Graduate Student Success Story: Kristina Bosco
Current Job – Medical Social Worker Education – Bachelors: Central Connecticut State University, Psychology | Masters: University of Connecticut, MSW Social Work Hometown – West Hartford, CT Interests – “I love to travel and my favorite place that I have visited …
Meet Student Success Story Scott Gary!
Scott Gary Major(s): Digital Media & Design | Concentration: Marketing Minor(s): Biology Class Standing: 5th Year/Super Senior Describe your history at UConn It has been quite an interesting ride indeed. I entered in 2011 as a Physiology & Neurobiology …
What did you learn at your engineering internship this summer?
It’s time to reflect… Believe it or not, most internships are winding down at this stage of the summer. Before you wrap up, it’s truly important to reflect on the experience, and this is doubly important for engineers. Here’s why: …
Student Success Story: Jake Stone
Jake Stone Major: Accounting Minor: International Studies Class Standing: Senior Internship: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) What interests you about your major? I’m really interested in business in general and accounting gives me the opportunity and ability to work with firms of every …
Student Success Story: Varun Khattar
Varun Khattar Major(s): Double major in Psychology and Individualized Gender and Ethnic Studies Class Standing: Junior Can you give us some background on the UConn Civic Scholars Collective and what your role was in implementing it? Well, I’ve had quite …
Student Success Story: Boya Yuan
Boya Yuan Major: Landscape Architecture Class Standing: Senior Internship: UConn Community Research & Design Collaborative How did you become involved in this internship program? I just spoke to my professor. The internship was an extension to a project in my …
Student Success Story: Pratik Parikh
Pratik Parikh Major: Political Science Minor: Business Fundamentals Class Standing: Junior Internship: Supreme Court in External Affairs How did you find this internship? What was the process like? Professor Bergendahl has a blog page with internships posted related to Political …
Job Shadowing: How does it Work?
Although it is often overlooked, job shadowing may be the best way to build good connections with prospective employers. Job shadowing is a tool that gives you the opportunity to meet with employees to learn about a particular field. Typically, …
Make Your Internship Work for You—Get It on Your Transcript
Completing an internship should be a mutually beneficial relationship. You fill an important niche in the day-to-day operations of the company while developing critical skills, expanding your network, and learning about the industry. But there is another way that you …
Need experience to get experience? How does that work?
Throughout our entire undergraduate career we experience the same old story again and again; you need experience to get experience. It’s the hardest thing to figure out if you don’t know what kind of experience you need or where to …
