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Connecting Ambition with Opportunity
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January 2013
Volume 4
Issue 1
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NYNY Spotlight
Fellow Spotlight
Peneliope
Peneliope is a 2012 Fellow currently attending Baruch College majoring in journalism and Management of Musical Enterprises. In her first year as an NYNY Fellow, Peneliope has worked as a Fellow Ambassador. Recently, Peneliope was accepted into the T. Howard Foundation Summer Internship Program. This program aligns with Peneliope's interest in multimedia and entertainment. Peneliope also recently published her first article with Postal Music Magazine.
Mentor Spotlight
Jason
We are happy to start off the year recognizing Jason Price, 2011 Mentor Coach and Mentor Leadership Council (MLC) Co-Chair. Jason is a tremendous supporter and advocate of NYNY and recently led the planning and execution of the MLC's annual MBA Panel & Business School Summit. With Jason's leadership, NYNY secured space at JP Morgan to host the event, which included panels of admissions officers and alumni as well as a MBA fair. Jason's MLC colleagues worked alongside him to ensure the event was a success from start to finish. We are grateful for Jason's leadership and support and would like to thank him for all that he does for NYNY. Thank you!
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Dear friends of NYNY,
Happy New Year! Thank you all for your generous support in 2012. I look forward to continuing our work together in 2013! We're already off to a fast start:
- Our Fellows Program application will close on February 15. If you know any students who you feel would be good candidates for our program, please encourage them to apply! The application can be found here. Also, please be on the lookout for our Mentor Coach application which will open in early March.
- Our Technology and Career Development Program (CDP) team of Marianna Tu and Ashley Prince recently launched a pilot version of our technology initiative, which matches 25 students with professional volunteers and provides each pair with a virtual Roadmap to guide them through the process of finding an internship. We are very excited because of this project's potential to serve a very large audience.
- January is National Mentoring Month, and NYNY will send Venessa Mendenhall and Anita Fee Willis to Washington D.C. for the National Mentoring Summit. This will be our second year presenting at the Summit and we are excited to have them there as representatives of NYNY to share our best practices with leaders in the field!
- We are beginning the process of transitioning to "America Needs You" as the organization that will oversee our work in New York, New Jersey, and subsequent replications across the US. More to come, stay tuned!
I also want to express my personal thanks and appreciation to our VP of Growth Strategy, Mason Beard, and our Internship and Volunteer Coordinator, Bryan Reid. Both will be moving on from NYNY at the end of this month; we will recognize them at the 2011 Fellows Workshop on January 26 at John Jay College. Mason and Bryan have served critical roles in NYNY's journey. They will be missed. Many of our current staff are former Mentor Coaches and volunteers or referrals from our network. Please contact us if you have any suggestions for candidates to join the NYNY team to fill these open roles.
Sincerely,
PJ Kim
Chief Executive Officer
New York Needs You
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Barclays Receives NYNY's Game Changer Award!
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Congratulations to Barclays for receiving NYNY's quarterly Game Changer Award for being a wonderful partner! In addition to financial support for both NYNY and New Jersey Needs You (NJNY), Barclays will sponsor an upcoming NJNY workshop, sending employees to volunteer and covering all expenses for that day - Barclays Day at NJNY! Barclays will also host both NYNY and NJNY Fellows for a site visit on Feb 22 as part of our Career Days series. In addition to hosting a visit to their corporate office, Barclays recently sponsored 102 Fellows, staff, and volunteers to visit the Barclays Center to watch the Brooklyn Nets play at home. Finally, Barclays is currently reviewing more than a dozen internship applications from NYNY Fellows. Thank you to Barclays for all of your support!
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NYNY's Mentor Leadership Council Hosts Successful MBA Summit!
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The Mentor Leadership Council (MLC) hosted a fantastic MBA Panel & Business School Summit on Wednesday, January 16. Hosted at JP Morgan, the event featured admissions officers and alumni panelists from Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Stanford and Wharton. The event also included an MBA fair of test prep and tutoring companies, including NYNY partners Bell Curves and The Princeton Review. We would like to thank the MLC and Nicole Lindsay and NJNY Governing Board member Damien Hooper-Campbell for moderating the event!
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We are still offering American Apparel NYNY track jackets and t-shirts! To purchase NYNY gear, please email Simran Sawhney at simran.sawhney@newyorkneedsyou.org.
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Our Website Has a New Look!
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We are happy to announce that our new website is live! Check out our new look: www.newyorkneedsyou.org.
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Spread the Word: the 2013 Fellows Program Application is Open! Do you know ambitious, first-generation college students? Encourage them to apply to join the 2013 Fellows class! The application is open now and closes on February 15, 2013. Eligibility and other details can be found here: http://www.newyorkneedsyou.org/apply.
Volunteer Engagement Grants
Find out if your company provides volunteer engagement grants to recognize employees who volunteer - it's a great way to highlight your good work while supporting NYNY!
Email anita.willis@newyorkneedsyou.org if you have questions.
Upcoming Workshops
New Volunteer RolesWe have new volunteer roles! We're looking for periodic and long-term volunteers with a variety of skills and interests. Are you interested in reviewing resumes? Conducting mock interviews? Can you tutor in math, writing, or English as a second language? Do you want to be a panelist and share your experience and industry insights? To see all the skills we're looking for and let us know what skills you're interested in leveraging to help in the career development of college students in New York, please fill out this survey: https://newyorkneedsyou.wufoo.com/forms/nyny-volunteer-interest-skills-survey/. |
- 2012 Fellow Thalita, who recently transferred to the New York City College of Technology
- 2011 Fellow Jeffrey, who was recently awarded the Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence
Think someone deserves to be congratulated? Email info@newyorkneedsyou.org with the subject line "Newsletter Congratulations!"
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