From doctors and wildlife biologists to an FBI agent and an author, Baker University’s Career Exploration Week highlighted many different opportunities available to students after graduation.

The event, which was sponsored by the Career Development Center and Alumni Relations, was held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day this week. Different days were devoted to specific areas of study with sciences Monday, business and computer science Tuesday, communication and mass media Wednesday, liberal arts Thursday and education and health sciences today.

Assistant Director of Career Development Cassie Gilmore said the CDC was pleased with the event’s turnout.

“I think we had a fantastic turnout,” she said. “We had a really impressive group of students come out. I think kids can really identify with the recent grads.”

Gilmore said the event was a good chance for Baker alumni to share their success stories.

“It was an opportunity for alumni to kind of toot their own horn about their success and about how they got to where they are,” she said.

Senior Theresa Oliver, who plans to graduate in December with a business degree, said the event was beneficial to students.

“I think it was a really good idea, and it was very well ran,” she said. “It was a good opportunity for students to learn about different places to work.”

Oliver said she attended the business and computer science day and the communication and mass media day.

“I came looking for possible summer internships,” she said. “Most places had internship programs, and those that didn’t thought it was a good idea to start one. I got information on some of them, and some places gave me a Web site to go look at.”

Anne Baber, a 1961 Baker graduate and president of Baber & Associates and Contacts Count, said many students attended Career Exploration Week looking for advice.

“I think they came because they wanted to figure out how to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to the real world,” she said.

Baber, who specializes ininforming people how to form business relationships and network, said she encourages students to have multiple interests when pursuing careers.

“You can have a huge advantage because there’s many things you can do if you have a second interest in something else,” she said. “The combination of interests are a way to set yourself apart from the crowd. Gilmore said the CDC hopes to make Career Exploration Week an annual event.

“Even we’ve been surprised by some of they things we’ve learned,” she said. “It’s been a learning experience for us as well.”

Oliver said she was surprised an event like this hadn’t taken place before.

“I’m really shocked it hasn’t happened before because it seems like Baker has a lot of connections with businesses,” she said.

Gilmore said she thought nearly 600 students have attended the event throughout the week.