Learning through Collaborative Projects

Name: Darya Daneshmand Year: Junior Major: Neuroscience, Journalism Minor: Segal Design Certificate CFS Class: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Treatment Magazine When I began my CFS internship at Treatment Magazine, I was excited to be given the freedom to contribute in several different realms with a small and highly collaborative group of people….

Sports and Events at KemperLesnik

Name: Cody Link Year: Junior Major: Communication Studies Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: KemperLesnik I am currently enrolled in the CFS Modern Workplace course, and my internship is as a Sports/Events intern at KemperLesnik. KemperLesnik is a company that does public relations, sports marketing, event marketing, content marketing,…

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…

A Change in Career Aspirations

Name: Noah Alvarado Year: Junior Major: Computer Science CFS Class: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Purple Gator   During my internship these past few months at Purple Gator, I think I’m  finally starting to find something that I actually desire to do if I was given free reign. At Purple Gator, I have…

Diving Into the Real Estate Industry

Name: Andrew Wagoner  Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Mathematics CFS Class: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Barnett Capital LTD My internship experience so far has been better than I could’ve hoped. When I first started, I would meet with my supervisor at the beginning of the day, but now that I’ve gotten in the groove I’m free to…

Working with Clients at Nielsen

Name: Yuri Xi Year: Junior Major: Economics Minors: Business Institutions, Integrated Marketing Communications CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Nielsen Nielsen is a global information and measurement company. It provides market research, insights and data about what people watch, listen to and buy to retailers, manufactures, media owner and agencies through various solutions. As an economics major also…

Choosing Consulting with HBR

Name: Roman Sekej Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minors: Business Institutions, Transportation & Logistics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: HBR Consulting This Spring I interned at HBR Consulting. I was a part of the Law Department Consulting group, and I really liked my internship. It was my first internship in the corporate setting and I feel like I…

Preparing for Finance with NextGen

Name: Ronald Kim Year: Sophomore Majors: Economics, History Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: NextGen Growth Partners Participating in the Chicago Field Studies program has been an extremely rewarding and valuable experience – both professionally and personally. Having been interested in a career in finance, interning at NextGen Growth Partners was a perfect fit. I’ve…

Getting Involved at HBR Consulting

Name: Audrey Wu Year: Sophomore Majors: Civil Engineering, Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer:  HBR Consulting In my fourth week at HBR Consulting, I feel like I have already learnt so much. Although the pace of work in the first week was slow and consisted of mostly administrative work and onboarding with the team, things…

Interning in Private Equity as a Sophomore

Name: Jonathan Hanitio Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer:  Tyree & D’Angelo Partners I am currently interning at Tyree and D’Angelo Partners: a private equity firm in Chicago that focuses on making acquisitions in the lower middle market. I am currently an economics major, but I have always been interested…

Figuring Out the Future at Sylver

Name: Michelle Valle Year: Junior Major: Economics Minors: Business Institutions, Latino and Latina Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer:  Sylver Consulting I decided to do CFS because I wanted to gain more experience in consulting. I wanted to see if it was a career path I saw myself pursuing in the future. Sylver Consulting is an…

Working in Corporate Strategy with Shiftgig

Name: Oliver Hu Year: Sophomore Majors: Economics, Statistics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer:  Shiftgig This spring, I’ve had the opportunity to intern at Shiftgig, a tech staffing platform as a Corporate Strategy Intern. As an economics and statistics major, I wanted to find an internship that would allow me to apply the theoretical…