Name: Alex Neuman Year: Junior Major: Political Science Minors: Gender and Legal Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Employer: 270 Strategies I’m interning at 270 Strategies, a public engagement firm founded by Obama campaign alums. We help campaigns, corporations, and causes improve their capacity to engage people at the grassroots level with a…
Month: February 2019
Putting His Pre-Med Studies to Work
Name: Lawrence Augh Year: Senior Major: Neuroscience CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: Asher Center for the Study & Treatment of Depressive Disorders For my CFS internship, I am working as a research assistant at Northwestern Medicine’s Asher Center for the Study & Treatment of Depressive Disorders. Though research in both women and mental…
Living his Best Life at Live Nation
Name: Andrew Scherl Year: Junior Major: Radio/Television/Film Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Live Nation Live Nation has been a great experience and an amazing insight into the music industry specifically in concerts and events. I never knew how much work is put into a concert and the promotion…
Diversifying Skillset at Nousat
Name: Vanessa Tang Year: Senior Major: Neuroscience Minor: Science in Human Culture CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: Nousot For CFS, I am a machine learning engineering intern at Nousot, a company that automates modeling and builds predictive and descriptive models. Much of my work deals with building and analyzing predictive models to…
An Internship that MATTERs
Name: Morgan Harlan Year: Senior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: MATTER This quarter, I am an intern at MATTER which is a healthcare startup incubator. MATTER offers memberships to Chicago-area startups that are seeking funding, aiming to scale their business, and further develop their ideas. As a…
Dolphin Shows and Discussions through CFS
Name: Renata Szymanski Year: Senior Major: Environmental Science (Policy Track Minor: Legal Studies, Spanish CFS Class: Field Studies in Environment, Science, and Sustainability Employer: Shedd Aquarium As background, I am currently enrolled in the CFS-387 Environment, Science & Sustainability course, and my internship is as a research and evaluation intern at the Shedd Aquarium. In…
Learning by Experience: Health Justice in Illinois
Name: Hayley Platt Year: Senior Major: Biology, Global Health Minor: African Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: Legal Council for Health Justice For CFS, I’ve been working at the Legal Council for Health Justice (LCHJ) as an intern for the Lead and Early Intervention team. Lead poisoning is a critical issue facing…
NU Student Succeeds in Faith-Based Internship
Name: Lindsay Adamski Year: Senior Major: HDSP CFS Class: Field Studies in Business Culture Employer: Athletes in Action During winter quarter I had the amazing opportunity to work part time with Athletes in Action, a CRU ministry. The goal of the organization is to have a strong Christian on every team so that every student-athlete…
Physics Majors in the Finance Sector?
Name: Jason Chandra Year: Sophomore Major(s): Physics and Economics Minor: Energy (ISEN) Certificate CFS Class: Field Studies in Environment, Science, and Sustainability Employer: Milliman FRM (Financial Risk Management) Interning at Milliman, Financial Risk Management is unarguably, the most valuable learning experience of my life. As an sophomore double majoring in Physics and Economics, I did not…
Intern to Full-Time Feature: A Q&A with alumnus Jacob Schmitt
Name: Jacob Schmitt Graduation Year: 2017 Major: Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies during the Fall Quarter of 2016 Employer: Education Funding Partners Q: When talking with your employer about the full-time position, how did you initiate the conversation and when did you initiate it? A: I actually was not the one to initiate the conversation. Nearing the end of…