St. Mary’s College of Maryland senior Emily Burdeshaw has the distinction of being NAVAIR’s first Pathways Program employee. Burdeshaw was hired as part of the Pathways Program, part of President Obama’s federal hiring reform initiative, which became effective in July 2012. Pathways consists of two new programs — the Internship Program and the Recent Graduates Program — and modified another, the Presidential Management Fellows Program. These developmental programs are tailored to promote employment opportunities for students and recent graduates in the federal workforce and make it easier for them to pursue federal careers. Read more.