FEATURES
Once the graduation ceremony is over and the last set of books have been returned, it's time to face the next step of life as an official grown-up.
Before stepping into their careers, students are taking part in unique activities during the transitional period from pupil to full-time employee.
Lucas Fowler, a communication senior, will be thinking green as a member of the Green Corps Class of 2008, taking on environmental concerns across the nation.
Fowler was chosen from 1,500 applications to be part of the class of 25 graduates from around the country for the one-year program.
"To be selected was extremely exciting and it was definitely a big honor; and just to work with these leaders from all across the country is a very exciting prospect for me," he said.
Fowler will travel to Boston for three weeks of training before being assigned to a specific campaign.
After working on that cause for a few months, he will return to Boston to plan and run his own campaign with a group of his classmates.
"I am definitely looking forward to getting to work on whatever campaign they have lined up for me and just meeting the other 24 people that are in my class next year," Fowler said.
After the program, Fowler hopes to continue his work with nonprofit environmental groups — focusing on wildlife protection, water safety and protecting green space.
Abby Caskey just wanted to see the African countryside before she had to step into the "real world."
Since she will be starting work at Shell Chemical Company in Houston, Texas, in August, she won't necessarily have the time to travel in the future, she said.
That's why the finance senior will be driving from Kenya to South Africa as a part of a 31-day tour with Intrepid Travel this summer.
