However, all alumni are eligible to participate, Hart stressed. In addition to attending a program orientation, participants are expected to meet at least four times during the academic year. Factors include shared career goals, as well as common interests and activities. To expose students to a variety of professional experiences, they receive a new mentor each academic year. We like to push them to stretch their comfort zones.
Many young people have no idea what a career in anything is.
This is an opportunity to expose them to what it's really like out there, to challenge their expectations. That changed in May 1997 when I was invited to speak before the House of Representatives during Temple's appropria- tions hearing. He's now hoping to run for state representative in the 70th legislative district in the year 2000. Hart hopes to recruit 50 more participants for the upcoming fall semester. We certainly have a database of interested alumni to support that.