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The Summit Ahead Podcast 

Episode 17 | Finding Your Purpose in Graduate Education | ft. Whitney Godwin

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About the Episode

On our seventeenth episode, Erin welcomes Whitney Godwin, Project Manager at WVU's Purpose Center, to chat about how graduate students can find their passions and purpose to make the most out of their graduate school experience.

Key topics for this episode include: 1) what the WVU Purpose Center is, 2) how to be proactive about combatting imposter syndrome as a graduate student, and 3) how WVU students, faculty, and staff have utilized the WVU Purpose Center to best succeed. If you are interested in graduate education at West Virginia University, please visit our website at www.graduateadmissions.wvu.edu. Don't forget to subscribe to our blog or download one of our online resource guides for more information about the GRE, specific career industries, tips on how to submit your strongest graduate application and more!

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About the Interviewee

Whitney Godwin, M.S. Journalism

Whitney is the Director of the WVU Purpose Center and has spent over ten years working in higher education in recruitment, retention, and student success. She is a two-time graduate of the WVU Reed College of Media. In her free time, she freelances as an instant replay operator for sports television networks locally, regionally, and around the country. During her time at WVU, Whitney served as a WVU Feature Twirler and continues to teach baton to K12 students and collegiate twirlers. Her strengths include: Arranger, Learner, Developer, Positivity, and Intellection

Erin Fields

About the Host

Erin Fields

Erin Fields works as the Program Director in the West Virginia University Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment, where she focuses primarily on student recruitment and marketing. She is a 2019 graduate of Marshall University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising and a 2021 graduate of West Virginia University with a Master of Science degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. She has a passion for helping and guiding students through the graduate school process from initially inquiring to submitting an application. In her spare time outside of her position at the university, you can find her helping out at church, collecting Pokémon cards, or cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs!


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