{"id":631,"date":"2023-02-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/?p=631"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:17:03","slug":"victors-in-grad-school-tara-allendorfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/graduateprograms\/2023\/02\/06\/victors-in-grad-school-tara-allendorfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone &amp; Challenge Yourself With Tara Allendorfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Push Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone &amp; Challenge Yourself With Tara Allendorfer\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/6kSwOP7ur1ctGJpHn0Yvy2?si=zZrwAlfzRympZtxRD_1oVw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This week on the Victors in Grad School podcast we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/allendorfer\/\">Tara Allendorfer<\/a> who is the Director of Alumni Engagement for the University of Michigan School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>Tara Allendorfer and I talk about her journey from being an undergraduate student at Northwood University to completing a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Michigan-Flint and how this education set her up for success in her current career. 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