Mentors

Career paths after graduation are as diverse as life. Graduates of humanities and social sciences as well as law courses have a variety of career opportunities. They need information, role models for career paths that have actually been taken. Interesting suggestions for their personal career path should give this list of mentors, in which they find many career paths, the alumni and the University of Rostock facing professionals have gone and still go. You are welcome to contact us if you have any questions. At the Career Sail 2012, several students even got internships through these mentors, were able to make interesting contacts and turn to them with concrete questions.


Mandy Unger

Subjects: Education Science & German as a Foreign Language (Bachelor of Arts),
Educational Science: Emphasis: Education in Curriculum Vitae / Biography Research (Master of Arts)
Study location: Greifswald, Kristianstad (Sweden) and Rostock

Previous activities:

  • Student and corporate client consulting, event organization & volunteer management for the Careers Service of the University of Rostock
  • Foundation and coordination, public relations, mentoring at Arbeiterkind.de Rostock (honorary)
  • Communication and strategy consulting for co-working think tank project: raum Rostock (honorary)
  • Student Advertising, Organization & Career Support as Career Scout (honorary)
  • Student assistant research project team "Bilding - Mathematical-Scientific and Technical Study Orientations in Women" at the University of Rostock
  • Preschool teacher & Deputy Head of Kinderwelt Hamburg e.V. - Bilingual day-care centers, co-editor of the in-house Kita newspaper
  • Tutor in SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG theater-pedagogical, nationwide project "Performing Life - Site Specific Performances as a Means of Active Citizenship" - volunteering in Prague, Graz and Greifswald (honorary)
  • Self-employed / Entrepreneur in building an online business, blogger, copywriter, communication and strategy consulting for personal, entrepreneurial or professional issues

Recent Activity:

  • Office Manager (with HR responsibility) at BaseCase Management GmbH, International IT Startup, Berlin

Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • my lasting and intense experiences as part of my volunteer work
  • the variety of my experiences and continuous self-reflection of my personal goals
  • my stays abroad (albeit briefly) in Sweden, the Czech Republic, Croatia and my enjoyment of languages and people
  • my friendly and appreciative appearance and my belief in the good in every human being!
  • what the study has taught me about man and his development

What offer do you have for the students?

  • I am happy to advise you on personal and professional goals during and after your studies, personal barriers and uncertainties
  • I see my strength in making people aware of their strengths and reaffirming them in their goals and desires. To make visible ways and to show possibilities where none are seen
  • I can also answer questions about the Master of Educational Science at the University of Rostock as well as all questions related to my curriculum vitae and my experiences
  • I am happy to advise you on volunteering issues

My contact details:
mandy.unger[at]outlook.com


Michael Draeger

Subjects / Subjects: Politics /Modern History
Study location: Rostock

Previous activities:

  • Freelancer at the NDR in Rostock (radio reporter with a focus on education / science and local politics)
  • Volunteer at the NDR
  • Reporter for NDR 90.3 in Hamburg


Recent Activity:

  • News editor at the NDR in Hamburg
  • Design of project days for students of class 9-11 on the topic of radio play


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Studies: Getting to grips with new topics, learning the basics of political science, but also expertise for individual topics that were important in later work
  • Internships: Before studying at private radio stations in Berlin, while studying at the NDR in Schwerin and Rostock


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Tips on careers, internships and entry into the media

My contact details:
post[at]michael-draeger.com


Dr. Matthias Manke, M.A.

Subject (s) of Study: History, Political Science, Sociology (Master)
Study location: Rostock, Hamburg

Previous activities:

  • Archivreferendar at the Saxon Main State Archive Dresden and at the Archivschule Marburg / Lahn
  • Scientific Archivist at the State Archives Schwerin


Recent Activity:

  • Archive Director, Deputy Head of the Department of State Archives of the State Office for Culture and Preservation of Monuments and Head of the department "New Archive"
  • Board member of the Historical Commission for Mecklenburg e. V.

Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Student Assistant
  • Press work ("freelance journalist")
  • Organizational and speaker activity for various institutions of political education ("freelancer")
  • Scholarship holder of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Landesgraduiertenförderung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Internships, u.U. Application tips (no coaching)

  • Internships, u.U. Application tips (no coaching) 

My contact details:
m.manke[at]landeshauptarchiv-schwerin.de


Dr. Manja Schreiner, LL.M.

Subject (s):Law, Master Program "International Business Law and International Business Management"
Study location: Rostock

Previous activities:

  • TQM Assistant
  • Legal Advisor, AIDA Cruises
  • Consultant Law and Insurance, Federation of German Industry


Recent Activity:

  • Head of the Department of Organization and Law at the Federation of German Crafts Observation and analysis of the legislative process, representation of interests in the national and European environment


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • dissertation
  • Master's program
  • various training courses
  • Stations abroad


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Insights into the political work of an advocate
  • Internship in the legal department of a leading association of the German economy
  • Application tips and suggestions for a professional career


My contact details:
schreiner[at]zdh.de


Katerina Schumacher

Subjects / Subjects:Political science, philosophy, sociology
Study location: Rostock

Previous activities:

  • Work as a student assistant at the Department of Education and at the Heinrich Böll Foundation
  • Campaign Commissioner of the SPD-KAMPA 2002 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Head of the ministerial office of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Speaker and Deputy Head of Section in the Department of Art, Theater, Music and Youth Art Schools, Libraries, Literature, Socioculture, Cultural Youth Education


Recent Activity:

  • Head of Section in the Department of Cultural Principles, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Schwerin
  • Instructor for candidates of the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration, Police and Judiciary of the Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • basic skills such as analytical thinking or research skills 
  • Benefits of studying politics like knowing about political processes


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Internships in the state administration
  • application Tips

My contact details:
k.schumacher[at]bm.mv-regierung.de


Dr. rer. pol. Christian Nowak

Subject (s) of Study: Law (1st State Examination), Political Science / Public Law; ongoing: PhD (Political Science
Study location: Jena andRostock

Previous activities:

  • Business Administration Manager (Controller) and Member of the Executive Board for IKEA Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in Braunschweig


Recent Activity:

  • Course Coordinator at the Law Faculty of the University of Rostock

Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Stay abroad (Sweden)
  • Visiting non-specialist events during the legal studies
  • qualified part-time jobs / internships


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Currently, the network "GoGoNet - Good Governance Network" for students of the Law Faculty of the University of Rostock is funded by the project "Studium Optimum"
  • Advice on the degree program "Good Governance"

My contact details:
Christian.Nowak[at]uni-rostock.de


Axel Blaschke

Subject (s) of Study: Political Science, Sociology
Study location: Rostock

Previous activities:

  • Studied at the University of Rostock
  • Scholarship holder of the Landesgraduiertenförderung M-V
  • Trainee at the FES in Berlin, Forum Politics and Society
  • various lecturer positions at the FES in Berlin (Unit Western Europe, North America and Japan, Africa Unit)


Recent Activity:

  • Office manager of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Khartoum, Sudan


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Studies: Training as a generalist; fast familiarization with different topics; Political Science Foundations
  • Leisure: Voluntary engagement in clubs


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Information about the work of a political foundation, about my career entry and the exchange of experience


My contact details:
axel.blaschke[at]fessudan.org


Dr. Benjamin Becker

Subject (s) of Study: English, History (1st State Exam); English Philology (PhD)
Studienort: Cologne, Bonn, Atlanta

Previous activities:

  • Program Officer at the German-American Fulbright Commission
  • Public Relations Manager at Touro College Berlin
  • Henry A. Kissinger Prize Coordinator at the American Academy in Berlin
  • Accompanying the doctoral studies: Research assistant at the English Seminar I of the University of Cologne (editorial support of the journal of the German Association of Anglers)
  • Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Emory University Atlanta, GA

 
Recent Activity:

  • Head, Special Programs (Head of Unit) at the German-American Fulbright Commission

 
Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Continued secondary employment as a student assistant
  • Stay abroad in the USA: professional and personal development / reorientation
  • Voluntary activities in transatlantic cultural exchange (board member of Fulbright Alumni e.V. and European Network of American Alumni Associations)

What offer do you have for the students?

  • Transatlantic Network in Germany / USA / Europe

My contact details:
benjabecker[at]gmail.com


Susanne Schimke

Subject (s) of Studies: Magister: Scandinavian Studies, Public Law, Civil Law
Study location: Greifswald, Lund, Szczecin

Previous activities:

  • Communication agency ariadne & wolf, Head of Project Management & Assistance of the Management Board
  • National Park Center KÖNIGSSTUHL gGmbH, Head of Marketing / Communication

Recent Activity:

  • Society for Economic and Technological Promotion Rostock mbH, Head of Marketing & PR


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Internships and semester abroad


What offer do you have for the students?

  • internships
  • Tips
  • experience


My contact details:
schimke[at]rostock-business.de

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Moritz von Grotthuss

Subjects / Courses: Law
Study location:
Munich, Berlin

Previous activities:

  • Legal Officer Sales Personnel, Allianz VersicherungsAG
  • Attorney at Law Clifford Chance, Industry: Legal, Corporate Finance / M & A, Start-Up Consulting
  • Head of the Legal Department (D / A / CH), Ericsson GmbH
  • Head of Key Account, stv. GF Ericsson Switzerland and mgl. Head of Market Unit Ericsson AG


Recent Activity:

  • Managing Director of gestigon GmbH, responsible for Business Development, Strategy and Financing
  • independent angel consultant, support of start-up companies


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Curiosity, willingness to change, mobility
  • technical and economic understanding
  • Willingness and interest to become familiar with new topics again and again
  • communication skills
  • Construction and sustainable maintenance of a network


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Network, possibly internships


My contact details:
moritz.vongrotthuss[at]grotthuss.com


Kristin Papenfuß

Subjects / Subjects: MA English / German Studies
Study location: Rostock

Previous activities:

  • TZW e.V.: Project Manager - national and international networking; Coordination and organization of international conferences, business travel, cooperation exchanges
  • IDASWIND GmbH & Co.KG: Consultant for Service and Documentation - Office Management and Human Resources

Recent Activity:  

  • SUZLON Energy GmbH: Personnel Officer - Support and advice for specialists and executives with a focus on international mobility

Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job: 

  • Self-organization and purposefulness through study
  • Work as a student assistant in the department of study and teaching
  • Tutor for students of the Faculty of Arts
  • Compiling information and on-demand advice as the best way forward for further professional development
  • a strong network of contacts
  • economic thinking


My contact details:
kristin.papenfuss[at]suzlon.com


Jochen Schmidt

Subjects / Subjects: Political science / History / English
Study location: Freiburg i.Br. / Grenoble

Previous activities:

  • Wiss. Associate at the Institute for Political and Administrative Sciences of the University of Rostock
  • Deputy of the state commissioner for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the documents of the state security service of the former GDR


Recent Activity:

  • Director of the National Center for Political Education Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


Activities that have brought me the most in terms of my career or job:

  • Work as a student assistant
  • stay abroad
  • free participation in institutions of political education


What offer do you have for the students?

  • Internships
  • u.U. application Tips


My contact details:
poststelle[at]lpb.mv-regierung.de