The Career Center held the sixth Career Portfolio Contest this past fall. This year's judges (employers and FSU faculty/administration) reviewed top entries to identify the highest quality portfolios. Congratulations to our winners!!

First Place Graduate Portfolio – DeAnna Gore

DeAnna Gore is currently a fifth year doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology with a research focus in social demography, specifically fertility and family issues in developing countries. She will be completing her degree this summer. Next year, she hopes to either be a postdoctoral researcher in population studies or to have job in a government or research consulting firm working with international health research. [View Selected Portfolio Pages]

First Place Undergraduate Portfolio - Emma Longster

Emma Longster is a graduating senior from Florida State University. She is completing a BA degree, double-majoring in Political Science (with Honors) and International Affairs. While at FSU, she completed internships in both the British Parliament and the Florida House of Representatives. In January 2009, she was employed by Envision EMI in Washington, DC as a staff member for the Jr. Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference. She hopes to work in Britain before pursuing a Master's degree in European Politics. [View Selected Portfolio Pages]

Second Place - Patrick Ayers
Patrick Ayers is a senior who will be graduating this semester with a dual BS in economics and political science (minors in mathematics and political philosophy). After graduation, he plans on earning a Master's degree in economics. After that, he plans on pursuing a career in public policy analysis. [View Selected Portfolio Pages]

Third Place - Asha Maddali
Asha Maddali is a senior majoring in Fashion Merchandising with a minor in business. She plans to move to New York upon graduation and embark on a career in trend forecasting that will allow her to fuse her creativity and business sense. [View Selected Portfolio Pages]

Appreciation is expressed to our judges:

Bert Hines	Bob Raybits
Heidi Harkin	Nancy Moore
Nicole Cummings	Terita Norton

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Career Portfolio Contest Winners by year:
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008