Hands-on experience and networking proves a plus for current science majors

LAUREN MINEO ASST. MANAGING EDITOR

Science majors will be equipped with a fiercer competitive edge come November of2005 when the new science building opens for classes. Until then, these students must continue on their career paths by acquiring internship experience, networking and maintaining an impressive grade point average.

Aside from the new technology that they will have access to, science majors will possibly be working amongst a small biotechnology or science company. In the building, a particular space is being saved in hopes that Cabrini will be able to lease the area to a small or beginning science company. "Hopefully this will provide student internships 'in-house' and provide exciting collaboration opportunities for faculty," Dr. Kimberly Boyd, assistant professor of biology, said.

Dr. Sherry Fuller-Espie, chair of the Science Department, believes that the new facility will entice SEPCHE to "join forces" with Cabrini, meaning guest speakers and summer lectures will possibly be more readily accessible. The building will bring opportunities to Cabrini's students as well as to the college itself.

Some students are not able to see the opportunities that are already before them, and there are many. To find jobs to increase skills in the sciences, openings can be found in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on monster.com, in the journal, "Science" and through placement agencies that require the temporary fill of positions such as Yoh Scientific and Kelly Scientific Resources. These companies can provide temporary positions at large corporations like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline that can "lead to better things," FullerEspie said.

Boyd and Fuller-Espie equally stressed the importance of contact