Career Services News

This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC. I worked in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in the Office of East Asia and the Pacific.

This summer I had the incredible opportunity to intern at the book publisher Penguin Random House. I worked for the publicity department of Random House Books and worked under Cynthia Murray, a deputy director of publicity. The publicity departments job is to raise awareness and inspire excitement about Random House books through earned media.

Carin Rollins ’94 and John Marlow ’90 are two Colgate graduates who are rapidly becoming household names in biotech. Both were invited back to Colgate on February 11, 2019 to speak about their experiences as innovators and industry leaders.

The World Cup is the largest global athletic spectacle — every four years, billions of viewers tune in to watch the world’s elite soccer players represent their nations in fierce and emotional competition. This summer, my work primarily focused on FOX’s cross-platform coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Eleven undergraduate students traveled to New York City for a career immersion trip with Colgate Women in Business (CWiB) and Colgate Career Services, spending Friday, February 15 conducting site visits and learning from alumnae.

As the social media intern at Revolve Impact I was in charge of the Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. I controlled what posts went out, what they said and how they looked. I would spend my days researching statistics, pulling graphics, and creating GIFs.

At Fleunty, which is a company that builds chatbots and other AI related platforms, I improved and added features to the chatbot analytics program using Python.

I volunteered for three organizations this summer: The World Bird Sanctuary (WBS), The Wildlife Rescue Center (WRC), and Five Acres Animal Shelter (FAAS). WBS is an organization strongly devoted to educating the public about wildlife conservation, environmental protection, and different species of wildlife.

This summer I worked 10 weeks for RREAF Holdings, a commercial real estate company based out of Dallas, Texas. As an intern, I had a variety of tasks that ranged from pitching prospective properties to the acquisitions team to doing grunt work, such as copying documents.

An internship with the Democracy program at the Carter Center gave me the unique chance to combine my interests in policy, disability rights, and international standards.