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AT WORK WITH... Jennifer Mastnjak
WHO SHE IS: Administrative Assistant, Principal Gifts and Planned Giving, Wharton External Affairs YEARS AT PENN: About a year. WHAT SHE DOES: Mastnjak supports the director and several major gifts officers in Whartonís External Affairs department. She schedules meetings, makes travel arrangements, gathers information, helps plan events and also contributes to a department newsletter. WHY PENN?: When she and her husband moved to Philadelphia, Mastnjakówho had previously worked a variety of jobs, from Banana Republic clerk to coffeehouse baristaóspecifically targeted jobs at Penn because of the education benefits provided. ìI knew it would be a place where I could get my Masterís degree for free,î she said. ìI purposely tried to get a job here.î THE PLAN: Mastnjak has taken
a couple courses, and though she hasn’t yet enrolled in a program,
she does know she would like to pursue a degree in Teaching English
as a Second Language. “I like getting to know people from different
cultures,” she said. “I just think it’s really interesting.” |
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