Name: Maggie Harden Year: Junior Major: Journalism, Political Science Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Employer: Brad Schneider for Congress This fall, I am interning with Brad Schneider for Congress. I have been interning there part-time for a little over a year now, but CFS gave me the opportunity to devote…
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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…
Healthcare Data Analysis at Tempus
Name: Sydney Agus Year: Junior Major: Industrial Engineering Minor: Entrepreneurship CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: Tempus At Tempus, I have been involved with using their system that uses natural language processing to help abstract data that can be used for cancer research. This process relies entirely on nurses’ and doctors’ observations, and while for the most time…
Civic Engagement Inside and Outside of the Classroom
Name: Jonathan Goldberg Year: Junior Major: Political Science Minor: History CFS Class: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Employer: 270 Strategies My Civic Engagement class with CFS is the perfect compliment to my internship at 270 Strategies. At 270, I’m working on the engagement team, helping run operations for Get Out The Vote coalitions with interest…
An Immersive Medical Research Experience
Name: Olivia Pura Year: Junior Major: Neuroscience, Slavic Languages and Literature CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: NorthShore Evanston Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology When I first began my CFS internship search, I was nervous that I would be unable to find an internship that aligned with my future plans of completing…
Experiencing Practical Learning
Name: Samson Wang Year: Junior Major: Asian Languages & Cultures Minors: Business Institutions, Integrated Marketing Communications CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Tangiblee Working at Tangiblee is a learning process day-in and day-out. An eCommerce software as a service (SAAS) company, Tangiblee addresses a key consumer pain-point in the world of online shopping: lack of…
Learning Under Fire
Name: Dan Finnegan Year: Junior Majors: Mathematics, Economics CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Nousot Something I was warned about early on in my interview was the need to be able to learn under fire. I was told stories of new employees being put on daunting challenges in coding to try to learn quickly simply…
Focusing on the Community at Yellow Tractor
Name: Leta Dickinson Year: Junior Majors: Journalism, Environmental Science CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: Yellow Tractor LLC After working as a climbing coach, writing tutor, and SCUBA instructor, this CFS position was my most conventional job. It was about time that I took on a job that had regular hours and business casual…
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…
Reflecting on the Uniqueness of CFS
Name: Storm McLaughlin Year: Junior Major: Industrial Engineering Minor: Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: HBR Consulting My CFS experience has been a rewarding one for a multitude of reasons, most notably my internship experience, my in-class experience, and my guidance from CFS employees/professors. Over the course of my college career, I have had multiple internships, in…
Finding a Work-Life Balance at Mission Measurement
Name: Christelle Fayemi Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions, Environmental Policy and Culture CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Mission Measurement As recently as the beginning of junior year, I thought all work weeks were 40 hours long, with the occasional overtime. My mother is a consultant, and growing up I have seen her stay up late or wake up…
Learning by Lending at Align Income Funding
Name: Robert Babich Year: Junior Majors: Communications Studies, Economics Minor: Transportation & Logistics CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Align Income Funding An Income Share Agreement (ISA) allows individuals to receive money in exchange for a percentage of their future income, for a set period of time. It’s similar to a personal loan, but payments, since they are pegged to income,…