Harvard Serves event: Miami Country Day School/ Young People of Distinction Program
Join us for a community service volunteer event to participate in a panel discussion concerning college and career advice.
Co-sponsored by:
The Harvard Club of Miami and The Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2019
Time: 9:45AM - 11:15AM
Where: Miami Country Day School, 601 NE 107th Street, Miami FL 33161
Event Description: The program will consist of a panel of up to four Harvard alumni who will engage in conversations with the students to talk about college, career paths and experiences. The group will consist of approximately 15 students in grades 9-12. Some parents may also be present. Topics covered during the panel usually include: What do the panelists do for a living? Did college prepare them properly for their chosen careers? How did they choose their careers? What was their major in college and did it change? Is there anything they wished they had done differently to prepare for college? How did they choose their college? Is there anything they wished they had done in high school that they didn’t do? What was the hardest thing about college? Questions from the students.
Attire: Business Casual
Time: 9:45AM - 11:15AM
Where: Miami Country Day School, 601 NE 107th Street, Miami FL 33161
Event Description: The program will consist of a panel of up to four Harvard alumni who will engage in conversations with the students to talk about college, career paths and experiences. The group will consist of approximately 15 students in grades 9-12. Some parents may also be present. Topics covered during the panel usually include: What do the panelists do for a living? Did college prepare them properly for their chosen careers? How did they choose their careers? What was their major in college and did it change? Is there anything they wished they had done differently to prepare for college? How did they choose their college? Is there anything they wished they had done in high school that they didn’t do? What was the hardest thing about college? Questions from the students.
Attire: Business Casual
Alumni Coordinator: Tracy Ellis, tracydestination@gmail.com