Jessica Dow, career services coordinator, and Marta DaSilva, academic adviser, told the students about the differences between careers versus jobs and shared with them the value of making a good first impression.
Heather Clark, LPN program director, and Nancy Coco, director of continuing education and outreach, taught the high school students about the field of population health and the variety of careers in the health field.
Liz Flaherty, coordinator of the Arts Administration degree program, and Ann Lalik, gallery director and arts coordinator shared information about having a career in the arts and the opportunity to major in Arts Administration.
Becky Guman, business development associate for Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, gave the students tips for stepping out of their comfort zones to grow as a leader in all situations, including during their high school years.
Penn State Engagement Day concluded with a pep rally celebrating Penn State's and Lincoln Leadership's spirit and included Penn State Lehigh Valley giveaways.
Mike Krajsa, instructor in business and faculty liaison for Lehigh Valley Launchbox, shared with the high school students the importance of standing out and thinking entrepreneurially.
Penn State Engagement Day concluded with a pep rally celebrating Penn State's and Lincoln Leadership's spirit. The Nittany Lion and the Lincoln Leadership Academy’s mascot, the Lincoln Lion, faced off in a dance-off competition.
Jacqueline McLaughlin, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Penn State Lehigh Valley and founding director of Penn State CHANCE, has been selected to participate in national incubator project entitled: Next Generation Careers: Innovation in Environmental Biology Education. About 40 representatives from academia, private sector, government and non-governmental organizations were invited to seed a new network to support workforce development for college graduate career progression into environmental biology, including fields such as ecology, evolution, conservation, plant biology and natural resource management. A kick-off workshop will be held from October 17-19, 2016 at the Maritime Institute (CCMIT) in Linthicum, MD conference center. This workshop is made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation under the direction of the Society of Conservation Biology(SCB) and the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
