<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/0508-sarah-faude.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Independent consultant Sarah Faude ’09: There are so many ways to ‘plug in’</title><author>Angela Valden</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>05/08/2026 10:47:47 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Faude applies her experiences in Skidmore sociology and IGR to her work with nonprofits and encourages students to think cyclically and flexibly about how they can make a difference.</description><category>Alumni Stories</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2026/images/0508-sarah-faude-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Sarah Faude stands outside on the Skidmore campus, in front of a brick building and greenery"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2026/images/0508-sarah-faude-feature.jpg" alt="Sarah Faude stands outside on the Skidmore campus, in front of a brick building and greenery"/></image><caption>Sarah Faude '09, who majored in sociology at Skidmore with an art history minor, recently returned to campus to take part in the Career Development Center’s Careers That Make a Difference panel in Skidmore’s Wyckoff Center, where she shared insights with students hoping to go into nonprofit work.</caption></item>