During four Wednesdays during March, Mount Mercy Academy will hold a career day.  Each week will feature four different speakers who will educated students about their careers, the path they took to their career and answer student questions. Students sign up for the session that most interests them. The first week featured Patricia Bernard, Katy Ryan Crawley, Elina Panteleeva and Anna Hofer.  

Bernard is a professor at SUNY Erie Community College, Crawley is the senior manager of corporate sponsorship marketing for the Dallas Cowboys, Panteleeva is an emigre from Bulgaria who works at West Herr and spoke about international economics relations and finance and Hofer is the paid social director at Assembly Global.

Both Bernard and Panteleeva have daughters at Mount Mercy.