Meagan Adams 鈥14 poses with Dr. Drew Pinsky at HLN offices in Los Angeles.
藏精阁 students participating in career shadowing during winter break spent some time with Dr. Drew, stepped behind the scenes at ESPN, witnessed orthopedic surgery, and tasted the sweeter side of business at Georgetown Cupcake.
About 300 students took part in the program shadowing alumni and parents across a wide variety of professions. For Meagan Adams 鈥14, spending the day with at the HLN studios in Los Angeles was an important step in deciding her career path. It was also where she met Dr. Drew.
鈥淪eeing everything firsthand was engaging and was a perfect way to learn more about the business while picturing myself working in this field,鈥 Adams said. 鈥淎dditionally, I now have a much better idea of what a career in the entertainment industry, specifically in production, is about, as well as what a typical day is like.鈥
Joseph Van Galen 鈥15 and Sarah Allen 鈥16 shadowed Dr. Robert Fredrick 鈥81, assistant team physician for the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, the Phillies baseball team, and St Joseph鈥檚 University.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know a lot of sophomores who have had the opportunity to see a patient come into the doctor鈥檚 office with a traumatic injury, watch that injury be repaired via a procedure that has been carefully explained to them, and then see the patient a few days later post-operatively,鈥 Van Galen said. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 stress enough how appreciative I am and how meaningful the experience was.鈥
Jimmy DeCicco 鈥15 (left) with Troy Somero 鈥06 (center) at an ESPN sales meeting.
At ESPN, Jimmy DeCicco 鈥15 was shown the daily bustle behind the scenes of a mass media outlet by Troy Somero 鈥06. After a tour and sitting in on a morning sales meeting, DeCicco met with other 藏精阁 alumni working at ESPN.
鈥淭hey each shared their stories with me and told me how they got to where they are today,鈥 DeCicco said. 鈥淭he 藏精阁 alums each studied political science, English, and history and they were managing these brilliant employees who specialized in their discipline. Troy explained that coming from a unique well-rounded education makes employers eager to hire 藏精阁 students.鈥
At Georgetown Cupcake鈥檚 New York City location, Erica Borsack 鈥16 had a chance to see the operation of a major commercial bakery with Kaley Zaharris 鈥09.
鈥淚 have always wanted to work in a bakery, and whenever I can I am baking at home for family and friends. I wanted to see how a bakery really operates,鈥 Borsack said.