Interning at Mohegan Sun: Gabriel Gutierrez-Araya

Gabriel Gutierrez-Araya is a Junior Communications major and Marketing minor at the Storrs campus. Gabriel held a summer public relations internship at Mohegan Sun. 

Erik Zawodniak: How did you find the internship at Mohegan Sun?
Gabriel Gutierrez-Araya: I was introduced …

By Erik Zawodniak
Erik Zawodniak
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Student Success Story: Brian Aguilera

Growing up in Bogota, Colombia, Brian Aguilera ’19 (CLAS) always knew he would have to leave his family behind to achieve the future he wanted in science and biology. Hard as that would be, he knew that the United States …

By Reid McLendon
Reid McLendon Web Development Specialist
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Student Success Story: Jiazhen Huang

UConn senior Jiazhen Huang is not unlike a lot of his classmates in many ways. He’s made a lot of great friends in Storrs, plays intramural sports and works out a few times a week, and is a very serious …

By Reid McLendon
Reid McLendon Web Development Specialist
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Student Success Story: Wei ‘Toby’ Xinhai

For Wei ‘Toby’ Xinhai, the road to UConn spanned nearly 8,000 miles, but the distance doesn’t faze him. While he may be separated from his family in Hong Kong, S.A.R. China by a full ocean, the dream of being a …

By Reid McLendon
Reid McLendon Web Development Specialist
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Allied Health Major Goes From Ergonomics Intern to Full-Time Consultant

Meet undergraduate student Megan Sargisian

Megan Sargisian

At the end of her junior year, allied health sciences major Megan Sargisian was uncertain about a future career. Despite having no background in insurance, she took a chance on a summer internship …

By Jason M. Sheldon
Jason M. Sheldon Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
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Undergraduate Student Success Story: Sara Williamson

Sara Williamson is a Junior at the University of Connecticut studying Spanish and Political Science. Sara has recently interned at both the Fulbright Association and at the National Defense University. Here is a glimpse of how these internships helped Sara …

By Victoria
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Alumni Spotlight – Eujin Kim

 

Recently I had the opportunity to catch up with a recent graduate from UConn. Eujin Kim, BUS ’18, currently works at Stella Rising as a SEM coordinator. She speaks a lot about her experience in this role and how …

By Inchan Hwang
Inchan Hwang
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Is This The Most Social Major at UConn?

Lena Lac ’22, a sociology major from Hartford, CT is a local celebrity to the class of 2023 because of her role as an Orientation Leader, but there is so much more to her than the job she had this …

By Marina DeThomas
Marina DeThomas CLAS Career Ambassador
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An Inside Look at Corporate America

In April, I was offered the opportunity, along with two other students, to work with The Hartford Insurance Group on the National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA) Talent Competition. Members of The Hartford served as our coaches and helped guide …

By Rita Tsafack-Tonleu
Rita Tsafack-Tonleu Career Intern
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Graduate Student Internship Success Story: Gabriel Camacho

Name: Gabriel Camacho
Undergraduate education: University of Virginia
Graduate education: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut.

What are your research interests?
My research interests are to understand the role that stereotypes and prejudice play in racial/ethnic disparities across an …

By Tithi Basu Mallik
Tithi Basu Mallik Graduate Student Career Programs and Services Graduate Assistant
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