A panel of students in discussion during their LeAP Panel, 2023.

LEAP

LEAP Symposium is 69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ's premier showcase of student summer work, organized by and for 69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ students.

An annual campus-wide event, LEAP (which stands for Learning through Application) brings together faculty, students, staff, family, friends, and alums to hear students present their summer research and internship experiences from around the corner and around the world. A central element of the College's curriculum to career experience, the LEAP Symposium is a powerful vehicle that demonstrates the strong connections between academic work at 69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ College and its practical application in the world.

From labs and law offices, embassies and businesses, archives, television studios, farms and rural communities, students return from their summer experiences and reflect critically about what they have learned. At LEAP, this is translated into panel presentations for a student audience who see a model of what they can aspire to accomplish themselves. It fosters the exchange of ideas on cutting-edge projects and demonstrates the variety of ways that students are embedding their summer experiences into their curricular and career pathways.

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Spotlight on LEAP presenters

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The biography of 69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ College alum Ella Grasso ’40 was written by Linda Melconian ’70 with research assistance from recent alum Belinda Mazzaferro ’25.

The 69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ College Career Development Center has reimagined and reorganized the Lynk experience into an integral summer planning initiative.

69¾«Æ·ÊÓÆµ College students return from their summer experiences and reflect on what they have learned at the annual Learning through Application event.

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The Nexus Program allows students to create an individual program of study combined with an internship experience in one of nine pre-professional tracks. College 211 and the annual LEAP symposium are components of the Nexus program.

Katie Walker
  • Associate Director of Nexus Program