2008 Student Summer Internships
The Tufts Entrepreneurial Leadership Program and Tufts
Career Services provided generous funding for four students to complete summer
internships. The funding provided by ELP was made possible by the Lunder Family
Foundation.
Students included:
Krista Caballero, a graduate student at the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston. Krista interned with the Boston Latino Arts Association in
East Boston. BLAA is a non-profit that promotes the work and facilitates the
success of emerging and established contemporary Latino visual artists. It also
collaborates with the East Boston school district and other local non-profits to
develop new programs geared towards youth and the arts. As an intern, Krista
strengthened relationships between BLAA and Boston school, developed programming
to supplement class curriculum, and organized an exhibition of emerging Latino
artists.
Chaeyeong Yoo interned with Artsbridge, Inc. in
Salem, MA. The mission of Artsbridge, Inc. is to use artistic processes and
therapeutic approaches to empower Israeli and Palestinian youth with positive
values and effective skills, including empathy, cooperation, communication and
conflict resolution. As an intern, Chaeyeong corresponded with donors,
facilitated the summer camp and interacted with youth during the learning
session.
Isabel Duke, a Sociology major in the class of 2009.
As an intern at Deutsche Asset Management in New York City, Isabel conducted
extensive research for the firm. As a leading investment management
organization, Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division provides a broad range
of services across the risk/return spectrum. Isabel researched the changing
political environment within the field of climate change, including agriculture,
clean/renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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2007 Student Summer Internships
While many Tufts Jumbos relaxed or went out with friends this summer, Arun
Yang (A10), Greg Hering (E10), and Danielle Damm (A09) were
completing internships through funding provided by the Tufts Entrepreneurial
Leadership Program (ELP) and Career Services. "Internships give students
real-world experience in the entrepreneurial world and also help them to develop
the technical, financial, marketing and leadership skills required to become
successful entrepreneurs," said Pamela Goldberg, director of ELP. "We were
pleased to be able to provide the opportunity of paid internships to students
this summer."
Arun Yang interned with NYANA (New York Association of New Americans),
a company that helps new immigrants in New York with education, healthcare,
legal advice and job placement. As a technical and marketing consultant in the
association's micro-enterprise department, Arun helped four immigrant business
owners with website development, search engine optimization and other marketing
tasks. He also planned open house events as a way to efficiently and effectively
advertise the companies' missions. "I really enjoyed helping people who are
underrepresented as entrepreneurs. I found the work to be both exciting and
rewarding," said Arun.
Greg Hering worked as the outreach coordinator for Action for Clean
Energy, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the development of
renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. With the goal of improving
their financial and technical engineering strategies, Greg performed feasibility
studies and built financial models for communities and organizations interested
in renewable energy. "The most difficult part of my job was learning about wind
energy and then marketing that information to prospective buyers," said Greg.
"This experience expanded my entrepreneurial skills and helped me to develop a
sense of what is required to grow a non-profit." Greg plans to leverage the
skills he learned in starting his own business, Emergent Energy LLC.
Danielle Damm's internship took her to New York, where she was an
integral part of the public relations firm Rogers & Cowan. Her diverse
responsibilities included conducting research, wring press releases, working
with editors and public relations executives, and analyzing focus groups. "I
gained a great deal of experience at Rogers & Cowan, and the skills I learned
closely relate to what I'm learning in my entrepreneurship classes," said
Danielle. Although this is her first year in the Entrepreneurial Leadership
Program, she's certain that her summer experience will be of great value as she
moves through the program.
The funding provided by the Entrepreneurship Leadership Program was made
possible through the generosity of the Lunder Family Foundation.
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2006 Student Summer Internships
Through a generous donation from an alumna, as well as support from the
Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, Tufts Career Services provided funding for
six student summer internships. The $3,500 grants were awarded to students based
on their exemplary academic record and proven interest in entrepreneurship.
Students granted internship funding include: Vincent Bu (Electrical
Engineering, PhD candidate), Craig Micon (Quantitative Economics, 08),
Jordy Defelice (Biotechnology Engineering, 07), Adam Granoff (Psych,
Econ 07), Ari Allen (Political Science, 08), and Rebecca Abbott
(Mechanical Engineering, 08). Each student received a grant for an unpaid
internship with an entrepreneurial company. The companies included: Boston
Logic, Immunosacharide Technology, Round One, Match Events, Tissue Regeneration
Inc., and Admiral Metals.
To be considered for grant funding, students were required to submit an
application, resume, and college transcript to Career Services. The director of
the Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, Pamela Goldberg, then worked with
various companies, many of them owned and operated by Tufts alumni, to find the
best match. The companies went through their own hiring process to select the
grant recipients. The internship grant was distributed in two parts, with $1,500
being paid at the beginning of the summer and the remaining $2,000 upon the
completion of the internship and grant requirements. In addition to the time
spent at the internship, students were required to write three, two-page
reports, conduct an informational interview with their superior, write a report
based on this interview, write a final evaluation about their experience, and
receive a final assessment from a supervisor at their respective companies.
Ari Allen, a sophomore Political Science major, received grant funding
for an internship at Round One. Round One, an online community for entrepreneurs
located in Providence, RI, was especially interesting to Allen, already the
founder and CEO of two separate companies. In his grant application Allen
stated, "One problem I have encountered in my entrepreneurial experience is
difficulty in establishing an executive team in a young start-up. Ideas are
expensive and students typically do not have the money to completely fund
aggressive startup ventures."
At Round One, Ari has been creating the new "Connect" program, an area of the
website that facilitates the connections of people seeking new opportunities in
the world of entrepreneurship. Round One owner and Tufts alumna Susan Tremblay
(J91) has been delighted with the work that Ari has done: "In a short amount of
time Ari has had tremendous impact. I am grateful that Tufts is able to
financially support him." This is especially important to Tremblay as Round One
currently has no full-time, paid employees.
In addition to the grant recipients, 25 Tufts students held internships in
entrepreneurial settings where the company paid the student directly. "This year
gave us a solid start. Hopefully next year we will have the funds to get even
more students involved," said Goldberg.
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