Conceptual program illustration—not a documentary photograph of Jerry or a completed residency.
The Studio · Alumni in residence
A living career lab. Relationships that make possibilities tangible.
The Studio is an alumni-in-residence career lab designed for students in humanities, sciences, arts, and other fields to explore pathways through projects, professional conversations, and workplace contexts.
Program design: a repeatable residency structure to pilot with students, alumni, and campus partners.
Example residency tracks
More ways to imagine a professional life.
The Creative Residency
Arts, humanities, storytelling, and media: explore creative practice and the people who turn it into professional work.
The Builder Residency
Entrepreneurship, startups, and innovation: learn from people who create organizations, products, and new possibilities.
The Analyst Residency
Consulting, finance, and strategy: examine how professionals investigate questions, interpret information, and make decisions.
The Impact Residency
Nonprofit, government, and social impact: connect purpose with the work of institutions and communities.
Science & Innovation
STEM, health, research, and AI: investigate professional paths that connect discovery, application, and responsibility.
The proposed experience
Try possibilities before deciding.
The design centers on two- or four-week micro-residencies, with a beginning, a cohort experience, and a clear progression—not disconnected appearances.
A career story with substance
A signature conversation about how a career was actually built: the decisions, detours, skills, and realities behind a job title.
Small-group studio sessions
Work with a resident on a résumé, an idea, a path redesign, or a real company problem. The source design proposes groups of 8–12 students.
Individual office hours
Focused conversations allow students to ask questions and receive guidance suited to their interests, work, or professional uncertainty.
NYC immersion
Site visits, day-in-the-life shadowing, and contextual career exploration connect discussion with professional environments.
An optional live project
A business challenge, creative brief, research question, or strategy problem gives students a way to contribute and receive feedback.
A connected hub
A residency hub. Not another event listing.
The original design places The Studio inside PeopleGrove, with resident stories, career timelines, session information, events, and recorded advice. A hub connects the person and their expertise to the experiences a student can explore.
Suggested features include following a resident, asynchronous questions, a recorded-content library, and a way to recognize completed participation. These are proposed platform features—not interactive services on this portfolio page.
Signature experiences include a Career Design Lab, short “Inside the Career” conversations, alumni shadowing, and opportunities to try a professional setting before deciding. Nonlinear and hybrid careers are part of the picture, not exceptions to it.
The model welcomes alumni and, where appropriate, parents, industry experts, creators, and innovators as collaborators.
Educational design and stewardship
Structure the experience. Support the people.
Implementation approach and assessment priorities for a pilot residency.
Prepare the learner
Identify questions and provide field context. Adapt entry points to developmental stage rather than presumed career certainty.
Prepare the team
Train facilitators, explain partner expectations, supervise peer support, and coordinate responsibilities through regular team communication.
Broaden access
Pilot a manageable residency, review time and costs, and offer alternatives to travel-dependent opportunities. Work within university policies and available resources.
Assess learning
Collect reflection, a portfolio artifact, a next-step plan, and partner feedback alongside participation. Compare access and learning before scaling.
Meaningful engagement
Depth matters more than attendance.
The Studio design calls for looking at engagement across touchpoints, individual conversations, returning alumni, opportunities created, and changes in student clarity and confidence. These are measures to track—not results presented as already achieved.
Repeatable residency structures and recorded content can extend learning while preserving high-touch relationships. The point is to help students form a more informed view of possible professional lives.
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Experiential Learning
Turn exploration into experience. Turn experience into learning.
