Engineering majors become engineers. Political science majors become politicians. Drama majors go into food services for a while, but eventually become actors. Or so most students think.

We like to think of college majors as a straight line to the kind of careers students will go on to work in, but as visual artist Kate Daughdrill shows us, a field of study can be as open as a field of greens when it comes to potential graduate employment. Since she started out as a studio art and political & social thought major at the University of Virginia, a likely career path for Daughdrill would probably have been creating urban art. Instead, she operates a farm in Detroit and oversees a community rooftop garden that locals love caring for and socializing under.

Clearly, we all want TXGU students to recognize that their future major and their dream career aren’t always just one degree (of separation, that is) apart. Take the chance to let them know that their college path can veer into an unexpected job opportunity—but only if they remain open to other less predictable possibilities. After all, what’s more exciting than the unknown?