{"id":130,"date":"2015-11-23T20:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T20:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/history\/?p=130"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:06:36","slug":"katie-burakowski-class-of-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/katie-burakowski-class-of-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Burakowski, Class of 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why did you choose a degree in history?<\/span><\/figure><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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After three semesters in another major I realized that I was unhappy and wanted a change.  I felt lost and didn’t know exactly where to go.  I happened to be enrolled in Professor Bloom’s African American History class to satisfy a general education requirement and I really enjoyed his instruction as well as the course content.  We developed a great relationship and started engaging in conversations about my academic career and future goals.  It was through these conversations that I realized how welcome I felt in the department and also how invested the faculty were in my success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you doing now?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am currently an assistant professor of sports management at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How have your history studies helped you in life?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My experience in history has helped me to understand the context of developments in sport. For example, it’s impossible to talk about Title IX and its implications for sports without having a working knowledge of mid-century American culture.  My background in history also helps me to highlight the importance and usefulness of a liberal arts education for my students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would you want a prospective major to know about history at Valpo?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The history department impacted me so greatly that every time I find myself in Indiana I make a point to stop by to visit my favorite professors.  The relationships developed within the department really are life-long and genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Katie Burakowski, Class of 2004, chose a degree in History at Valpo University after enrolling in Professor Bloom’s African American History class to satisfy a general education requirement. She enjoyed his instruction as well as the course content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":4536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,20,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","category-history","category-history-alumni-spotlight"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"kostoyic","author_link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/author\/kostoyic\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/ValpoCampus2-Resized-300x192.webp","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Alumni Spotlight<\/a>","History<\/a>","History Alumni Spotlight<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Alumni Spotlight<\/span>","History<\/span>","History Alumni Spotlight<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 10 years ago","modified":"Updated 9 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 23, 2015","modified":"Updated on July 24, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 23, 2015 8:24 pm","modified":"Updated on July 24, 2025 9:06 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}