Networking Program Links Students, Alumni

1-15-98
University Park, Pa. -- Career networking with 1,000 established professionals is now available to Penn State students through LionLink. The program, sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association and Penn State Career Services, matches each participating student with an alumni volunteer willing to provide career information.

Students who sign up for the free service can ask to be linked with a volunteer in a particular field, location, or company. If they register via LionLink's Web site- http://www.lionlink.psu.edu/ -students can search the database themselves and ask to be linked with a specific volunteer. Registration forms also are available in 406A Boucke Building at the University Park campus.

Once matched with a volunteer, the students conduct informational interviews (usually by telephone) to get insight and advice about careers. They are not allowed to ask the volunteers for jobs or internships.

The program, pilot-tested with student members of the Alumni Association, is now available to all Penn State students.

Students and alumni volunteers interested in taking part in LionLink can get more information from http://www.lionlink.psu.edu or by calling 814-863-6014, e-mailing LMH11@psu.edu; or from LionLink, 406A Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802.