World Campus alumna Dionne R. Wiggins discussed 'The Journey vs. The Destination: Your ‘Why’ is What Really Matters'

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Dionne R. Wiggins, a 2013 World Campus graduate of the Penn State School of Labor and Employment Relations, gave the school’s 23rd annual Outstanding Alumni Lecture on Nov. 3, in Freeman Auditorium at University Park. She is the first World Campus graduate to be recognized as an Outstanding Alumni recipient.

Her invigorating talk “The Journey vs. The Destination: Your ‘Why’ is What Really Matters” was attended by nearly 400 live audience members and numerous World Campus students online.

Watch the full lecture on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjm0rwmLo1M

Wiggins’ empowering, yet down-to-earth speech shone a light on how veering off the career path you carefully sought out as a child is just as strong as sticking to the original blueprint — if you don’t lose your ‘why’ along the way.

She reflected on earning her Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employment Relations through Penn State World Campus and how her experience obtaining that degree reinforced her ‘why,’ even through times of extreme doubt along her personal and professional journey.

Wiggins is the vice president for people and culture at American Jewish World Service in New York City, where she leads the division responsible for strategic human resources partnerships, recruitment, payroll and benefits, and labor and employee relations. She takes...

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