firms moving from a draftsman to a senior project manager and then to an executive.

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Explore Being an Apiarist with Jerry Hayes


cz:Briefly describe your job.

My Official title is Chief, Apiary Section, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The State of Florida recognized years ago the importance of honey bees for agricultural production of honey but more importantly for pollination/production of the billions of dollars worth of Florida fruits and vegetables.

The Apiary Section has a staff of 14 Apiary Field Inspectors and African Bee ID Lab and support staff. Our assignment is to help beekeepers be more successful which entails regulatory pest, parasite and disease oversight, special inspections for shipping of honey bee colonies to other states, honey certification and monitoring an extensive research commitment. We have approximately 1700 registered beekeepers in the state representing 250,000 colonies that require our attention daily.

Explore Being an Agronomist with Dr. Earl S. Horner

argonomist-wheatA Retired University of Florida agronomy professor and Cornell graduate talks about his work in plant breeding research and his very important discovery of the most widely sold white clover in the U.S., named Osceola, a plant used for hay and animal grazing.

cz:Briefly describe your job. 


I was hired by the Agronomy Department, University of Florida, to do research in plant breeding methods and to teach a graduate course entitled "The Genetic Basis of Plant Improvement". I took over a field corn breeding project and initiated a legume breeding project (alfalfa and white clover). I started as an assistant professor and eventually reached the full professor rank.

Explore Being an Agriculture/Environmental Consultant with David Legg

cz:Briefly describe your job. 


Until 2005 I worked for the United States Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). I was responsible for all agency programs in south Florida, operated ten offices and supervised thirty-seven employees. The agency develops partnerships with local, state and other federal agencies and implements cost share programs to improve the natural resources on private lands. I used my training and expertise to retire early and begin a second career as a consultant.

Since retirement I am an Agriculture/Environmental consultant specializing in Best Management Practice (BMPs) implementation. I am under contract to develop and operate a state cost share program that provides incentive money to improve farm water quality for the nursery industry in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Currently I have in excess of sixty clients.

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