Maryville Grad­u­ates: Where Are They Now?

Mayville Uni­ver­sity has thou­sands of grad­u­ates that made their mark on cam­pus. But, many peo­ple don’t get a chance to catch up with grad­u­ates and see where they are now. 

Kennedy Olt­man, a Maryville grad­u­ate in May 2018, left with an un­der­grad­u­ate de­gree in Mu­sic Ther­apy. When asked about her job now, she states that she “has a full-time in­tern­ship at Mid­west Mu­sic Ther­apy ser­vices and a part time job teach­ing pi­ano and voice lessons all over the St. Louis area.” Her part time job is at a com­pany called M Strong Stu­dios and is lo­cated in the St. Louis area. 

On a day-to-day ba­sis, Olt­man works with in­di­vid­u­als liv­ing with in­tel­lec­tual and de­vel­op­men­tal dis­abilites in school, home and com­mu­nity set­tings.

“I use mu­sic as a tool to help these in­di­vid­u­als reach non-mu­si­cal goals like math and read­ing skills, so­cial/​emo­tional skills, speech/​lan­guage skills, fine/​gross mo­tor skills and more. I meet them where they are with my gui­tar, per­cus­sion in­stru­ments and as­sis­tive tools for weekly ses­sions. Every­one who ex­pe­ri­ences a mu­sic ther­apy ses­sion says we have the most fun, and we def­i­nitely do,” said Olt­man.

Life with­out col­lege for Olt­man is very dif­fer­ent, she says that it’s a lot less stress­ful, there’s more free time but she still misses be­ing on cam­pus with her friends and her pro­fes­sors. 

Luck­ily, she is able to still stop by cam­pus and see her friends, pro­fes­sors, and sup­port old or­ga­ni­za­tions that she used to be a mem­ber of. Al­though Olt­man, had a hard time leav­ing Maryville and all of its glory, she en­joys be­ing in the city and hav­ing free time while she’s not busy at work.  

Al­though Olt­man, had a hard time leav­ing Maryville and all of its glory, she en­joys be­ing in the city and hav­ing free time while she’s not busy at work.  

Er­ica Magelitz, a Maryville grad­u­ate of 2001, left with a Bach­e­lor’s de­gree in Phys­i­cal Ther­apy. She en­joyed the ride, but agreed that like many, it is a hard pro­gram to get through. Magelitz works in Eff­in­g­ham, IL. at St. An­tho­ny’s Hos­pi­tal.  

On her day to day Magelitz states, “I work in out­pa­tient PT com­plet­ing ini­tial eval­u­a­tions and treat­ments of or­tho­pe­dic pa­tients, pa­tients with var­i­ous bal­ance/​neu­ro­logic is­sues, and other di­ag­noses.” 

She also touches on how dif­fer­ent life is now, “It is very dif­fer­ent from col­lege hav­ing to jug­gle a de­mand­ing full time job, mar­riage, and three kids,” said Magelitz.

Al­though Magelitz is re­ally busy, she still finds time to visit her two cousins that at­tend Maryville, Emily Arm­strong and Mor­gan De­ters. Like Olt­man and Magelitz, many grad­u­ates are out in the pro­fes­sional world pur­su­ing their pas­sion to­day.