Name: Kelsey Year: Junior Major: Psychology, Legal Studies CFS Program: Legal Field Studies My internship at the Heartland Alliance Immigrant and Refugee Resettlement and Placement project has been, however stereotypical this sounds, truly life-changing. From my first day, both the broad expertise of my supervisors and the mission of the organization were incredibly clear. My…
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Kayley Branches Out At Intuit
Name: Kayley Year: Senior Major: Art History CFS Program: Field Studies in the Humanities My internship at Intuit is a six-month commitment, somewhat atypical for a CFS engagement. After having worked there for just over two weeks, I’m already very pleased with the experiences and relationships developing – due in no small part to the…
Kelby Discusses His Social Justice Course and Its Intersection With His Internship
Name: Kelby Year: Senior Major: Political Science CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Social Justice As part of the Field Studies in Social Justice course, I am currently interning at UNITE Here! Local 1- the Chicago chapter of a national labor union. UNITE is one of the largest labor unions in Chicago, representing a variety of…
Jae Shares His Experience At Groupon
Name: Jae Year: Junior Major: Economics CFS Concentration: Business Field Studies I am currently interning at the Groupon Chicago office, located in the same building that the company was founded with its 10 members. A company that once took up a portion of a 3rd floor storage house now occupies three floors of the building…
Hayeon Discusses How Her Academic Experience Blends With Her Internship
Name: Hayeon Year: Sophomore Major: American Studies CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Social Justice I am interning at an advocacy organization called Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago. Reflecting back to my internship search process, I knew that I wanted to intern at a place that advocated for immigrant and refugee rights but I had…
Ryota Shares His Experience in Public Health at Sg2
Name: Ryota Year: Senior Major: Biological Sciences CFS Concentration: Field Studies in Public Health I am currently interning at Sg2, a healthcare intelligence, analytics and consulting firm. The firm prides itself on their robust forecast engine that enables the firm to make insightful projections of future trends in healthcare, rather than future projections based solely…
Austin Shares How CFS Has Helped Shape His Internship Experience
Name: Austin Year: Junior Major: Philosophy CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace I’m currently interning at the WPG owned IEG, a sponsorship and marketing firm located downtown in the Chicago Sun Times building. The process that landed me with IEG was long and filled with uncertainty (as any other intern would attest to)….
Linda Shares Her Experience At Techweek
Name: Linda Year: Senior Major: Psychology CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Techweek is an amazing place to work! I’ve wanted some experience in the start-up realm for quite some time and I’m so happy Techweek took me in with open arms. Techweek is a start-up that plans and organizes tech conferences around…
Doug Shares his Experience at Nielsen Perishables Group
Name: Doug Year: Senior Major: Psychology CFS Concentration: Business Field Studies I am currently interning at Nielsen Perishables Group, a market research company that focuses primarily on fresh foods; the office is located in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. For those that have heard about Nielsen, this is another side of Nielsen that is…
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…
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…