Name: Kelby Year: Senior Major: Political Science CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Social Justice As part of the Field Studies in Social Justice course, I am currently interning at UNITE Here! Local 1- the Chicago chapter of a national labor union. UNITE is one of the largest labor unions in Chicago, representing a variety of…
Month: February 2015
Featured Alum: Elizabeth Abramson
Name: Elizabeth Abramson CFS Concentration & Year: Business Field Studies (Summer 2011) and Modern Workplace (Winter 2012) Internship: Vivaki (marketing consulting) and LiquidThread (marketing) Major /Minor: Psychology/Business Institutions Graduation Year: March 2012 Current Position: Student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. After graduating from Northwestern I worked for 2.5 years at a boutique litigation consulting firm in…
Rose Discusses Her Exposure to the Legal Field Via Class and at EEOC
Name: Rose Year: Junior Major: MMSS and Political Science CFS Concentration: Legal Field Studies I am currently interning at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for my Legal Field Studies class. I’ve always wanted to intern at a place that is devoted to social justice and I also have an interest in employment law,…
Jae Shares His Experience At Groupon
Name: Jae Year: Junior Major: Economics CFS Concentration: Business Field Studies I am currently interning at the Groupon Chicago office, located in the same building that the company was founded with its 10 members. A company that once took up a portion of a 3rd floor storage house now occupies three floors of the building…
Martina Describes Branching Out Through CFS
Name: Martina Year: Sophomore Major: Journalism CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Humanities I am currently interning at LiquidThread, a content branding offshoot of Starcom MediaVest group in downtown Chicago. As a diehard Medill student, taking an internship in marketing and advertising was a very scary leap. Since freshman year of high school when I…
Hayeon Discusses How Her Academic Experience Blends With Her Internship
Name: Hayeon Year: Sophomore Major: American Studies CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Social Justice I am interning at an advocacy organization called Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago. Reflecting back to my internship search process, I knew that I wanted to intern at a place that advocated for immigrant and refugee rights but I had…
Featured Alum: Dan Niemiec
Name: Dan Niemiec CFS Concentration & Year: BFS, Winter 2010 Internship: Blue Canyon Partners Major /Minor: Economics/IMC Graduation Year: 2011 Current Position: Manager of Operations at Western Golf Association- Evans Scholars Association Describe your CFS internship and how it helped you either in interviews, job opportunities or graduate school applications? My position entailed working with senior consultants at the…
Ryota Shares His Experience in Public Health at Sg2
Name: Ryota Year: Senior Major: Biological Sciences CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Public Health I am currently interning at Sg2, a healthcare intelligence, analytics and consulting firm. The firm prides itself on their robust forecast engine that enables the firm to make insightful projections of future trends in healthcare, rather than future projections based solely…
Austin Shares How CFS Has Helped Shape His Internship Experience
Name: Austin Year: Junior Major: Philosophy CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace I’m currently interning at the WPG owned IEG, a sponsorship and marketing firm located downtown in the Chicago Sun Times building. The process that landed me with IEG was long and filled with uncertainty (as any other intern would attest to)….