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title: "A journey from army to policing and from student to professor"
type: "article"
space: "MyNews"
author: "Tiffany Hsieh"
created: 2022-03-02T18:23:45Z
updated: 2022-03-02T18:24:18Z
tags: ["feature-stories"]
url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/112/mynews/articles/feature-stories/5283/a-journey-from-army-to-policing-and-from-student-to-professor"
---

# A journey from army to policing and from student to professor

Const. Matthew Wood never thought he’d end up teaching at Seneca, but then the new [School of Public Safety](https://www.senecacollege.ca/school/public-safety.html) professor didn’t think he’d be a police officer either.

“Before I decided to get into policing, I was set on joining the army,” he said.

[Read the full story](https://www.senecacollege.ca/news-and-events/seneca-news/a-journey-from-army-to-policing-and-from-student-to-professor.html?utm_source=mynews&utm_medium=ei&utm_campaign=matthew_wood)