Career Journeys: Michael Rawlins ’80 P’16

On this episode of Career Journeys, we have Trustee Michael E. Rawlins ’80 P’16 in the studio. Michael is the principal user experience design architect at the Walt Disney Company’s Direct to Consumer and International Division. Previously he worked at ESPN and worked on the company’s fantasy tools and design. Rawlins has remained involved at the Colleges, and returns each year to mentor students and work with Career Services. He also invites students to Bristol, Conn., to get a behind-the-scenes look at the world-renowned ESPN campus. Recently, he was the Keynote Speaker at the 2019 Multicultural Conference and served as a judge for The Pitch. Rawlins double-majored in history and art history and completed Honors work, graduating with high honors in History. He currently serves on the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees.

Career Journeys is a limited-run podcast from the Herald and the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education, is designed to help introduce parents, students, alums, and prospective students to the wealth of opportunities and pathways that Hobart and William Smith alumni and alumnae have taken following their graduation. The show is produced and hosted by Alex Kerai ’19 in conjunction with the Herald and the Salisbury Center. It is recorded in the WEOS (NPR) studio on campus and includes live in-studio and over the phone interviews.

We are very excited to have Michael on this episode of Career Journeys!

Career Journeys is a bi-weekly podcast from the Herald and the Salisbury Center for Career, Professional and Experiential Education. It is produced by Alex Kerai ’19 and recorded at the WEOS studio on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.