What do you do with a justice and peace studies major or minor?

Start your own company

Linda Michel, nee Notch. 1992, majors in International Studies-Political Science and German, justice and peace minor.

Linda studied in Austria and Trier, Germany.  She interned in the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, where she dealt especially with issues of sexual harassment and violence against women. 

After graduation, she worked at St. Thomas in the Office of International Student Services while she pursued a Master's of International Management (completed in 1994) and an MBA in Marketing (1997).  

In 1997 she began contract work for 3M in marketing and communications, and graphics for business TV. 

In September 1998 she began her own marketing communication business "Michel Inc." specializing in communications strategies.