{"id":16802,"date":"2026-05-06T13:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=16802"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:09:32","slug":"campus-involvement-to-a-career-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/05\/06\/campus-involvement-to-a-career-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus involvement to a career in higher education\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Cole Byerly ’26, co-editor-in-chief <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her time at LVC, Marina Biltcliff, senior political science and English double major, built a college experience with involvement, leadership and a consistent presence across campus life, while preparing for a future in higher education.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biltcliff\u2019s list of involvement shows just how active she has been. She served in Student Government as executive board treasurer and took on a leadership role in the Student Programming Board as vice president of ValleyFest. She worked as a resident assistant, an orientation leader, a Breen Center student worker, a Center for Student Engagement student worker and contributed to \u201cLa Vie Collegienne\u201d as a co-editor-in-chief. She was also involved in community service initiatives across campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her motivation to get involved started simply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to get involved to meet new people,\u201d she said. \u201cI really liked my orientation leaders and that helped me get involved. I ran for student government because I had nothing to lose.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of all her experiences, orientation stands out the most.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really love orientation and helped set the tone for what my college career would look like. I helped with orientation for the next 3 years,\u201d she said.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of her most memorable moments came during campus events. Dutchmen Day and\u00a0ValleyFest\u00a0weekend her senior year stood out. Even with unpredictable weather during\u00a0ValleyFest, she said the event still had a strong turnout and positive student engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDutchmen Day and ValleyFest weekend this year were very successful,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople really liked the theme and activities we had planned.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her involvement also helped her realize her future plans. Biltcliff plans to pursue a career in higher education, specifically in residence life or student engagement. She said she didn\u2019t fully realize those paths existed until she experienced them through her roles on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI realized how much I enjoy it and how there are career opportunities in those fields,\u201d she said.\u202f\u201cWithout being involved on campus I would not have so many of the friendships and professional connections I have now. That’s why I want to work in higher ed, to encourage students to get involved in some way to build those connections.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As she prepares to graduate, Biltcliff leaves behind a campus experience of consistent involvement and leadership that she hopes to carry into her career.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Cole Byerly ’26, co-editor-in-chief  During her time at LVC, Marina Biltcliff, senior political science and English double major, built a college experience with involvement, leadership and a consistent presence across campus life, while preparing for a future in higher […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16802"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16816,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802\/revisions\/16816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}