Recent Spotlights
Medina Fekovic
Major: Management
Employer: Bankers Financial Corporation (half a mile from campus)
Internship Activities: Analyzing data, creating materials for career events, meeting with managers about new hires.
Olivia “Olive” Smith
Major: Environmental Science and Policy
Employer: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Internship Activities: Wading through the water alongside researchers, collecting samples, working in the lab, checking seeds for germination and running nutrient tests.
Artur Abutalipov
Major: Political Science
Course: Practical Politics: The Campaign Process
Internship Activities: This course requires students to complete 60 hours of work on a political campaign during the semester. Activities included canvassing, prepping stages for political events and working with other candidates locally as part of the internship.
Sophia Ruiz de Vivar Iddon
Major: History
Employer: Florida Holocaust Museum (half a mile from campus)
Internship Activities: Catalogue artifacts, correspondence, photographs and other material from the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who became an esteemed humanitarian and writer.
Jamie Liepshutz
Major: Management
Employer: Walt Disney World Resort
Internship Activities: Interned at Magic Kingdom's Emporium, the largest gift shop at the park, taking on a variety of duties while navigating guest interactions in a fast-paced environment.
Madison Connell
Major: Educational Studies
Employer: ZooTampa at Lowry Park
Internship Activities: Interned at a preschool attached to the zoo, learning how to incorporate foundational preschool curriculum into the unique environment of a zoo, teaching her students nature-based learning concepts.