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Going into my sophomore year, I wanted to make sure I explored different career paths through various learning experiences. Working at Hawthorne Community Center has enabled me to do that. At Hawthorne, I work as a Youth Coach to promote children's o ... 9;s overall well-being through interactive discussion-based exercises and activities. Each week, we have activities based on 1 of the 8 dimensions of well-being. Some activities include morning yoga, budget planning, waist bead making, and discussions about personal boundaries. Through this internship, I have learned how to create interactive activities suited to children through utilizing sites such as Kahoot and practicing worksheet creation. During discussions, I had to make sure I fully explained my thinking when talking to the children. Some of the topics were hard for them to think about since they never really talked about them before. So, making sure I was being thorough overall increased my communications skills to be able to hold conversations with the children. Hearing the kids' feedback, about how they enjoy talking about the topics we discuss makes me happy! I hope that after my time there they continue to incorporate things we talked about into their daily lives. Read more

Having this opportunity to be an ESE Program Counselor has introduced me to the broad range of tasks that counseling elementary school students requires. From being medically certified to having patience, there's many ways to provide the kids the nec ... e necessity of being cared for and supported. Everyday there's a new challenge of understanding multiple small requests yet spending extra time to ensure that every kid is satisfied and will be looking forward to the next day at ESE. Being at a loving community that looks after each other is a blessing that I will never take for granted. Read more

At my internship site working as an Accounting Intern has given me the closest feeling for what to expect for when I begin to work an entry level accounting job after college. Working personally with clients, filing their tax returns, and managing th ... eir transactions in QuickBooks has been the perfect direct experience that I was looking for in an internship. Doing these tasks for clients gave me a better insight and understanding of what I will be doing as a CPA in the future and also helped me feel more relieved. I thought working with clients and doing important things such as filing their returns can be scary, filled with lots of responsibility. Working at A Total Solution CPA has definitely given me a huge moment of relief as I found it to be very enjoyable and something I will love to do in my near future! Read more

As a student in the Sophomore Internship Program, I was given the opportunity to join the team at Networks Connect as a Recruiting Intern. As an intern at Networks Connect, I am in charge of recruiting healthcare professionals for long term care fac ... ilities and making sure that the healthcare worker has the correct information and up-to-date credentials. Over the course of the spring semester, I have been able to learn a lot at Networks Connect and achieved many of my goals that I had set for myself at the beginning of the semester. I have been able to connect with other professionals and learn different processes while at Networks Connect. I was able to learn the different aspects of onboarding and get a feel for the business world. This opportunity has given me tools to manage self-reflection for growth and improve my skills of communicating in a professional manner. From this experience I appreciate the tremendous support I have received at Networks Connect and know I will be able to apply the knowledge I have gained to my future endeavors. Read more