POSITION: Coordinator, ISC Tele-communications and Networking YEARS AT PENN: 4 WHAT HE DOES: Keyes, one of several ISC staffers
hired directly from University City High School through a school-to-work
partnership
between UCHS and Penn, oversees the work of five ISC technicians,
troubleshoots repair jobs and performs data entry. He also does
repair work and phone line installations himself. SERVICE CALLS PER WEEK: 10 to 20 CONTACT INFO: Telecommunications Help Desk, 215-898-4840
“I really do see the wait list as the final touches to a class.”
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at Penn, on students who are neither accepted nor rejected from a school. Last year, Penn offered 87 students admission off its active wait list of 1,200. (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2013)