Successful alumni to offer career advice to students

Beginning next month, groups of successful alumni will return to Homewood to share with undergraduates their experiences in the working world. Leaders in the fields of health care, business, communications, law and government, the alumni will participate in panel discussions through which students will get an inside look at fields they may be considering.

This annual Career Symposium is organized by the Second Decade Society, a leadership development organization for the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; the Office of Career Planning and Development; and undergraduates. The symposium has been held for six years, and organizers say it gets bigger every year, sometimes drawing hundreds of students for each session. Generally, five to six alumni participate on each panel.

The first session, on Feb. 2, will focus on health care. On Feb. 8, the topic will be fincancial areas of business, followed on Feb. 9 by entrepreneurship. This sessions will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the AMR multipurpose room.

On Feb. 16, the panel will be comprised of alumni in communications; on Feb. 23, members of the legal profession; and on March 2, alumni who work in government. These groups will meet from 5 to 6:30 in the Garrett Room in the MSE Library.