Diamonds Career Development Plan

Name:

Diamond Mangrum

Date:

Oct.17,2016
Major: Biological Engineering

Academic Advisor: Dr. Wang

Department Chair: Dr. Shahbazi

College Graduation Date:

May 2020

Career Objective (Five-year):

Biological Engineering B.S. (Summa Cum Laude)

Environmental Damage Reformer/Researcher (air quality restoration, waste
water treatment, development of more sustainable renewable energy

sources)
Cancer and Disease Researcher
Admitted Graduate Student at Purdue University or Virginia Tech
Fulbright Scholar
Hold an internship every summer until graduation

Personal Values:

Integrity
Honesty
Peace
Love
Family
Relationship with God
Happiness

Personal Vision Statement:

I want to use my life to help and serve others. I feel so blessed and because of
that, I would like to bless others by helping everyone have access to clean drinking
water, proper waste treatment processes, and better living conditions in general.

In addition, I am very family oriented and hope to have a large family when I get
married and earn my Ph.D. Eventually, I want to serve as supervisor of a biological
research department at a prospective university. I am also interested in traveling
all around the world.

SWOT
Strengths
Personable
Charismatic
Good speaker
Leader
Encouraging
Intelligent
Compassionat
e

Opportunity
Fulbright
Scholarship
Office of
Career
Services
Faculty
Mentorship
Career Fairs

Weakness
Procrastinatio
n
Essay writing

Threat/Trend
African
American
Female
Cost

CAREER GOALS (Five-year)

Goal
Goal 1:
Graduate with a Biological Engineering B.S. summa
cum laude
Goal 2:

Target Completion Date

May 9,2020
February 2020

Admitted Graduate Student at Purdue or Virginia

Tech
Goal 3:
Hold an internship every summer until graduation

August 2019

ACTION PLAN
Goal

Action Step

Target
Completion
Date

Construct and adhere to study

schedule for each class
Attend every class with no
unexcused absences
Complete ALL Homework
assignments long before due dates
Research requirements for Purdue
and Virginia Techs graduate
program
Talk to my advisor (Dr. Wang) about
his graduate experience and Dr.
Alford about his daughters current
experience at Purdue
Maintain an awesome cumulative
grade point average of 3.7 or higher
Research the skill set and
opportunities my major offers
Apply for an internship, weekly, and
attend all career fairs

Oct.
21,2016
May 2020

Network and keep in touch with

people (through email) I have
worked for in the past to seek new
internship opportunities

May 2020
May 2017
May 2017

May 2020
Oct.
30,2016
Every
Saturday
(ongoing)
until June
2019
Monthly
until June
2019

Status