Thank you to my Spring 2017 Interns!

Students in our internship play a key role in Smeal Alumni Career Services' mission to reach out and connect with recruiters and alumni who visit campus to recruit and/or volunteer their time. Additionally, our office seeks to connect and share information through online platforms such as LinkedIn, Brazen (online networking) and Zoom (webinars).

Every semester the interns are given challenges and always strive to meet goals and help our office. The students take on this opportunity as well as being full time students, many with additional activities in business organizations and other part-time jobs. 

At the wrap-up meeting, we discussed what the students learned from the experience by going around the room and sharing knowledge while building a slide. Also, the head interns are responsible for compiling stats about what was accomplished by the team for the semester. Look to see who won special awards!

The Smeal Alumni Career Services Interns completed the following: 

 Total Number of LinkedIn Posts Written: 3,533

Total Number of Career Corner Posts: 840

Total Number of Post Touch Points (clicks, likes, shares, comments): 4,395

Total Number of Alumni Jobs pulled into SmealConnect: 163

Total Number of Alumni Connections Made at Career Fairs: 100

Total Number of All Recruiter Connections: 297

Total Number of Career Fairs and Live and Online Alumni Events attended: 14

Total Number of Presentations made to promote the internship: 10

Total Number of State of Mind posts completed: 26

Total Number of Students Interviewed: 54

Special Awards: 

Most LinkedIn Posts Written: Eric Stanko (572 - Wow!)

 Highest Quality of LinkedIn Posts: Jackie Edwards - Hardly any mistakes!

 Most Career Fair Contacts: Leah Ferrari (40)

 Above and Beyond: Mercedes Marquez - Did a fantastic job of supporting the webinars!

Spring 2017 Slide - What did we learn?:

Here are some activities and internships our head interns and interns will be up to in the future!

Head Interns, Smeal Representative Program

Andrea Andric

Andrea will be studying abroad in Pforzheim, Germany this summer. After college, she is looking forward to pursuing a career in Consulting with a degree in Finance with a two piece in Management and minors in Supply Chain and Information Sciences and Technology and International Business.

Krishna Shah

Krishna Shah will be interning at PNC Bank in Pittsburgh this summer as an Independent Risk Management intern. In her last year, she will continue to finish her studies with a major in Finance and minor in Statistics. 

Head Interns, Online Outreach

 Shiva Alladi

Although Shiva is majoring in Actuarial Science, he will utilize his programming background during his internship with Synchronoss as a Data Mining Intern this summer. Next year, Shiva will focus on his major and continue his studies in Actuarial Science with a Statistics minor.

Alexa Saidman 

This summer and fall Alexa will be going on co-op as a Supply Chain intern for UTC Aerospace systems. She will continue to study Supply Chain and Information Systems in the spring for her junior year.

Sameer Patel

Sameer will be working this summer as an Operations Intern for Ingersoll Rand. He is excited to be entering his junior year come this fall where he will continue studying Supply Chain & Information Systems and Information Sciences Technology.

 Associate Intern

Mercedes Marquez

Mercedes is looking forward to working as a Summer Technology Analyst for JPMorgan Chase. She is a rising senior and will continue to study Management Information Systems, Economics, and Information Sciences & Technology at University Park next fall. 

Smeal Representative Interns

Michael Coyle

Mike will be studying abroad in Italy this summer. In the fall, he is applying for his Masters of Accounting and plans on graduating in 2018 with a degree in Accounting.

Leah Ferrari

This summer, Leah is looking forward to working at home and traveling with her family. Next year, she will be a sophomore and will continue taking business classes before deciding on a major. She can't wait to see what type of networking and internship opportunities she will come across!

Jessie Ji

Jessie will be working for JDA Software as an intern in Global Value Delivery team in Phoenix, Arizona. She is looking forward to applying what she learned from class to the real-life working environment to make transition from a college student to a business professional.

Rayni Modecki

Rayni will be taking summer classes to finish up her Energy Business and Finance minor. She is looking forward to her senior year in the fall.

Fatima Tran

Fatima is majoring in Marketing and minoring in Information System Management. She plans to continue to work for an internship in the near future. She hopes to pursue a career in consulting market research.

Taylor Zerbe

Taylor is about to finish her freshman year of college. Taylor is an intended marketing major looking forward to searching for an internship for next summer. Taylor cannot wait to come back for the Fall 2017 semester as the Head Intern for the Smeal Representative Intern Program.

Social Media Interns

Erica Cabrelli

Erica is currently ending her Junior year majoring in Business Management with an emphasis in Human Capital. During the summer, she will be pursuing an internship in Human Resources. Erica is on track to graduate in Spring of 2018.

Jacqueline Edwards

Jackie is looking forward to a summer internship in retail management. After graduation next year, she hopes to work for a large data company where she can leverage her information systems coursework or possibly attend grad school.

William James

Will is graduating this year, using his Finance degree to try to gain experience as an real estate analyst. Looking further in his future, he hopes to travel the world and continue his education.

Catherine Kelly

Catherine is a sophomore at Penn State studying Finance and Spanish. She has recently discovered her passion for consulting this semester and is looking forward to the opportunities that await her where she can utilize her communication skills and love for problem-solving. She hopes to receive an internship in Philadelphia this summer working with NBC, but if that doesn't work out, Catherine will enjoying prepping for the next academic year and traveling.

Daisy Nguyen

Daisy will not be returning to her home country this summer. Instead, she will be volunteering in DuBois, Pennsylvania and possibly intern with a small local logistics firm. She believes that these activities will help her grow personally and professionally.

Mitchell Rom

Mitchell will be interning for Prysm Systems in the Silicon Valley as a finance intern. He is looking forward to his opportunity to utilize his skills he has learned from business classes and the Smeal Representative program.

Eric Stanko

Eric will be interning at M.C. Dean as an engineer intern in their procurement department this Summer and will be entering his senior year next Fall. Eric hopes to find a job in supply chain management or project management after he graduates.

Amitty Tam

This summer, Amitty is looking forward to her Distribution internship with Aramark Corporation in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as her plans to road trip up the coast of California. She is eager to continue her studies on Supply Chain Information Systems in the Fall and to be a career guide for the Smeal office of Career and Corporate Connections.

Thank you so much to my student interns. I couldn’t get through the semester without you!