Accessing Resources and Building Skills

Name: Taiche Jones Year: Senior Major: Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Center for Comparative Medicine I have been employed at the Center for Comparative Medicine at Northwestern University (NU) for 12-years, and I am also a student attending the School for Professional Studies. I am a forty-four-year-old pursuing a degree in Psychology. Participating…

Hesitant, but Now I Get It: Networking

Name: Eva Jacobs Year: Junior Major: Economics and Psychology Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Accelerated Growth Advisors Early in the quarter, we read an article as a class called How to Build Your Network. The subject of networking has never been a particularly comfortable one to me, as I have never…

Exploring Sales and Marketing at Successful Startup

Name: Cindy Liang Year: Junior Major(s): Communication Studies, Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: SpotHero CFS has been a great experience overall, even though the 9 to 5 can become mundane at times. Having an internship taught me a lot about life after college, and I gained a better understanding of what it means…

Senior Discovers Passion at CFS Internship

Name: Jimmy Kellock Year: Senior Major: Economics & Learning and Organizational Change Minor: Psychology CFS Class: Humanities Employer: Healthbox This past fall, I realized I could fulfill my final distribution requirement through CFS’ Humanities class and a part-time internship. Given my indecision about post-graduate life, I thought this was a perfect opportunity for me to…

Diving Into Healthcare

Name: Michael Schwartz Year: Junior Major: MMSS and Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: AVIA In my CFS experience I worked with AVIA, a growing healthcare consultancy and member network firm. Going in with an interest in consulting but no experience in healthcare, I was unsure what to expect, but fast forward to today and…

Intern to Full-Time Feature: A Q&A with alumnus Jacob Schmitt

Name: Jacob Schmitt Graduation Year: 2017 Major: Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies during the Fall Quarter of 2016 Employer: Education Funding Partners Q: When talking with your employer about the full-time position, how did you initiate the conversation and when did you initiate it? A: I actually was not the one to initiate the conversation. Nearing the end of…

Hands on Learning at Novacare Rehabilitation

Name: Kaylin Dong Year: Senior Major: Biological Sciences, Psychology CFS Class: Field Studies in Public Health Employer: Novacare Rehabilitation My internship at Novacare Rehabilitation has been very rewarding and I have learned so much. Novacare Rehabilitation is a physical therapy (PT) office in downtown Chicago that treats patients of all ages and injuries. PT focuses on getting people back to…

Using NU Skills in Healthcare and Education

Name: Genesis Garcia Year: Senior Majors: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology Minor: Spanish CFS Program: Field Studies in the Public Health Employer: Legal Council for Health Justice For my last quarter at Northwestern, I decided to bring some purple pride into Chicago through CFS. I love having one foot in Evanston and the other in the Loop, I love waking up…

Finding Success in Healthcare Consulting

Name: Amy Jiang Year: Junior Majors: Economics, Global Health Sudies Minor: Psychology CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health Employer:  Healthbox As a Junior majoring in Economics and Global Health Studies, I wanted to find an internship through CFS that would utilize both of my majors. Before applying, I was definitely interested in trying out the field of consulting, but…

Designing Games for GCC

Name: Kinsey Erickson Year: Junior Major: Psychology Minor: Media Art and Game Design Module CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer:  Game Changer Chicago Since Northwestern doesn’t have a game design program, my options for classes and chances to work on games have been limited. Being able to join a team and jump right into game development has been…