PARSIPPANY — Parsippany Hills High School graduate and Parsippany resident, Roger Kfoury is currently attending Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.
Roger is a Junior majoring in Marketing and Legal Studies and participates in Drexel’s co-operative education program, working full-time for six months in a professional position in his field of study.
To gain further knowledge and experience outside the classroom, Roger applied for, and was accepted into a consulting course with real-world application. Experiential learning is in the DNA of Drexel University and LeBow has taught programs such as this course for over 20 years.
Roger is a member of a student-created and operated consulting firm of fourteen students, called META Consulting, working as a coordinator. As a member of META, Roger is consulting for the Department of Justice on the Peer 2 Peer: Building Community Trust Initiative. The firm will be working with teens between the ages of 13 to 19 to dispel mistrust between the community and law enforcement. They will be obtaining primary research in order to support new programming for this group of teens. META will be launching the RETIRE It Movement, which is an acronym for Real Education to Inspire the Right Engagement. META will be advised by former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Brian Michael from the Department of Homeland Security, and Detective Eric Rios from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. META will also be partnering with Covenant House and West Catholic High School as community partners. You can support Roger by following their efforts on Facebook “RETIRE It Movement”, on Twitter @RETIRE_IT, and on Instagram @RETIRE_IT.
