Department of Education

Policy Studies
300 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3201
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+3 %is undergraduate ,a7+r, 6ducati+n and Pu-lic P+licy) .itus is +ur t%ird student t+ -e c+nsidered 3+r
t%is interns%i&) Previ+usly, 8elly Bradley and 9ydney Fit:gerald interned in t%e 5;6) .%ey received
raving revie(s 3r+, t%eir su&ervis+rs and vie(ed t%e ex&erience as invalua-le) 0 sus&ect .itus (+uld
,ake a si,ilar i,&ressi+n)
/e designed t%e 6ducati+n and Pu-lic P+licy ,a7+r t+ &re&are undergraduates t+ (+rk in +rgani:ati+ns
suc% as *e( 4+rk<s 5e&art,ent +3 6ducati+n) 0n %is c+urses, .itus %as -ec+,e (ell versed in %+( t%e
&+licy syste, (+rks !and d+es n+t (+rk#) =e %as learned educati+nal t%e+ry, data analysis, and &+licy
(riting) =e %as %ad extensive &ractice in &re&aring -+t% +ral and (ritten -rie3ings geared t+(ard a
&+licy audience, as (ell as (riting l+nger &+licy re&+rts and ,+re traditi+nal acade,ic &a&ers)
.itus<s (+rk ex&erience includes a c+,-inati+n +3 skills and ex&eriences t%at %ave &re&ared %i, (ell
3+r an interns%i& in t%e 5e&art,ent +3 6ducati+n) =e %as gained &+litical ex&erience (+rking +n a
ca,&aign, leaders%i& ex&erience, as (ell as serving in a range +3 service and activity +rgani:ati+ns at
Penn 9tate, and %e %as ex&erience (+rking directly (it% c%ildren tut+ring c%ildren)
.itus %as an exce&ti+nal ,ind) =e %as an a-ility t+ synt%esi:e in3+r,ati+n >uickly and (it% great
insig%t) =e %as a &assi+n 3+r ur-an educati+n issues and is eager t+ ,ake a c+ntri-uti+n) 0n su,, .itus is
extre,ely talented and %as t%e &+tential t+ -e a str+ng c+ntri-ut+r t+ y+ur +rgani:ati+n)
9incerely,
5ana ?) 1itra
Ass+ciate Pr+3ess+r
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