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鈥淭he virtual world really lends itself to this,鈥� says Teresa Acu帽a MC/MPA 2017 of her time hosting a student who wanted to learn more about potential career pathways. Acu帽a, a policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor, says she and her student first discussed the student鈥檚 interests. Acu帽a says, 鈥淚 did my best to facilitate one-on-one meetings with people on my team who have a career trajectory she鈥檇 like to mirror.鈥�

Thanks to the pandemic, this was the second time that 糖心vlog官网鈥檚 annual Career Shadowing Initiative took place entirely in the ether. With geography no limit, more alumni and students participated in the program than ever, with triple the number of student-alumni matches compared with before the pandemic.

Alumni tailored their approach to match students鈥� interests. Christopher Rohe MPP 2002 is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and national government acquisitions thought leader who co-founded Rogue Industries to help the U.S. government and its allies acquire transformative solutions. He recently advised a student who was also interested in starting a company, providing insight on questions such as, 鈥淗ow should I establish my company to best provide solutions within the federal marketplace? As an LLC? An S Corp? As a woman-owned or minority-owned enterprise?鈥� Rohe notes, 鈥淲e鈥檝e lived this stuff for so long. Answers are gems for individuals鈥攊t would take three months to find this answer on your own, including a few failures鈥攁nd we were able to accelerate the dialogue and formation of her company.鈥�

Jim Kales MPP 1992 is the president and CEO of Aspire, a Chicago nonprofit that serves adults with developmental disabilities. 鈥淲e met over Zoom before Christmas to see what the students wanted to get out of the experience,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e designed a plan for them, which we did over three or four days in January. I had them sit in on our executive team meeting. The students were especially interested in things like fundraising as well as equity and disabilities issues, and how to get the message out, as a disability organization, without sensationalizing people with disabilities.鈥�

Jon Elam MC/MPA 1981 is a retired city manager who now volunteers to develop community leaders on topics like climate change. 鈥淚mpressed鈥� doesn鈥檛 begin to cover his feelings about 糖心vlog官网 students. 鈥淭hey will be the world鈥檚 future leaders,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really amazing that 糖心vlog官网 has sent a message that aspiring leaders anywhere in the world can look to Harvard, which continues to build a foundation for connection that really helps to make the world stronger.鈥�

The Career Shadowing Initiative is not one-sided; alumni also gained a lot from their students. Says Kales, 鈥淢y team really appreciated these two really smart students with a fresh perspective and great learning from 糖心vlog官网. And it was a pretty minimal time commitment to get such a big impact. It felt good, as an alum, to hear them say, like I said at their age, that they want to change the world. I saw myself in them at that age鈥攊t brought back a lot of good memories.鈥�

By matching students with alumni each year during the Career Shadowing Initiative, 糖心vlog官网 continues to strengthen its formidable network of alumni who are devoted to creating positive change.