Spring Break
Campus Philly provides free festival for students
Stephanie Takach and Janhavi Purohit
Issue date: 9/26/08 Section: News
The City of Philadelphia partnered with Campus Philly to host College Day on the Parkway, a free festival with live music and free admission to museums for students, according to Jon Grabelle Hermann, executive director of Campus Philly.
"[Campus Philly] is a non-profit organization, we try to get students to come to the city," Hermann said. "We're looking to get them information about schools and internships."
"This is my first time here, it's the first time I've heard about it," Matt White, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering said. "It's cool that there's a lot of music and free stuff, and people my age."
According to Hermann, 20 colleges in the Philadelphia area are involved with Campus Philly right now, and the organization works with the schools to get the word out.
"We've been at Drexel a lot this year, hosting back-to-school events," Hermann said. "Drexel is good because it's sort of integrated, but a lot of schools are just closed off. For those that come out for the festival, the idea is to get you comfortable with the city, to break out of the bubble."
"I've seen a lot of schools actually, I was surprised because a lot of them aren't from Philly," Ally Canestri, a sophomore in environmental engineering said.
"We try to reach out to schools in the Philadelphia area, and sometimes we get schools from outside of Philly. We even had one school this year from Maryland."
Getting schools comfortable with the city is one of the overall goals of Campus Philly.
"We want everyone to know what's going on in the city," Hermann said. "Our goal is not only today, but throughout the year, to make sure college students discover the city."
One of the major sponsors of the day was Intern U, founded in 2006 as an organization to pair college students with clients for paid internships.
"People call us the match.com of internships, but we want to be the Facebook of internships," Tiffany Johnson, vice president of marketing for Intern U, said.
"[Campus Philly] is a non-profit organization, we try to get students to come to the city," Hermann said. "We're looking to get them information about schools and internships."
"This is my first time here, it's the first time I've heard about it," Matt White, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering said. "It's cool that there's a lot of music and free stuff, and people my age."
According to Hermann, 20 colleges in the Philadelphia area are involved with Campus Philly right now, and the organization works with the schools to get the word out.
"We've been at Drexel a lot this year, hosting back-to-school events," Hermann said. "Drexel is good because it's sort of integrated, but a lot of schools are just closed off. For those that come out for the festival, the idea is to get you comfortable with the city, to break out of the bubble."
"I've seen a lot of schools actually, I was surprised because a lot of them aren't from Philly," Ally Canestri, a sophomore in environmental engineering said.
"We try to reach out to schools in the Philadelphia area, and sometimes we get schools from outside of Philly. We even had one school this year from Maryland."
Getting schools comfortable with the city is one of the overall goals of Campus Philly.
"We want everyone to know what's going on in the city," Hermann said. "Our goal is not only today, but throughout the year, to make sure college students discover the city."
One of the major sponsors of the day was Intern U, founded in 2006 as an organization to pair college students with clients for paid internships.
"People call us the match.com of internships, but we want to be the Facebook of internships," Tiffany Johnson, vice president of marketing for Intern U, said.
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