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For my student personnel class, I had the opportunity to interview a higher education administrator, Deborah Alm. She is the director of the International Center at Springfield College, a private medium-sized coeducational college in Western Massachusetts. Her office is located in one of those red brick wall buildings, lie on Alden Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. I live not far from the campus area and I drive through Alden Street quite often. I always wonder what is it like to be working in one of those buildings. This assignment gives me the privilege to be up close and personal with one of the people working there, Deborah Alm. There is something familiar about her journey in the higher education world that I can relate to. Her educational background, her transition from a faculty member to an administrator, and her role as the director of the international center at Springfield College serve as good reflections on how to start and what it is like to have a career in higher education. Deborah Alm went to the State University of New York at Potsdam for her undergraduate study, studying Language and Culture. As a part of the enrichment program, she did four of her semesters in France. Even though she studied French, she chose to teach English using the method she had acquired while she studied French. She spent a year in Japan teaching English. 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