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NEWS
MyTrack students in each track participated in quarterly career speaker virtual events. We expanded our circle to connect with alumni and friends outside of the Cleveland area. Notably, we met with David Horvath ‘89, leadership development manager of Disney Parks, experiences, and products in Orlando, FL. David has many years of experience in recruiting at Disney. He was able to give our students great advice as they prepare for future interviews, internships and careers. This was also a great opportunity to discuss the importance of building relationships and networking. David helped students see they should take advantage of all opportunities that come their way because there are many paths to success.
MyTrack® Students Learn from Professionals
MyTrack Business
MyTrack Business students had a zoom session to learn about careers in real estate with Rich Ganim ’04 and Frank Melena ’14.
Accounting careers were explored with Jillyan Kowalski ’17 and Padua business teacher Cassie Tetorakis. MyTrack Business Moderator Tony Shuman ’91 is making plans for a Business Club next year that will likely include stock market simulation competitions and a “Shark Tank”-style entrepreneurship experience.
MyTrack Computer Science
MyTrack Computer Science students competed in the Annual Virtual Capture the Flag Cybersecurity Competition sponsored by RITE/Greater Cleveland Partnership. One of our teams earned 2nd place out of 49 teams.
MyTrack Computer Science students met with “Ethical Hacker”/ Consultant Ken Smith ’03, CTO John Chmura ’99 of Chmura Economics & Analytics and David Stalter ’04 embedded software engineer at Rockwell Automation. Students had the opportunity for some “physical computing” with Raspberry Pi devices in the classroom. MyTrack Computer Science Moderator Rich Kirkpatrick was excited to share this hands-on experience with his students.
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