Alumni Profiles

What can you do with a liberal-arts degree? Plenty and in areas far, far afield from one’s major. From discovering a brain enzyme that may hold the secret to curing Alzheimer’s to heading up an international investment-banking division worth more than 74 billion pounds, Dickinsonians are making their mark on the world.

And they credit their liberal-arts education with preparing them to be leaders, teaching them how to communicate effectively, providing them with the ability to make connections and form relationships and exposing them to a variety of subjects and disciplines.

Below are some examples, grouped into several broad categories, of the multifaceted lives that Dickinson alumni lead and the ways they’re utilizing and benefitting from their liberal-arts experiences.

You can also discover what Dickinson alumni say about the value of their educations or read about Dickinson Dimensions, the habits of mind and action that are learned here and in life beyond the limestone walls.