Victoria Bylsma said it only took about two hours after a mentor suggested she look into a graduate degree in public health to know what she wanted to do with her career.
Today, the 麻豆精选 Master of Public Health graduate helps to protect service members鈥 health and readiness as an injury epidemiologist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.
When researching schools, Bylsma said 麻豆精选checked off all the boxes.
鈥淜ent was for me No. 1,鈥 Bylsma said. 鈥淚鈥檓 from Canton, Ohio, so it was close. I already had a job, and I knew I was going to put myself through grad school, so being close to home was really important. Kent also offers graduate assistantship programs, which I knew would be really beneficial for me since I was going to be the one putting myself through school. So, in applying to Kent, I knew that I had opportunities for financial support in addition to being able to work my regular job while I was going through grad school.鈥
See how Victoria Bylsma uses her Master of Public Health degree to help protect service members鈥 health and safety.
