Name: Juliana Marchant Year: Senior Major: Sociology Minor: Spanish CFS Class: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: BBC Studios Doing an internship this quarter has been surprisingly easy to manage. I’m still taking 4 classes, CFS included, but I spaced it out so that I have my internship Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with 3 hour…
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Making Space for Small Businesses
Name: Sofia Babenkova Year: Senior Majors: Economics, Russian and Eastern European Studies Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Level Office Level Office is a real-estate company that provides coworking spaces for startups and small companies. It is a startup itself, opening its first doors in Chicago in 2013. 5 years later there are…
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…
Picking the Right Internship
Name: Kelly Tan Year: Senior Major: Journalism Minor: Asian American Studies CFS Program: Field Studies in Social Justice Employer: Perfect Search Media I spent a lot of time interviewing for internships in the winter, hoping to get one more work experience before I graduated and got thrown into the real world. Luckily I found one and was able to learn a…
Calling a Last-Minute Audible with Arcalea
Name: Chloe Gardner Year: Senior Major: Political Science Minors: Art History, Global Health CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Arcalea From the outset of my CFS internship search experience, I had a clearly outlined plan. I had identified one single company for whom I desperately wanted to work, and I had a vision of how my future would and should play…
Working in Starcom’s New Department
Name: Alex Year: Senior Major: Theatre Minor: Business Institutions CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Starcom Worldwide This quarter, I am interning at Starcom Worldwide, which is an international media company headquartered in Chicago. I am specifically interning in the new content department, which was created in March of 2017 when Starcom’s creative content efforts were all brought in-house. Since this…
Making Trails at Superfly
Name: Tommy Year: Sophomore Majors: Communication Studies, Computer Science CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: Superfly I was incredibly excited when I received the offer to be Superfly’s very-first Technology Intern; as an avid music festival attendee, I knew it would be a valuable work experience (and a good time!) to work with the minds behind some of…
Gene Finds His Stride at Nielsen
Name: Gene Year: Junior Major: Industrial Engineering CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Nielsen This past fall has been my most exciting and memorable quarter at Northwestern yet. I’ve attributed this predominantly to Chicago Field Studies / Business Field Studies and my time at Nielsen as an Analyst Intern. Initially, I was extremely worried if I could handle the 9-5…