Category: BU Voices
Student Internship Stories: Nyah Jordan (COM ’22)
Nyah Jordan participated in her internship as an online intern for The Years Project in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? My responsibilities included researching candidates’ history with climate change, the environmental rollbacks that are taking place with the current administration, and keeping track of events that are exacerbated by climate ...
Student Internship Stories: Mayowa Hassan (QST’23)
Mayowa Hassan participated in her internship in the summer of 2022 at the Social Innovation Forum (SIF) in Boston. Tell us about your experience. What were your responsibilities? My experience was super nice. As a Program Intern, I worked intimately with the program team of the Social Innovation Forum. My tasks were mostly concerned with ...
How Gen Z is Reshaping the Workplace
Generation Z, often shortened to Gen Z, is made up of people born after 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that Gen Z will make up about 30% of the U.S. workforce by 2030. This means Gen Z will fill the seats of nearly 50 million jobs ...
Dismantling Bias and Embracing Identity at Work
Earlier this semester, the Center for Career Development’s student leaders hosted an event, “Code-Switching & the Workplace,” at the Howard Thurman Center. We are excited to share some photos, highlights, and takeaways from this event with the BU community! This event’s media, research, and content were produced and thoughtfully curated by POC student leaders, in ...
Student Internship Stories: Jaclyn Meyer (CAS’25)
Jaclyn Meyer participated in her internship in the summer of 2023 at Rising Up Together in Utah.How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I learned about it from Handshake. Why did you choose to apply for this particular internship?I ...
Student Internship Stories: Maya Shavit (CAS’25)
Maya Shavit (CAS '25), took part in her internship at The Conversation, in Waltham, MA. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I learned about the opportunity through a networking connection with someone at the company. I used BU ...
Student Internship Stories: Wanru Huang (CAS’25)
Wanru Huang (CAS'25), participated in her internship in the summer of 2023. She interned at the United Nations Association for Greater Boston. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?On the Yawkey website, "Previous Sites" and Handshake. CCD drop-in ...
Student Internship Stories: Ethan Lai (COM’26)
Ethan Lai (COM'26), participated in his intership during the summer of 2023. He worked at Vector Marketing in Brownsville Texas in Cameron County. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I actually found out about the company through a ...
Student Internship Stories: Alex Giakouminakis (CAS’26)
Alex Giakouminakis (CAS '26) took part in her internship in the summer of 2023. She worked at Vector Marketing in Paramus, NJ. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I received a message from a friend who recommended I ...
Student Internship Stories: Lilly Bolandrina (CAS’24)
Lilly Bolandrina (CAS '24) participated in her internship during the summer of 2023 at Iskwelahang Pilipino, in Bedford, Massachusetts. How did you learn about this internship opportunity? What career resources from BU or elsewhere did you use during the application and interview process?I reached out to the executive director of the non-profit and asked to ...
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