College & Career Lab

Our final Practice Lab of the school year was held on Saturday, March 15. Exploratory students heard from Reginé Gilbert on UX Design, and sketched out an app to solve problems at their schools. Our Immersive students participated in a service learning activity in Brooklyn with the nonprofit Big Reuse and NYU Center for Student Life.

Thanks to our incredible speakers for joining us this past weekend for the February Practice Lab. Professor Terrence Coffie from spoke to our Exploratory students and led them through a second mock court exercise, where students stepped into roles such as judges, defense attorneys, and forensic social workers. Professor Dustin Jones from spoke to our Immersive students and gave a dynamic presentation on their career journey with Real Estate Law. Students participated in an activity where they envisioned and began to plan for their own journeys. We look forward to our final Practice Lab next month!

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CCL hosted the January Practice Lab this past Saturday. Our Exploratory students heard from Professor Norman on Real Estate. He showed the students different kinds of urban planning projects, from the creation of public spaces to replace highways, to the analysis of a house’s gaps to see how to make it more efficient, exploring how urban planners work together with architects and clients to design building and spaces that work best for the people using them. Our Immersive students heard from Professor Kelley on Sports Business. He spoke to our students about success factors and opportunities for aspiring future sports professionals. In their activity together, the students explored the evolution of social justice in the NFL through transformational leadership.

This week, CCL organized a workshop for our alumni, emphasizing summer internship exploration. Alumni engaged in networking, researched internship options, and reviewed their resumes. We are extremely proud of our alumni and wish them ongoing successes!

The Exploratory Summer 2025 Application for new students is open until March 31st. Students can access the application via the link in our bio. Questions can be sent via email to [email protected].

Happy New Year! CCL has exciting updates to share regarding our program. Scroll through to see what is happening in 2025.

❄️Our office will be closed December 23rd through January 1st. If you reach out via email, we’ll respond to you when the team is back in office.❄️

As the weather gets colder and winter approaches, it feels like the perfect time to reminsice on all of the learning and fun that was had this past summer at CCL! Swipe through for photos from Track 2. What was your favorite moment of the summer?

✨Meet CCL Alum - Liana Reyes✨ Scroll through to learn more about Liana and her experience studying at University of Rochester. If you’re a CCL alum and want to be featured, please email [email protected].

The November Practice Lab featured Professor Iandoli from and Professor Zimmerman from through .

In the Exploratory session, Professor Iandoli talked to CCL students about her career in the music industry, which has landed her writing jobs for artists like Eve and Lil’ Kim and media outlets including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Teen Vogue, and Cosmopolitan. Students were tasked with deciding on a music artist to represent and designing a record label and tour for them.

In the Immersive session, Professor Zimmerman broke down game design to the students, prompting them to consider what actually makes a game a game and the mechanics that go into designing one. Students got to practice their design skills by modifying Tic-Tac-Toe.