Name: Kaan Kermen Year: Sophomore Major: Economics & Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Safestamp During the spring of 2021, I interned at Safestamp, a nanotech startup committed to solving global counterfeiting. As someone who has been fascinated with entrepreneurship since high school, this was one of the most rewarding experiences I could ask…
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Learning to Ask the Right Questions
Name: Cristobal Palacios Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: AVIA For my Spring 2021 CFS internship, I worked at AVIA, a medical consulting startup based out of Chicago. I had previous experience in the medical consulting industry and wanted to further my interests in this field. At AVIA,…
Building Financial Models From Scratch
Name: Kris Shuning Yuan Year: Junior Major(s): Economics Minor(s): RTVF CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Accelerated Growth Advisors My ten-week internship at Accelerated Growth was an enriching experience for me to polish my technical and communications skills in a professional setting. The on-boarding process was informative and smooth for interns, and we were staffed…
Micaela Shares Her CFS Experience at a Green Tech Startup
Name: Micaela Junior Major: Environmental Science CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace I had the opportunity to work at Green Per Square Foot (GreenPSF) for CFS this past spring and it has been an amazing experience so far, so much so that I will be extending my internship into the summer and fall….
Kayla on Week 10 of her Winter 2014 Internship
Name: Kayla Senior Major: Anthropology Minos: French CFS Program: Field Studies in Public Health When I started my work at The Yellow Tractor Project (TYTP), an organization that responds to the American food industry by empowering people to grow their own produce in TYTP-branded vegetable garden beds, I knew I was interested in Chicago’s local…
Lauren on Week 8 of her Winter 2014 Internship
Name: Lauren Senior Major: Psychology Minors: Design, Entrepreneurship CFS Program: Field Studies in Humanities I am currently interning at Syndio Social Inc, a Chicago-based startup that provides clients with social network analysis in order to help them adopt changes, target key influencers, and understand relationships within their organization. Syndio is a small team, as many…
Jennifer on Week 7 of her Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Jennifer Senior Major: Psychology CFS Program: Field Studies in Civic Engagement I’m interning at Sarah’s Circle, a non-profit dedicated to empowering women who are homeless. So far, I have been fortunate enough to get to know clients on a personal level, while also developing a deeper awareness of the social problems tied to their…
Christina on Week Three of her Fall 2013 Internship
Name: Christina Senior Major: Economics & Political Science CFS Program: Business Field Studies By far, Chicago Field Studies’ greatest asset is its emphasis on experiential learning. Through my academic courses at Northwestern, I have learned about a variety of models, theories, and frameworks used to examine public policy, business initiatives, and social injustice issues. However, until…
Rebekah on Week One at her Fall 2013 internship
Name: Rebekah Junior Major: Sociology Minor: Global Health CFS Program: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Working in the social change/socially responsible sector is something I am fully certain I want to enter into after college. With little actual experience in the field, however, I am uncertain what this position will look like and what role…