Name: Katie Junior Major: Political Science CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Although the program has “Chicago” in its title, I ended up interning at an Evanston non-profit as part of the Chicago Field Studies program. As an intern at the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy in Evanston, the most important thing that…
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Hina on Expanding her Research Skills at the ABA
Name: Hina Senior Major: Psychology and Middle East Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace I am currently interning in the Judicial Division at the American Bar Association. At the ABA, I am helping to enhance a diversity database on all the judges in America. It is really interesting to see how much…
Linda on Week 3 of her Spring 2014 Internship
Name: Linda Junior Major: Psychology Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace This Spring, I have the amazing opportunity to work at LiquidThead, a branded content agency that focuses most of its efforts on digital and social media. Going into the recruitment process for CFS, LiquidThread was my first choice because…
Helen on Week 7 of her Winter 2014 Internship
Name: Helen Junior Major: Communication Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace When I applied to the CFS program, I did so on a whim while studying abroad in the Czech Republic this past fall quarter. As you might expect, being so wrapped up in the study abroad experience can make it difficult…
Daniel on Week 9 of his Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Jianan (Daniel) Junior Major: Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Chicago Field Studies has definitely been a tremendous experience – one that I would consider to be one of the highlights of my experiences at Northwestern. Going into the internship, I had no idea what to expect because the firm I’m…
John on Week Four of his Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Ziang (John) Junior Major: Industrial Engineering Minor: Computer Science CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Chicago Field Studies has been amazing to me so far. The internship itself took some getting used to, especially the hours – but once I adjusted to that everything became very smooth. The employees treat me very…
Meet CFS Alum: Christine
Name: Christine Current Year: Senior Major: Environmental Science CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace I enjoyed the great work environment in the social enterprise incubator/co-working space. I felt like I was making a difference by taking on substantial tasks and performing them to the best of my ability. I felt respected and more…