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Lucy Rose Center For Global Leadership & Career Innovation

The Lucy Rose Center for Global Leadership & Career Innovation prepares students for success after Salem by encouraging the transformation of knowledge into action. We take a holistic approach to uncover each student’s unique potential, cultivate leadership, and foster self-sufficiency in preparation for global citizenship and life-long professional development. Students will be able to develop a professional career plan through activities that include internships, networking events, graduate and professional school sessions, social media education, and professional development workshops.

Lucy Rose Center at Salem College

Internships

Internships allow students to supplement classroom theory with practical knowledge gained from a carefully monitored, field-based learning experience in a professional setting. Internships for academic credit provide either a general career exploratory experience, or a pre-professional level experience related to the student’s academic objectives. The Lucy Center offers students the Handshake platform to search for internships and full-time jobs nationwide and includes virtual career events involving such organizations at the Mayo Clinic, FBI, PepsiCo, PetSmart, JP Morgan, EPA, Student Conservation Association and many more.

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Students wearing sunglasses at graduation

National Competitive Scholarship Support

With a strong emphasis on global discovery and personal academic growth, the Lucy Rose Center supports students interested in applying for National Competitive Scholarships (including the Fulbright Award, the Marshall Scholarship, the Rhodes Scholarship, and the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, amongst others). Through scholarship exploration, individualized writing support, and interview coaching, the Lucy Rose Center works with students to create strong application packages for these highly competitive global postgraduate awards.

Salem College students at Google offices

Career Development

Salem College believes in intentional, personal career development support from the very start of our student’s academic careers. Through academic-credit-based career development courses, ongoing skill development workshops, on campus career fairs, and networking with alumnae and employers, students have the opportunity to explore their individual career interests and build the skills necessary for a successful post-college career launch. At Salem, your success after graduation starts now. That’s why we’re inviting you to complete Focus 2, our new online career and academic planning tool. It’s designed to help you explore your interests, skills, values, and strengths—and discover career pathways and college majors that align with you.  In addition, Students who are exploring college majors and career pathways are also encouraged to log into “What Can I Do With This Major?” page.

Focus 2
Salem College students in class

Graduate School Preparation

For Salem College students interested in exploring graduate school at the masters or doctoral level, the Lucy Rose Center offers diverse programming and individualized application support. Through graduate school exploration trips, visits with graduate school admissions counselors, and personalized writing and interviewing workshops, students explore the vast possibilities available to them for graduate education, and present competitive applications to their chosen institutions.

For students specifically interested in graduate and professional schools in the health sciences, the Lucy Rose Center provides focused pre-health advising starting in the very first year of our students’ Salem experience.

In recent years, students have been accepted to graduate schools and professional schools including UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, The Ohio State University, The University of London, and many others.

Salem College student in Sydney, Austrailia

Study Away

Studying away helps our students develop confidence, responsibility, and problem solving. They gain a global mindset, become aware of other cultures, and gain new perspectives. Simply, students learn best by doing and thrive when they are active participants in shaping their educational experiences. Salem’s Study Away program brings these core beliefs into action. Within this program, Salem faculty and staff offer individualized support to students who wish to receive academic course credit for study outside the Salem campus, and outside the United States.

Salem partners with AIFS Study Abroad, CIS Abroad, Harlaxton College, Meredith College, and Oxford University to provide students with a wide variety of pre-approved study abroad opportunities around the globe. Recently students have studied away in France, Spain, Australia, Costa Rica, and Greece. Upcoming faculty-led trips are planned to Austria, London, and Venice.

Summer McGee presenting at the Health Leadership forum in April 2023

Health Leadership Highlights

  • Healthcare Career Dinner series with alumnae and community panelists in Social Work, Counseling, Medical Doctor, Hospice Care, and Public Health
  • Built and teach Healthcare Career Explorations academic course to provide all pre-health students with focused space/time to strengthen Graduate/Professional School application experience
  • Partner with Wake Forest Medical School for preclinical students to have cadaver lab experiences
  • Created Pre-Health Bookclub (most recent read: Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
  • Grad School Boot Camp to include “Pre-Health Specific” session to discuss HPAC, CAS process, Testing
  • Graduate school visits focused specifically on HL academic programs
  • NC State Vet School
  • Wake Forest Medical/PA school
  • High Point University Health Sciences programs
  • Pfeiffer University Health Sciences programs
  • Elon University PA program
  • App State Nursing, Public Health, Healthcare Management programs
student with microscope

Recent internships include:

  • Summer REU experiences (East Carolina University, Wake Forest University, University of Arizona)
  • Novant Cancer and Genetics Center
  • Wake Forest BioTech Place
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • WS Forsyth County Public Health Department
  • Piedmont Environmental Alliance
  • SECCA
  • Senior Services
  • Shalom Project
  • Arbor Acres
  • Center for Creative Economy
  • Camel City Counseling
  • Reynolda House
  • Applied Family Services
  • Chermak and Hanson Dental Offices
  • Arts Council

Program Leadership

For more information, please reach out to:

Jennifer Byrne

Jennifer Byrne

CEO, Javara
Mary Jo Cagle

Mary Jo Cagle, MD

CEO, Cone Health
Ruth Davis

Ruth Davis

Director, Call for Code IBM
Laura Gerald

Laura Gerald, MD, MPH

President, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Chere Gregory

Chere Gregory, MD, MHS

Senior VP and Chief Health Equity Officer, Novant Health
Patrice Harris

Patrice Harris, MD

CEO, eMed
Barbara Rimer

Barbara Rimer, DrPH, MPH

Dean Emeritus, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Patrice Davis standing outside

Patrice Davis, EdD C'89

Chair (2023-2025)
  • Vice President for Student Services
    Trident Technical College
    Charleston, SC
Dr. John McConnell

John McConnell, MD

Chair
  • Chief Executive Officer Emeritus
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Professor Emeritus of Urology, Wake Forest School of Medicine
    Winston-Salem, NC
Brooke Smith

Brooke Smith C’96

Secretary
  • Global Marketing and Strategy Consultant
    Brooklyn, NY
Sallie Smalley Beason

Sallie Smalley Beason, A’85

Treasurer
  • Community Volunteer
    Charlotte, NC
Liz Baird

Elizabeth Denton Baird C’83

  • CEO
    North Carolina Aquarium Society
    Wake Forest, NC
Julia C Archer

Julia Cardwell Archer A’84

  • Partner
    Enns & Archer, LLP
    Winston-Salem, NC
sarah l berga

Sarah L. Berga, MD

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Jacobs School of Medicine and BioMedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo SUNY
    Buffalo, NY
Akeshia Craven Howell

Akeshia Craven-Howell

  • Partner, Strategic Advising
    Bellwether Education Partners
    Charlotte, NC
Linda Darden

Linda Darden, MHA, CPA

  • President & CEO
    Trellis Supportive Care
    Winston-Salem, NC
Beth Mabe Gianopulos, Senior Counsel, Legal Department

Beth Mabe Gianopulos C’97

President, Salem College Alumnae Association Board
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
    Winston-Salem, NC
Ina Blackmore Kamenz

Ina Blackmore Kamenz A’73

President, Salem Academy Alumnae Association Board
  • Consultant/Community Volunteer
    Mocksville, NC
Katherine Holland

Katherine Holland C’00

Secretary
  • Executive Director
    Perkins School for the Blind
    Lexington, MA
Brandy Nelson

Brandy Nelson, EdD C’97

Vice Chair
  • Academic Director & Education Consultant
    Reading Reimagined
    Mint Hill, NC
Anne Salisbury

Anne Berger Salisbury C’71

  • Retired/Recalled NC District Court Judge
    Cary, NC
Sydney Taylor

Sydney Timmons Taylor C’71

  • Insurance Executive/Retired
    Greenville, SC
Beth Mabe Gianopulos

Beth Mabe Gianopulos C’97

President
  • 2022-2025
Nicole Potts Kirk

Nicole Potts Kirk C’00

Admissions Chair
  • 2023-2026
Megan Cook Jave

Megan Cook Jaye C’16

Alumnae Engagement Chair
  • 2023-2026
Millie Eubanks Peters

Millie Eubanks Peters C’88

Nominating Chair
  • 2023-2026
Dencie Reynolds Lambdin

Dencie Reynolds Lambdin C’71

Recording Secretary
  • 2023-2026

Lindsay Cunningham Joyner A’96, C’00

Alumnae Awards Chair
  • 2023-2026
Chastity Clapp Sullivan

Chastity Clapp Sullivan C’18

Student Services Chair
  • 2024-2027
Sarah Fowler Solana

Sarah Fowler Solana C’11

President Elect
  • 2024-2027
Dorinda Mensah

Dorinda Mensah C’15

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Chair
  • 2021-2024
Juyoung Shin

Juyoung Shin C’16

Alumnae Engagement
  • 2022-2025
Ashley Burton Williams

Ashley Burton Williams C’13 MEd ’20

Fleer Center Representative
  • 2022-2025

Khrystyne Smith Rasmussen C’12

Regional Representative
  • 2023-2026
Alexandra Rabey Blackwood

Alexandra Rabey Blackwood C’17

Regional Representative
  • 2022-2025
Alecia Bailey Kryworuka

Alecia Bailey Kryworuka C’94

Regional Representative
  • 2022-2025
Victoria Willis

Victoria Willis C’17

Regional Representative
  • 2022-2025
Christine Lawrence

Christine Lawrence C’05

Regional Representative
  • 2022-2025
Alexandra York Benson

Alexandra York Benson C’18

Special Projects Liaison
  • 2022-2025
Dr. Prathibha Varkey

Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S.

President, Mayo Clinic Health System

Matt Munsey

Vice President of Enrollment Management

Nicole Hundt

Executive Director of Residential Life and Title IX Coordinator

Bob Baker

  • (Retired) Senior Associate Vice President for University Development
    Wake Forest University
    Winston-Salem, NC

Pamela Fox

  • Consulting President Emerita
    Mary Baldwin University
    Swoope, VA

Paul Kirchgraber

  • CEO
    Covance/Labcorp Drug Development
    Athens, GA

Barbara Rimer

  • Dean Emerita
    Gillings School of Global Public Health
    Professor Emerita Department of Health Behavior
    Chapel Hill, NC

Jen Morgan C’90

College Fund Chair
  • 2024-2027

Jane Moury Kane C’88

Professional Development Chair
  • 2024-2027

Amanda Long Ramseur C’94

Regional Representative Chair
  • 2024-2027

Enxi An

Assistant Professor of Business Administration: Accounting and Finance

Diana Bennett

Groundskeeper

Brittney Williams

Project & Event Worker

Dennis Taylor

Maintenance Technician

Gary Daynes, PhD

Interim President, Salem Academy and College

Abrea Armstrong A’09

  • Executive Director
    Triad Cultural Arts, Inc.

    Winston-Salem, NC

Jennifer Byrne

  • Chief Executive Officer
    Javara

    Winston-Salem, NC

Caroline Durham A’88

  • Chief Financial Officer
    Caroline Corporation of Burlington

    Burlington, NC

Dr. Jaleema Speaks

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Novant Health

    Winston-Salem, NC

Sarah Solana C’11

  • Director Global Enterprise Customer Success
    UKG

    Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area

Vonda Delawie A’75

  • Nonprofit Board Member
    Washington, DC

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