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While some students spent spring break relaxing on beaches, several Kalamazoo College students took a different route, immersing themselves in the professional world through a new job-shadowing initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K in the Zoo, organized through the Center for Career and Professional Development<\/a> (CCPD), connected students with alumni and local businesses in professions ranging from lab science to education, and project management to marketing. For many participants\u2014such as Anna Phyo \u201927\u2014it offered a rare, hands-on glimpse into the day-to-day life of a potential future career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really grateful I had this opportunity through the CCPD and I hope they do it again for more students,\u201d Phyo said. \u201cI believe it was beneficial, not only to the students who participated, but the companies as well because everyone got to talk with talented people. Spring break was a great time to do it, too. I didn\u2019t have any other plans, and as an international student, I didn\u2019t have time to go back to my home country, so it was good to learn something, engage with the recruiting process, and begin to create a career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phyo, an international student from Myanmar, majors in computer science and business<\/a> and minors in Japanese while working as a student assistant for the Information Systems Help Desk. One of her supervisors at the Help Desk sent her a link with information about K in the Zoo and encouraged her to apply for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Haziel Cerroblanco \u201928 (from left) is among the Kalamazoo College students who took advantage of spring break in March to job shadow at local businesses. As a bonus, his experience at SalesPage Technologies allowed him to network with four K alumni: Ana Evans \u201902, Ranjeet Ghorpade \u201915, Jasmin Murillo \u201922 and Trevor Hunsanger \u201922.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Emily Perez ’28 (right) Perez observed substitute teacher Mason Bower ’09 (left) and program director\/lead teacher Debbie Long ’89 (middle) at Calvary Kids Co-Op Preschool in Mattawan, Michigan.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Phyo ’27 (right) job shadows with Greenleaf Hospitality Group Recruiting Manager Meg Brake during Phyo’s job-shadowing experience. Phyo will have an internship this summer in Traverse CIty, Michigan, thanks in part to some advice she received during her visit to GHG.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Alumnus Doug Lepisto ’04, a co-founder of Sleeping Giant Capital, met Schareene Romero \u201927 to share firsthand career experiences and a practical understanding of his role in business with her during a job-shadowing opportunity.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After the CCPD compared students\u2019 interests with volunteering employers, Phyo was matched with Greenleaf Hospitality Group (GHG) at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo. It led to a full day for her that included meeting with managers from recruiting, hotel operations, event sales and services, technology services, marketing and human resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had never known much about the hospitality industry before this,\u201d Phyo said. \u201cI talked with a lot of managers, so I got detailed information about how they operate. The impressive thing is that the people are very friendly. That\u2019s how I learned how important people are for their company. They say, \u2018employees first,\u2019 and then the employees, as a result, treat the customer well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the shadowing, GHG Service Desk Engineer Alex Peterson suggested that Phyo take an online course on essential Google Cloud infrastructure. The lessons have helped Phyo secure a summer internship at Hagerty, an automotive lifestyle and insurance company, in Traverse City, Michigan. Plus, the shadowing experience overall has taught Phyo that she would like to be a technical support professional for GHG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a student, I love that they\u2019re very close by, being located downtown,\u201d Phyo said. \u201cAnd after graduation, I don\u2019t want to have to move to another state because I have friends and a host family here. I love the company, their culture, and their inclusive, collaborative and positive environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Quesada \u201925, a double major in business<\/a> and psychology<\/a>, visited another major Kalamazoo-area employer. Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies, devices and equipment. He said it was a no-brainer to participate in K in the Zoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to try to have career conversations with people you don\u2019t know,\u201d he said. \u201cYou might try to email someone or try messaging them on LinkedIn. And yes, you\u2019re building your network that way, but that can be intimidating. Doing these job shadows lessens the idea that you might be faced with rejection. An experience like this makes career exploration more exciting. I see a lot of the people who work in the CCPD because I work in the Center for International Programs and we share an office. I see a lot of their faculty and staff, so I trust them, and they made it super easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Stryker, he met Andrea Fleckenstein \u201915, an experienced project manager, who shared her background and discussed her career path after K. Ultimately, Quesada decided that project management isn\u2019t what he wants to pursue in his career, but he found the experience to be beneficial, especially for the opportunity to talk with a K alumna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith my current job search, one of my anxieties is that my degree is not super specialized,\u201d he said. \u201cWith Andrea, I could ask how she leverages her liberal arts skills to enter the real world and the job market as someone with a broad degree. It helped to hear that Andrea said she didn\u2019t major in business; she majored in French and political science, and now does project management for Stryker. It was reassuring to ask, \u2018How did you do it?\u2019 and \u2018How did you end up here?\u2019 She kept saying that it\u2019s because K teaches you how to think and ask good questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Many alumni hosts said they benefited from similar career networking experiences as students and were happy to pay it forward to current students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know that when I was in school, I had the opportunity to talk with and be guided by those that had come before me, so I wanted to make sure that I was providing the same opportunity to current students,\u201d said Christina Anderson, Kalamazoo\u2019s city planner and deputy director of community planning and economic development. Anderson welcomed Anne Galin \u201926 to her office, spending the day with her while attending public meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was so appreciative that she just dove right in,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cShe figured out what needed to be done and where I needed help, and she had the ability to participate in the discussion. She had no qualms about it and got right to the work of the night, which was discussing the city’s strategic vision goals. She took the initiative to ask us a lot of questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson also provided Galin with some advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe talked about taking future opportunities and how not liking them can be as valuable as loving them,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cCrossing things off is just as important as understanding what you want to do. We talked about staying involved, whether it’s with the City of Kalamazoo or other organizations, and to keep up with what the city is doing as a way to integrate yourself into your community. When you\u2019re here as a student nine to 10 months out of the year, make the city a better place for yourself and all the students who will come after you. Ask how you can positively shape your community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city\u2019s chief operating officer also is a K alumna and a current assistant cross-country coach, so she feels a strong connection to the College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy roots run deep with K, and as an individual who benefited significantly from service learning and my experiences there, I’m deeply committed to helping students expand their career horizons and understand more about the real world by giving them a chance to experience local government as I see it every day,\u201d said Laura Lam \u201999, whose husband, Daniel Lam \u201998, also attended K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She welcomed Hollis Masterson \u201926, who majors in political science and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opportunity presented itself and I had that initial question of, \u2018Am I too busy?\u2019 I then thought no matter how busy I was, interacting with students would inspire me, too,\u201d Lam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To cater an experience to Masterson based on his interests, Lam connected him with Vice Mayor Jeanne Hess\u2014a K professor emerita and former volleyball coach\u2014for a conversation about what it\u2019s like to be an elected official in Kalamazoo; Anderson because she spent some time on Capitol Hill in D.C.; and City Clerk Scott Borling along with Deputy City Clerk Shelby Moss, who are responsible for hosting elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can’t tell you how impressed I was with Hollis\u2019 preparedness,\u201d Lam said. \u201cI believe I set the bar pretty high for K students, but he came with a longer list of thoughtful questions than I could have possibly imagined. With his eager, thoughtful, helpful questions, there was never a lull in conversation. He asked about the things that interested him and I\u2019m sure he was the same way in the other meetings I planned for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With such positive reviews coming from all sides, K in the Zoo students were more than passive observers. Their meetings were more about engaging in conversations and talking about careers. It proved to be a pilot program that CCPD Associate Director Rachel Wood hopes to replicate for more students in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful to our incredible hosts and student participants for making the first K in the Zoo such a success,\u201d Wood said. \u201cThe energy and insight from both sides made it clear this is something worth growing. These place-based, hands-on experiences are exactly what help students apply what they\u2019re learning in the classroom to real possibilities for life after K. I\u2019m excited to expand the program with more hosts and new opportunities moving forward, especially in partnership with the greater Kalamazoo community and local employers who are eager to support the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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