MENTORING
2007 Spring New York Mentoring Fair
Columbia University | March 1, 2007

This event was co-sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Career Education and attracted over 100 undergraduate and graduate university students from the New York area.



Gillian Sorensen, Senior Advisor, UN Foundation and WFPG Board Member, gives opening remarks at the mentoring fair


Ambassador Robert Pelletreau speaks to students about careers in the U.S. Foreign Service


Dawn Calabia, WFPG Board Member and Consultant, speaks about her areas of expertise: refugees and migration


The UN table was very popular with students


Samuel Brookfield, Nigeria Higher Education Foundation, shares his advice on careers with NGOs


Patricia Ellis, WFPG President and former journalist, speaks about breaking into the communication and media field


The International Human Rights Table included Kathleen Hunt, CARE International


Jim Carragher, a senior U.S. Foreign Service Officer, spoke about careers at the U.S. Department of State