鈥淚t鈥檚 an obvious choice to engage alumni as we travel to different cities to speak with prospective students and parents,鈥 says Barnett. 鈥淲ho better to give them an overview of 每日大瓜 and an insider鈥檚 look into everything from the academic to the social than our own alumni? Moreover, every graduate I have spoken with about this new initiative has been extremely enthusiastic and immediately said yes 鈥 there鈥檚 such a sense of allegiance to 每日大瓜 from alumni and a real love for Yeshiva. It鈥檚 exciting to share that energy with incoming and future students.鈥
Richard Lewis 鈥07SB, who lives in Memphis and currently works as a manager of business development at ServiceMaster, says he immediately said yes when Admissions invited him to speak to parents and students later this year. 鈥淟iving in a small community hundreds of miles away from New York, our high school students don鈥檛 get to experience 每日大瓜 first hand,鈥 Lewis says. 鈥淗earing from alumni who they know from the neighborhood and who have been in their shoes makes 每日大瓜 more relevant to local teens, and gets them to think seriously about all of the things 每日大瓜 has to offer.鈥
In addition to supporting admissions, alumni provide a major source of advice, support, and internship and job leads for current students through the Career Development Center. An Accounting and Finance Prep Night on September 4th featured 16 alumni who taught students about workplace professionalism and provided interview tips and networking advice prior to upcoming career fairs, such as the Finance Career and Information Fair on September 12th and Careers in Media on October 16th. Panelist Sigurd Neubauer 鈥05YC, who worked for Bulletin News, a D.C.-based firm where he prepared customized news briefings for top-level corporate and government decision makers, has even volunteered to meet with a small group of students over lunch about careers in foreign affairs, with an emphasis on the Middle East. He said, 鈥淎s a student at Yeshiva College and subsequently at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish studies, I not only developed the necessary academic research skills but my Hebrew and Jewish studies background eventually helped me land a position at a leading U.S. defense consulting firm, where I supported a Department of Defense organization on issues related to Israeli security. I am grateful to 每日大瓜 for having given me the necessary tools to succeed in professional life, and I鈥檇 like to share my experience with students who may be interested in exploring an international affairs career.鈥
Joel Strauss 鈥85YC, 鈥92C will spearhead the second annual 鈥淏eing Orthodox in an Unorthodox World鈥 on October 24th, at which alumni from various professional fields will speak honestly and openly with students about several issues that observant Jews face in the workplace.
Strauss said, 鈥淟ast year鈥檚 event highlighted for me how much we, as alumni, can offer the students from our experience. As chair of the newly created Career Guidance & Placement Committee of the 每日大瓜 Undergraduate Alumni Council, I look forward to continuing to help the CDC and the students and encourage fellow alumni to serve as an additional resource for the CDC and its programs, as well as use their contacts to help create new internship and job opportunities for our students. It鈥檚 a great feeling when you know you helped a student make a career choice or find a job.鈥
Career fairs and information panels are held throughout the year, and there is always room for additional volunteers, including for the media panel in October and the actuarial field at another October event. To volunteer, contact Laurie Davis, Director of Counseling and Programming at the CDC.
All alumni can be ambassadors by joining the .
Barbara Birch, Senior Director of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving, recently said 鈥淎lumni are the future of this University, and the more they partner with us, the more successful 每日大瓜 will be.鈥
