Frances Scully has gone back to the relative quiet of a college campus after three frantic months as the S.A.M. intern.
Scully, president of the S.A.M. chapter at La Salle College in Philadelphia, was chosen from a field of candidates last spring. Her interest is marketing, and during her stint as the S.A.M. intern she got an opportunity to contribute her skills and receive a range of new experiences in return.
Frances Scully is a woman of poise, who answers questions with a notable directness. En route to La Salle, she took a side trip after high school to spend three years as a junior manager in a small florist business. When she resumed her education three years ago at Bucks County Community College, one of her first decisions was to join the campus chapter of S.A.M. In contrast to the private-club aura surrounding many campus groups, she found S.A.M. open to “different majors and different kinds of people. I felt more at ease,” says Scully, “and felt I could get more out of S.A.M., get somewhere.”
Her involvement with S.A.M. includes an unusual double: She has been president of two different campus chapters. Besides La Salle, she was president of the Bucks County Chapter in her second semester. The Bucks County campus chapter has gained frequent national recognition for its activities, and while Scully was there the college finished seventh in the country and first among small schools in the Campus Chapter Performance Program. During her semester as president, the chapter’s membership grew from 7 to 35.
Transferring to La Salle last year, Scully immediately made contact with the campus chapter there. La Salle had already chosen its officers for the year, yet Scully was invited to serve as executive vice-president by the chapter president, who knew her record at Bucks County. Last spring she was elected president of the La Salle chapter.
Scully’s interest in the S.A.M. internship began last March during a visit to S.A.M. headquarters in New York. Lou Morgenier, campus chapter director, mentioned the possibility of an internship for the summer. “That was the first I’d heard about it,” says Scully, “but when I got back to LaSalle I decided I’d apply.” She won the internship after impressing Morgenier with “her maturity and the extent of her job experience.”
Between May and August, Scully worked on a half-dozen S.A.M. projects. Through most of the summer she was kept busy with S.A.M.’s new Corporate Internship Program (see story, page 4). Still she found time to help Morgenier reorganize administrative procedure in S.A.M.’s campus division and revise the division’s operating manual. The internship was salaried, and La Salle, recognizing the value of the experience, gave Scully credit for a college course. Yet looking back over the summer, Scully says, “I think I would have done it just for the experience.” SAM-NI
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