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Our Letters & Science Career Initiative is unique among large public research universities. We aspire to help every one of our L&S undergraduate students — not just the extra-motivated or well-connected few — chart his or her path to success.

We knew that students and their parents were hearing that the liberal arts was a “luxury," and that they’d be better off studying fields where the job market is “hot” right now.  

But we also knew that wasn’t what employers were saying.

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SuccessWorks: our new career center

The best new outcome of our Career Initiative? A new career center just for L&S students.

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Introducing SuccessWorks

Meet our new approach to preparing College of Letters & Science students for success beyond UW-Madison. 

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