Newton students featured at Career Readiness Symposium
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Lasell University s Fall Career Readiness Symposium featured presentations of research, visual art and two Newton students.
Billy Straughan, of Newton, was a member of the university s course on Black Psychology and helped to organize African Diaspora Day educational activities for the symposium. Straughan presented a series of education stations as a virtual method of sharing takeaways with attendees.
Fred Gjerasi, of West Newton, participated on a panel of junior-year Lasell Works students. They shared anecdotes from and answered questions about their year of work experience in Lasell Works Sophomore Year Experience, which requires students to pair part-time work experience with online professional development courses.
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Auburn student presents at Lasell symposium
NEWTON, Mass. Naiv Luciano Velez, a Lasell University student from Auburn, presented at the university’s Fall Career Readiness Symposium in December.
Velez was a member of the university’s course on Black Psychology, and helped to organize African Diaspora Day educational activities for symposium. Velez facilitated a panel discussion on Black identities in the African Diaspora, featuring guests who shared their journeys of Black racial identification and the nature of their lived experiences within the Diaspora.
The December event showcased the work of Velez and more than 150 other students in a digital format due to COVID-19. The event was reimagined to celebrate and showcase the ties between career preparedness and Connected Learning, due to a three-year grant from the Davis Educational Foundation.