Sacramento Press / Local students participate in Mayoral Fellows Program

Sacramento Press / Local students participate in Mayoral Fellows Program

Local students participate in Mayoral Fellows Program

The spring 2010 Mayoral Fellows Program will feature local students for the first time. In its inaugural session, Mayor Kevin Johnson worked closely with students from Harvard Business School for a five-week period. This time, however, the mayor hopes to foster local talent by teaming with California State University, Sacramento, and the University of California, Davis.
Johnson talked about the importance of being creative in tough times and cultivating young talent. "To create opportunity and give practical field experience," Johnson said, "Get them involved with the public sector and retain them."
Dean Steven Currall of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management spoke of his university's desire to become a global business school while Charles Gossett, the dean of social sciences and interdisciplinary studies at CSUS, said the program was "open to all students" as a means to "provide opportunity."
The Sacramento State students include Hafiza Arikat, working closely with Johnson on the education initiative