Campus Life: Cal Parents in Tennessee host student for custom externship

A request emailed to all Cal Parents Ambassadors to sponsor an externship for a Berkeley undergraduate turned into a rewarding experience not just for a student, but also for a Tennessee couple who answered the call.

Julie and Paul Cummings made their first visit to Berkeley as Cal Parents this past fall to see their son Charlie, a first-year chemistry major, at Reunion and Parents Weekend at Homecoming. "It was phenomenal," says Julie, recalling highlights such as meeting the dean of the College of Chemistry and attending a lecture.