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Volume 10, Issue 18
Lehigh University Campus Weekly
February 19,1997
Experiencing life in the real world
Students shadow alums over winter break to gain career insight
by Emily Busch '97
Students in the College
of Arts and Sciences got a
taste of what life is like in
the real world by shadowing alumni professionals
during winter break at a
variety of work settings,
which range from record
companies to HMO headquarters.
The winter break
externship program was
started three years ago to
give arts and sciences
undergraduates the opportunity to explore potential
career fields, according to
Richard Freed, assistant
director of career services.
Typical externships last
anywhere from a few days
to two weeks. This winter,
97 students externed with
77 different alumni.
"It's been a successful
program based on the fact
that the numbers keep
growing," Freed said. "Our
arts and sciences students
get a great education and
often fight the dilemma of "
what to do with it. This
opens their eyes to the
career possibilities for
them. It may not be what
they think."
Freed said every sum
mer he works with the
Alumni Association and two
different arts and sciences
departments to contact
alumni who may be interested in recruiting subjects.
Inside city planning
Jason Faberman, a
senior double majoring in
environmental science and
economics, took full advantage of the opportunity to
extern. In fact, he had two
externships during winter
break that gave him a
strong feel for city planning.
"The externships showed
me some of the options of
what's out there,"
Faberman said.
Faberman's first
externship was with
Eugene Goldfedder '72,
borough manager of
Catasaqua, who is responsible for all government
functions of the borough.
"I toured the town and
its major businesses/cash
flows, including its water
treatment plant," Faberman
said. "I also looked through
a lot of the financial and
economic development data
they had."
At his second externship,
Faberman spent three days
with the Redevelopment
Authority of Bethlehem,
which is the agency
responsible for some of the
city's urban renewal
housing and economic
development programs.
"I attended several
meetings, including a
mayor's meeting, and met
with several other supervisors in city hall to get a
basic feel for how the city •
was run and where it was
going economically," he
said.
John Rohal '72,
executive director, was
Faberman's mentor at the
Redevelopment Authority.
Rohal, who got a bachelor's
degree in social relations
and later came back for his
master's degree, said the
externship went well.
"I took him on an
automobile tour of some of
our projects the first day,"
Rohal said. "Then I
allowed him to observe
day-to-day and ask some
'irons."
Faberman said having
two externships gave him
two perspectives of town
planning.
Jason Faberman '97 (right) and John Rohal '72, executive
director of the Redevelopment Authority of Bethlehem, go
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Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose, president of the International Black Women's Congress, (far left) talks with
Ayisha McKenzie '94, Summer Harling '99 and Tirzah Brown '99, (left to right) following a lecture in
Maginess Hall on Feb. 13. Rodgers-Rose spoke about "Finding Our Way Way to the Strength of Our
Community: LOVE" as part of the university's month-long celebration of Black History Month.
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