San Francisco Bay Area Student Tech Trek

In the wee morning hours of Sunday, February 4th, Mary Lothrop, Director of Health Professions and STEM Advising and I departed wintery Vermont with 10 students and 1 faculty member to begin the San Francisco Bay Area Student Tech Trek.

From L to R: Kailash Pandey ’19, Campbell Boswell ’19, Leah Bracken ‘18.5, Nadani Dixon ’20, Tommaso Monano ’20, Nick Mosier ’20, Hannah Green ‘18.5, Josh Ravishankar ’20, Kristine Su ’20, Anthony Turcios ’20

The Student Treks connect students with multiple alumni and organizations during on-site visits and job shadowing experiences. These CCI-led trips are unique “living and learning” cohort experiences that provide the students with an opportunity to explore a particular field of interest. The CCI works closely with members from the Middlebury Professional Networks (MPNs) to plan meaningful activities throughout the experience. We also collaborate with the alumni office and the relevant academic department. For this Trek, new computer science instructor, Jason Grant is traveling with us!

L to R: Kailash Pandey ’19, Campbell Boswell ’19, Tommaso Monaco ’20, Nadani Dixon ’20, Nick Mosier ’20, Hannah Green ‘18.5, Front row L to R: Anthony Turcios ’20, Leah Bracken ‘18.5, Josh Ravishankar ’20, Kristine Su ’20
L to R: Kailash Pandey ’19, Campbell Boswell ’19, Leah Bracken ‘18.5, Dave Mendelson ’00, Anthony Turcios ’20, Tommaso Monaco ’20, Hannah Green ‘18.5, Nick Mosier ’20, Nadani Dixon ’20. Front: Kristine Su ’20, Josh Ravishankar ’20

During this “Tech Trek” students will participate in:

  • 3 full days of job shadows,
  • nightly reflection dinners with alumni,
  • site visits to Intel, TriplePoint Capital, and Facebook,
  • a Tech Summit hosted by Parker Harris  ’89 at Salesforce

What a great way to spend our Feb break! We will fill you in more when we return.