2008 Woodie Awards
Class of 2007 graduates June 9, prepares for 'real world'
1,027 spring graduates look forward to increased job market
Kenna Gair
Issue date: 5/22/07 Section: News
There are more than 1,000 percent more graduates at DU in 2007 than in the first graduating class. The first class to graduate was in 1884 and John Hipp was the sole graduate to get a diploma.
The story is that Hipp came to DU with only $5 in his pocket.
Times have changed, both monetarily and in numbers. Approximately 1,027 students are expected to graduate on Saturday, June 9, as the Class of 2007.
The Class of 2007 typifies graduating classes at other universities. The graduates have picked currently popular majors, such as biology, communication, finance, international business, international studies, marketing and psychology.
According to the Princeton Review, the top majors nationally are business administration and management, psychology, elementary education, biology, nursing, education, English, communications, computer science and political science.
Kathryn Mayer, a creative writing and journalism double major, has a few ideas on why these majors are popular at DU.
"As far as international business and studies, I think our students are becoming aware that an understanding of global knowledge is essential and the more we learn about developments and politics overseas, the more we can learn about our own country and ourselves," said Mayer "A stellar study abroad program and an ongoing war in our lifetime only encourages students more to study these subjects at DU."
Sarah German's view is more pragmatic. Looking back at her four years at DU, German, a digital media studies major, said, "Maybe other people's decisions were as big of a crapshoot as mine was."
Though German did not have one of the more popular DU majors, her decision paid off handsomely. She already has a job lined up as a web designer in St. Paul, Minn.
Whether students fell into their major or planned for years the path they would follow, this year's graduates can expect to find a good job market.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook Fall 2007 Preview, companies plan to hire 17.4 percent more college graduates this year than in past years and 52 percent of employers surveyed said they would increase their college hires in 2007.
The story is that Hipp came to DU with only $5 in his pocket.
Times have changed, both monetarily and in numbers. Approximately 1,027 students are expected to graduate on Saturday, June 9, as the Class of 2007.
The Class of 2007 typifies graduating classes at other universities. The graduates have picked currently popular majors, such as biology, communication, finance, international business, international studies, marketing and psychology.
According to the Princeton Review, the top majors nationally are business administration and management, psychology, elementary education, biology, nursing, education, English, communications, computer science and political science.
Kathryn Mayer, a creative writing and journalism double major, has a few ideas on why these majors are popular at DU.
"As far as international business and studies, I think our students are becoming aware that an understanding of global knowledge is essential and the more we learn about developments and politics overseas, the more we can learn about our own country and ourselves," said Mayer "A stellar study abroad program and an ongoing war in our lifetime only encourages students more to study these subjects at DU."
Sarah German's view is more pragmatic. Looking back at her four years at DU, German, a digital media studies major, said, "Maybe other people's decisions were as big of a crapshoot as mine was."
Though German did not have one of the more popular DU majors, her decision paid off handsomely. She already has a job lined up as a web designer in St. Paul, Minn.
Whether students fell into their major or planned for years the path they would follow, this year's graduates can expect to find a good job market.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook Fall 2007 Preview, companies plan to hire 17.4 percent more college graduates this year than in past years and 52 percent of employers surveyed said they would increase their college hires in 2007.
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