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Promising students at Lander College for Men (LCM) will soon have a mentor in their chosen professional field.

Smart. Professional. Confident.

You might think spending your summer in an operating room watching brain surgery is not so much fun, but then you’re probably not Avraham Michalowicz of Hamilton, Ontario.

Lander College for Men student Ryan Libesman spent his summer in Baltimore as an intern at Ernst & Young, one of the top accounting firms in the country.

LCM student Lee Schwartz, a native of Savannah, Georgia, spent his summer as an intern at EisnerAmper, one of the top twenty largest accounting firms in the country.

Don Cohen, a Rambam Mesivtah graduate, said he chose LCM because he wanted a program that excels in both sides of a dual curriculum. “I wanted a program that would give me a strong secular education along with a serious beis meidrash program,” explained Cohen who spent two years after high school in Israel at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh. “I also wanted a small program where I could get a lot of attention.”

Andrew Weinberger’s brother was one of the first graduates of Lander College for Men. He’s keeping to the family tradition and he’s currently a biology major at the college. Weinberger performed research at Jewish General Hospital in Montreal; he also shadowed an emergency room doctor and spent ten days in Russia with Touro’s Summer Program in Moscow.

Marc Ganz, a pre-med student at LCM, had a busy summer. While he worked as an assistant at an endocrinology lab at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, he shadowed an orthopedic surgeon and worked as an EMT.

Lander College for Men welcomed their newest class to the school last month. During their week-long orientation, the new students learned about balancing their dual curriculum and what to expect from a school that places strong emphasis on learning Torah and pursuing a secular education. During a make-your-own-sushi dinner, we caught up with several students and spoke with them about their backgrounds and why they chose LCM.

Dr. Daniel Fruchter’s turning point began with a series of questions he asked himself.