Alumni Note: Mariah Vraniak ’14, ’15

Mariah Vraniak ’14, ’15, a middle childhood education alumna, completed her student teaching just down the road from Wright State at Fairborn’s Baker Middle School, but her first job after graduation included flying nearly 4,000 miles to a remote village in Alaska.

“Honestly, I was kind of shocked at my choice. I went to a job fair thinking it would be a good mock interview,” Vraniak said. “I didn’t think that I’d end up moving to Alaska; but the adventure side of it, paired with the job opportunity in a different kind of location, really drew me.”

The adventure began at a school in a small