During the End-of-Year program, a number of our students choose to plan an internship experience. Here is just a sampling of internship experiences that are happening right now. Thanks to Ken Mitchell for visiting our interns and taking pictures. Above, you can see Lucas at the Athletic
Medicine Center on the campus of Duke University. The center treats
sports injuries for Duke athletes, mostly football players and
swimmers. Lucas has been shadowing various therapists at the center,
and seeing how they treat sports injuries through therapy and various
strengthening exercises. His supervisor spoke very highly
of Lucas's interpersonal and communication skills, and his sense of
responsibility. Lucas has always loved sports, and the internship has
provided him with a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of
intercollegiate athletics.
Sibs Hannah and Abe are volunteering at the Obama 2012 Campaign office in Chapel Hill. Hannah is doing some
phone banking and taking care of other administrative duties, but she is
mostly doing data entry, keeping track of all the voters in the area
who have been called, and those who have not. Abe is doing a little bit
of everything, including voter registration, out in neighborhoods, and
in other high foot-traffic areas. Of note: gone are the days of
land-line phone connections... all (or most of) the phoning is done via
cell phone!
Celeste is doing her internship at Parizade Restaurant. So far she has
spent time working in the salad prep section, in the dessert section,
and has learned how to operate the espresso machine. Celeste says that
she is learning a TON, and is extremely pleased with her experience!
She plans to pursue her interest in the culinary arts this summer at a
culinary camp, and sees herself having a career in the field.
Savannah is doing her internship at Pennies for Change. She's working a
lot with the clothing section, sorting and displaying clothes by color
and design. She finds this internship to be ideal: she loves thrift and
consignment shops; she's learning about fashion and design (which is
where her career path is taking her), and she's working for an important
cause - PFC provides clothing vouchers for battered women, and with
other proceeds they provide financial support in order to help these
women transition back into mainstream life.
Maria is interning at the Lycee Jeanne d'Arc, in Rouen, France. She is
helping out with some of the English AND Spanish language classes at
the lycee. Her supervisor Eric Lefevre says that the teachers all want
to know where we get these super-students from (Emily Reif just returned
from a full trimester there). Maria is planning to follow in Emily's
footsteps next year and do the spring trimester of her senior year there
as well.
Sorry that Kyle's photo is sideways. I just can't seem to get it to right itself! Kyle is working at Weinstein Friedlein Architects in Carrboro. This is
the firm that is doing the current set of renovations and additions to
the CFS campus. Kyle is getting to actually do work on these CFS
projects, so it's something that he can really relate to and see an
immediate benefit from (see CFS plans in the background). Kyle is
working under the supervision of Mary Englund, CFS grad, who found her
passion in Design and Architecture.
MORE TO COME...
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