Helping College Students Find their Paths
Volunteer for a College Alumni Mentoring Series (CAMS) panel or meal this fall.
Think back you your college days. Did you even know your current job existed, much less how to get there? Career choices can seem like a big, deep sea to undergraduates, and that’s where the College Alumni Mentoring Series (CAMS) comes in. In the 2022–23 school year, 33 College alums volunteered to travel back to Penn for CAMS panel discussions and dinners. They talked about their own career paths and how their liberal arts degree has helped them, and answered questions from the students.
Penn Arts & Sciences has four field-specific CAMS events coming up in the fall 2023 semester, along with the popular “You Majored in What?!?” panel during Family Weekend at the end of October. Please look at the schedule below, and if you can make it back to campus to take part in one, please fill out and submit this form today.
Sustainable Careers
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 6–7:30 p.m.
Alums making a difference for the environment working in both the private and government sectors, from green jobs to technology to public policy.
Beyond the M.D.
Tuesday, Sept., 26, 6–7:30 p.m.
Alums working in health-related fields that go beyond a traditional M.D. career path, from research to non-profit management, pharma to consulting, and more.
Careers as an Entrepreneur
Wednesday. October 4, 6–7:30 p.m.
Alums who have harnessed their innovative ideas—and their College degree—to excel in a variety of industries.
Careers in Education
Tuesday, October 10, 6–7:30 p.m.
Alums teaching in the classroom and working in other careers from administration to admissions, counseling to policy and research (and much more!).
You’re Majoring in What?!?
Saturday, October 28 (Family Weekend)
Pre-Panel Lunch: 12–1:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion: 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Alums share their stories about how their education prepared them for varied and interesting career paths that didn’t necessarily correlate with their specific major, imparting ideas and advice and encouraging students to follow their passions.
Penn Arts & Sciences thanks the alums who stepped up to give College students insight into possible futures during the 2022–23 academic year:
Diana E. Estrada Alamo, C’15
Khari Austin-Rawls, C’16, WG’25
Denise A. Bailey-Castro, C’09
Titilola A. Bakare, C’06
Jordan Brown, C’12, WG’20
Fumei Cerecino, C16
Edward Y. Chung, C’95
Catherine R. Clair, C’08
Rachel H. Cooper, C’04
Leila A. Finucane, C’93
Loren R. Flaum, C’05
Jack E. Gindi, C’16, GEN’17
Dana McCurdy Hibbard, C’06
Christine F. Hurtubise, C’08
Basil A. Jackson, C’16
Michael W. Kleiman, C’06
Sara G. Levin, C’06
Amanda C. Lewis, C’99
William L. Lynch, C’10
Elizabeth A. Madara, C’11, LPS’12
Jessica Magness, C’10
Polina Markovich, C’03
Nancy M. Ngo, C’07
Tyrone J. Quarterman, C’17, GR’21
Xavier Riva, C’94
Jaclyn A. Ryan, C’01, WEV’04
Emily C. Smith, C’18
Leah Brown Taylor, C’12
Sofia Theophilus, C’98
Kha Trinh, C’11
Dana L. Vogel, C’11
Kristine A. Willard, C’13
Connie I. Wong, C’18
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