Name: Alice Year: Junior Major(s): Economics, Piano Performance Minor(s): BIP CFS Program: Business Field Studies My internship this summer at NextGen Growth Partners has taught me much about the private equity industry. Through the daily tasks that the interns are assigned, I assisted with and saw how the deal process works from its origination to closing. With NextGen…
Victor learns new skills at his CFS internship
Name: Victor Year: Junior Major(s): Economics, International Studies CFS Program: Business Field Studies The best part of the internship has definitely been the working environment. The first week my desk was positioned in one of the newly opened office areas, so there weren’t many people near me. Even though they were all in software solutions, they introduced themselves…
Eshan learns about the legal profession from a new perspective
Name: Eshan Year: Sophomore Major(s): Radio/Television/Film CFS Program: Legal Field Studies CFS was the best choice for me. One, it exposed me to employment opportunities that I would’ve been unaware of otherwise. Two, it provided some structure and purpose to internships that may seem aimless otherwise. Three, it allowed me to view the legal profession from a macrocosmic…
CFS gives Harsha the opportunity to learn more about his dream job
Name: Harsha Year: Senior Major(s): Political Science CFS Program: Legal Field Studies I’m a returning student who grew up wanting to be a lawyer. A number of my longtime friends are lawyers, so I’m thankfully able to learn a lot about what being a lawyer entails…secondhand. So, I still had questions: what does a lawyer actually do? What…
JP has a fantastic CFS experience
Name: JP Year: Junior Major(s): Computer Science Minor(s): Business CFS Program: Business Field Studies My experiences with CFS have been fantastic. Frankly speaking, it is nearly impossible to get a practical work experience while attending school. But CFS really gave us the opportunity to implement what we have learned in class into a professional setting. Also, CFS classes…
Pallas Has a Phenomenal Learning Experience at Bootler
Name: Pallas Year: Junior Major(s): Communication Studies Minor(s): BIP, Creative Writing CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities My internship has been a phenomenal learning experience so far. The most surprising thing for me with this internship is that seeing as the company is a startup, there was no particular period for training or adjusting to the system. As…
CFS Experience Exceeds Mariel’s Expectations
Name: Mariel Year: Junior Major(s): Cultural Anthropology and Science in Human Culture Minor(s): Global Health Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities When I started looking for summer opportunities this year, it became clear that I wanted/needed a little more guidance with the internship process. Unlike many Northwestern students, I hadn’t done an internship during the summer yet….
Sofia helps to educate and inspire youth at Allow Good
Name: Sofia Year: Senior Major(s): Secondary Teaching Minor(s): CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities As a future high school math teacher, I have a passion for furthering education and empowering youth. With my internship at Allow Good, I am able to put this into practice by helping to educate youth and inspire them to engage in philanthropy in…
Nathan has the best internship experience at HBR Consulting
Name: Nathan Year: Senior Major(s): Economics & Piano Performance Minor(s): Business Institutions Program & Integrated Marketing Certificate CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace HBR Consulting has been the best internship experience I have to date! A majority of HBR’s employees are recent college graduates; as a result, it’s been a relatively smooth transition from the normal…
Maria on Her Internship Experience at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Name: Maria Year: Junior Major(s): Psychology, Legal Studies Minor(s): CFS Program: Legal Field Studies As soon as I started the internship search process, I was pretty set on the idea of working at a private law firm. Ever since I decided to pursue law as a potential career, I always imagined myself, post-law school, in a big private,…
CFS Helps Essence Through the Internship Search Process
Name: Essence Year: Sophomore Major(s): Sociology Minor(s): English CFS Program: Legal Field Studies Chicago Field Studies has been a really rewarding process for me. I am a low-income student here at Northwestern. I don’t have the connections and networking opportunities that are often afforded to students who come from more privileged backgrounds. In fact, I don’t even know anyone…
Katy for Companies That Care
Name: Katy Year: Junior Major(s): Mathematics, Statistics Minor(s): CFS Program: Field Studies in Social Justice I am currently a Junior, studying Mathematics and Statistics. I chose to participate in Chicago Field Studies to see where my analytic skills could take me, outside of academia and finance. Thus I chose an internship doing data analytics for…