8/11/15 was the 223rd day of 2015. It was a long day at work, but it was a good day at work, and I reflected on how I got my start at Penn, as a Student Employee. That Work Study grew into a job and that job grew into a Career. And I still have so many of my connections with student employees I have had of my own, throughout my career. From Dining, from Nursing, and hopefully I will get some at SRFS :-). The best part about these connections is seeing how well developed THEIR careers have been, from starting a non-profit car-share in Philly, to being one of Philadelphia's top lawyers, to a former-student who has become one of my best friends, to a former-student who invited me to her wedding, to a former-student returning to work at Penn (and I am having lunch with her tomorrow!) But my FAVORITE moment was today, when stuck in a tech-oops situation, I could pick up the phone and call one of my former employees who is now an IT Director at Penn and - BOOM - problem solved. You can never have too many connections and I am glad that so many of my former employees are still connected to me!
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