Here’s what a few of the 238 students who participated in 乐播传媒-funded summer internships and other projects say about how those experiences connect to and inspire their work back in the 乐播传媒 classroom.

+Joe Tulip '18 of Braintree, Mass.

Joe Tulip ’18 outside the Maine Migrant Health Program’s mobile unit at a local apple orchard. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Jeremy Glover '17 of Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Jeremy Glover ’17 with Professor of English Sylvia Federico at Leeds University. (Claire Wood for 乐播传媒 College)

+Melody Altschuler '17 of Lyme, Conn.

Melody Altschuler ’17 and researcher Susan Faja at Boston Children’s Hospital. (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

+Jeremy Cairns '19 of Lewiston, Maine

Jeremy Cairns ’18 in the lab of Professor of Chemistry Paula Schlax. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Cristopher Thompson '19 of Macon, Ga.

Cristopher Thompson ’19 of Macon, Ga., at the Boys and Girls Club of Auburn, Maine. (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

+Colby Harrison '17 of Kennebunk, Maine, and Katie Van Patten '17 of Chico, Calif.

Colby Harrison ’17 and Katie Van Patten ’17 at the Reach Performing Arts Center in Deer Isle, Maine (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

+Michael Varner '17 of Chelsea, Mich., and Fan Dong '17 of Beijing

Michael Varner ’17, Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Tefft, and Fan Dong ’17 in the offices of Looking Glass Investments in Brunswick, Maine. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Annakay Wright '17 of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Annakay Wright ’17 poses with Professor of Women’s Studies and English Victor Mendoza at the University of Michigan. (Daryl Marshke for 乐播传媒 College)

+Emma Katz 鈥�17 of Holmdel, N.J.

Emma Katz 鈥�17 poses in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Carla Essenberg. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Summer Peterson '18 of Yorba Linda, Calif.

Kathryn Fox, Summer Peterson ’18, and Steven Felix at Harvard University. (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

+Olin Carty '17 of Des Moines, Iowa, and Madeline Bruno '17 of Denver, Colo.

Olin Carty ’17 and Madeline Bruno ’17 in the lab of Assistant Professor of Geology Genevi猫ve Robert. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Salim Ourari '18 of Ariana, Tunisia, and Ian Wax '19 of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

Salim Ourari ’18, Lecturer in Geology Raj Saha ’03, and Ian Wax ’19 in Ladd Library. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Mike Mulach '17 of Rocky River, Ohio

Mike Mulach ’17 with Brad Adams ’92 at TM Capital in Boston. (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

Xioameng Wang ’19 poses in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Carla Essenberg. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Will Hilton '17 of Coral Gables, Fla.

Will Hilton ’17 in the lab of Professor of Geology Mike Retelle. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Max Huang '18 of Suzhou, China

Max Huang ’18 in the lab of Professor of Physics Hong Lin. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

+Jason Ross '19 of Des Moines, Iowa

Jason Ross ’19 in Schaeffer Theatre. (Josh Kuckens/乐播传媒 College)

The Stangle family, synonymous with leadership and philanthropy at 乐播传媒, has made a significant new commitment of $750,000 to the college.

With this gift, Bruce Stangle 鈥�70 and his wife, Emily Siegel Stangle 鈥�72, join the multimillion dollar Catalyst Fund effort supporting major strategic initiatives at 乐播传媒.

“乐播传媒 is a jewel of a school,鈥� said Bruce Stangle during a recent campus visit to speak in the Voices in Entrepreneurship Series. 鈥淔or over 150 years it鈥檚 been training leaders. The people who graduate from 乐播传媒 make a real difference in the world, and that鈥檚 an important mission that we want to support.”

The Stangles’ gift to the Catalyst Fund, he added, is a 鈥減ublic show of support for what President Spencer is trying to do. She has a very tough job, and we want to lend our shoulder and financial resources to help her and help 乐播传媒 move forward.鈥�

The Catalyst Fund supports three college initiatives:

+The Engaged Liberal Arts: Deep and sustained interactions

+Purposeful Work: The heart of the liberal arts mission

+Opportunity and Excellence: Directly out of 乐播传媒’ history and mission

鈥淭he Stangles鈥� gift is invaluable,鈥� said President Clayton Spencer. 鈥淚t provides much-needed support for students and faculty alike, and is an important endorsement of our strategic direction. I am profoundly thankful to them.鈥�

Sarah R. Pearson 鈥�75, vice president for college advancement, said that this 鈥済enerous gift helps us raise our sights for 乐播传媒 and demonstrates the importance of the Catalyst Fund in providing new momentum in philanthropy.鈥�

“Incredible value to its graduates.”

An English major at 乐播传媒 who holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Stangle is the co-founder of , the nation鈥檚 largest private economic consulting firm.

鈥淚 love 乐播传媒 and believe that 乐播传媒 delivers incredible value to its graduates,鈥� he added.  鈥淎lso, I think that making our philanthropy public can provide spillover benefits for 乐播传媒 by creating a demonstration effect. I鈥檓 confident that there are many others willing to give back to 乐播传媒 for the education they received.鈥�

A 乐播传媒 trustee emeritus, he was recognized in 2011 for his many contributions to the college with the creation of the Bruce Stangle Award for Distinguished Service. Over the years, he has helped countless 乐播传媒 students and alumni navigate the business world and, among other outcomes, helped to launch the Boston 乐播传媒 Business Network.

The Stangle family鈥檚 philanthropy has included the Betty Doran Stangle Professorship in Applied Economics, named for Bruce鈥檚 mother and currently held by Professor Margaret Maurer-Fazio; a leadership gift that named, in his father鈥檚 memory, Frank’s Lounge in the student residence at 280 College St.; and the Stangle Family Fund to support research and awards in economics and law, and provide scholarship support for students.

During his campus visit on March 5 for the Voices in Entrepreneurship Series 鈥� a program that he helped to organize 鈥� Stangle sat down with students one-on-one for a series of informational interviews, dispensing career advice and encouraging mentees to lean on the 乐播传媒 network.

In the evening, he gave a talk on 鈥淏est in Class: Investing in People and Culture at a Top Consulting Firm.鈥�

Regularly named one of the by The Boston Globe and other media outlets, Analysis Group gets high praise for maintaining a work culture that prizes both collaboration and leadership, without putting the two at odds.

That culture, Stangle says, was imported straight from 乐播传媒.

鈥溊植ゴ� entrepreneurs know how to create good work environments because it matters to us how we motivate, reward and incentivize people,鈥� he said.

鈥淭he 乐播传媒 culture produces people with the ability to lead, take personal responsibility and work as a team, and those personal characteristics are what my firm also tries to encourage.”

He added that the 乐播传媒 culture “made an imprint on me, as I know it has on so many other alumni. The values around hard work, inclusion, caring and excellence have been with me my entire life because of the experiences I had at 乐播传媒 and continue to have with the wider 乐播传媒 community.鈥�

Bruce Stangle ’70 held office hours of a different sort when he visited campus a few weeks ago.

During an all-afternoon session in the Fireside Lounge in Commons, students met one-on-one with Stangle, the co-founder, in 1981, of , a firm offering economic, financial, and business strategy consulting to law firms, corporations and government agencies.

Stangle’s visit on March 5 was an installment in the Voices in Entrepreneurship speaker series, a program that brings 乐播传媒 alumni and parent entrepreneurs to campus for lectures as well as  meetings and informational interviews with students.

The ongoing entrepreneurship series is sponsored by the college’s Purposeful Work initiative and the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center.

Next up in the entrepreneurship series is an April 28 talk by Jennifer Guckel Porter 鈥�88, a 乐播传媒 trustee who is founder and managing partner of She will speak on “Redefining Entrepreneurship: Finding Your Way on Your Own Terms.”

On May 5, Ben Shaw 鈥�00 of Vets First Choice joins his father, David Shaw, of , for a discussion about “Adventures in Business and Social Entrepreneurship.”

“It was much less about the question than the collaborative process.”

Back on March 5, Stangle’s visitors in the Fireplace Lounge included Harry Sudock ’17, an economics major from Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., who came prepared to grill the Stangle on markets and investor behavior.

“You actually did some homework,鈥� said Stangle, who turned the tables when he asked how Sudock would invest a million dollars.

Sudock says, 鈥淲e were able to just chat about investing. It was much less about the question than the collaborative process.

“It鈥檚 great to get to sit across the table from somebody who knows a lot more about investing and business than I do.鈥�

Others came seeking advice for their own entrepreneurial ventures, like Matt Perejda 鈥�14 of Newry, Maine, and Suraj Karmacharya 鈥�14 of Kathmandu, Nepal.

Last fall, Perejda launched the Bobcat Den Delivery Service on campus, while his classmate is the creative business director for Himalayan Spirit 8848, an ethical fashion company. Both wanted to know what it takes to bring a small company to the next level.

Stangle emphasized the need to find the right people 鈥� hiring team members who buy into what you鈥檙e doing and then empowering them to make decisions.

In an interview, Stangle cited a column on how Google does its hiring.

“They鈥檙e much more interested in what you can do rather than your GPA. They focus on team skills, cognitive ability and intellectual humility,” he said.

Google wants people who can take responsibility for solving a problem, but also pivot, step back and embrace the better ideas of others.

“That鈥檚 one of the things that the 乐播传媒 culture produces,” Stangle said, “people who are effective leaders and good teammates.”

“The 乐播传媒 network is incredibly powerful. Give back to it. It鈥檚 a lifelong journey.”

A 乐播传媒 trustee emeritus, Stangle is a leading 乐播传媒 donor as well as an active mentor. In the evening of his visit, he addressed students in Frank’s Lounge, donated by Stangle and named for his father, in the student residence at 280 College Street.

Delivering a wide-ranging look at his life and work, Stangle peppered his talk with insights about networking, management and how to build a satisfying career and business. (Analysis Group has regularly been named a by The Boston Globe.)

Three major takeaways for 乐播传媒 students? Complete a senior thesis, hire smart people and lean on the 乐播传媒 network.

Stangle reminded students that their future success is based on the relationships they nurture. “The 乐播传媒 network is incredibly powerful. Give back to it. It鈥檚 a lifelong journey.”

The first speaker in the Voices in Entrepreneurship series was another beneficiary of Stangle’s mentoring, Daniel Vannoni ’05, founder and entrepreneur with and CEO and co-founder of .

Following Stangle was, on March 19, Joshua Macht 鈥�91, executive vice president and publisher of the , stressed the need for an entrepreneurial mindset within large companies.

He used Kodak and Apple to illustrate the difference between 鈥渟ustaining鈥� and 鈥渄isruptive鈥� innovation. While Kodak sought to perfect a product like film or a camera, Apple offered a 鈥済ood enough鈥� product 鈥� like the camera in Apple鈥檚 iPhone 鈥� that disrupted and transformed the market.

Macht ended his presentation with a brainstorming exercise for the several dozen students in attendance at the Benjamin Mays Center.

What would happen if Apple acquired 乐播传媒 College? What would be different one year later? An app for every class and the addition of a computer science department were among the ideas that emerged.

* Purposeful work is a college-wide initiative built on the premise that preparing students for lives of meaningful work lies at the heart of the liberal arts mission. When fully developed it will include: (1) a co-curricular program involving cycles of exploration, reflection, and skill-building; (2) practitioner-taught courses during short term, and (3) a highly-structured 乐播传媒-specific network of internships, with the hope to guarantee every 乐播传媒 student a paid internship that is either employer- or 乐播传媒-sponsored. go back ^

Students work through a business challenge at Koru. 乐播传媒 has partnered with the Seattle-based firm in the launch of an initiative designed to give students the opportunity to hone skills needed by forward-looking, high-growth employers. (Photograph courtesy of Koru)

乐播传媒 is one of 13 colleges and universities across the nation that are founding partners in an effort to improve students’ career prospects through workplace immersion programs.

乐播传媒 President Clayton Spencer announced today that the college is partnering with the Seattle firm Koru in the launch of an initiative designed to give students the opportunity to hone skills needed by forward-looking, high-growth employers.

“Preparing students for purposeful work is central to the liberal arts mission, making this partnership particularly exciting for 乐播传媒,” says Spencer. “A liberal arts education equips our students with high-level analytical and critical thinking skills, creative approaches to problem-solving and habits of collaboration incorporating multiple perspectives.

“Preparing students for purposeful work is central to the liberal arts mission, making this partnership particularly exciting for 乐播传媒,” says President Clayton Spencer. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

“The Koru program will build on this foundation by providing hands-on experience in the workplace that will allow our students to hone a set of skills more specific to career success. Everyone wins.鈥�

Koru鈥檚 programming is designed to foster workplace effectiveness through exposure to actual work environments and the development of practical skills, professional networking and personal confidence.

Executives from high-growth companies will coach 乐播传媒 students in specific but broadly applicable skills, such as design thinking and rapid prototyping, financial analysis and Excel use and workplace efficacy, including business communications, interpersonal effectiveness and high-impact presentations.

Koru鈥檚 approach fits well with the principles and values undergirding 乐播传媒鈥� college-wide initiative on purposeful work.

Through self-assessment and interviewing sessions, they will learn to present themselves positively as job candidates. In the process, they will build a direct network of connections with professionals and with other talented students.

Koru鈥檚 approach fits well with the principles and values undergirding 乐播传媒鈥� college-wide initiative on purposeful work. Led by a working group of faculty and staff, this initiative builds on the premise that preparing students for lives of meaningful work lies at the heart of the liberal arts mission.

When the initiative is fully developed, 乐播传媒 will offer every student a four-year course of co-curricular programming including cycles of exploration, reflection and skill-building; practitioner-taught courses during the college鈥檚 five-week spring term; and a highly structured 乐播传媒-specific network of funded internships.

Koru鈥檚 programming is designed to foster workplace effectiveness through exposure to actual work environments and the development of practical skills, professional networking and personal confidence. (Photograph courtesy of Koru)

In the Koru program, students from 乐播传媒 and partner colleges will work in teams to design solutions to business problems submitted by a corporation that is actually hiring. Initial partners are outdoor outfitter REI and the online marketplace zulily. The teams will ultimately present their solutions to the company鈥檚 corporate leadership, receiving real-time feedback on their ideas and presentation skills.

The Koru program includes structured time for reflection, seen as key to the goal of harmonizing the students鈥� academic training with their experiences during the Koru immersions.

“The piece I really like is that the program focuses on high-growth, innovative companies,” adds David McDonough, director of the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center. Koru emphasizes close engagement with employers like REI, zulily, Trupanion and Smartsheet, which are seeking a better way to recruit early-career talent.

Four Koru program sessions of four weeks each are planned, taking place in Seattle in June, July and September, and in San Francisco in September. 乐播传媒 will place from six to eight students in Koru programs during June and July of this year.

The other academic partners in the program are Brown University, Colorado College, Connecticut College, Denison University, Georgetown University, Mount Holyoke College, Occidental College, Pomona College, University of Southern California, Vassar College, Whitman College and Williams College.

Koru was founded by Kristen Hamilton, former co-founder at Onvia and COO at World Learning, and Josh Jarrett, former head of Higher Education Innovation for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and consultant with McKinsey & Company. .

At the Boston office of TM Capital, where Brad Adams ’92 is a managing director, Ladd intern Zach Polich ’15 is learning what investment banking is really like.

Ladd intern Zach Polich ’15 and TM Capital managing director Brad Adams ’92 pose at TM headquarters in Boston, located on the 25th floor of Hancock Place. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

Name: Zach Polich ’15

Hometown: Westborough, Mass.

Major: Economics

Internship Sponsor: The college’s Ladd Internship Program offers 乐播传媒-funded summer internships with for-profit and nonprofit businesses that often feature alumni networking opportunities.

1. Can you describe a typical day in your office?

I take the train from Westborough into Boston and arrive in the office around 8:30 a.m. Typically I work alongside the analysts, but I鈥檝e also had the opportunity to work directly on projects for Brad Adams ’92.

Analysts’ work mainly involves performing in-depth industry research, creating both written and visual portions of pitch books for potential clients and refining confidential information memorandums or management presentations.

By the time I finish my evening run听鈥� I do cross country at 乐播传媒听鈥� and get home to Westborough it’s about 10:30.

2. How does the work you鈥檙e doing at TM Capital connect to your studies at 乐播传媒?听

I wouldn鈥檛 say the coursework I鈥檝e done in my major and minor, economics and math, correlates directly with what I do on a daily basis at TM, but many of my courses emphasize the ability to creatively position information and think abstractly, which is what this industry is all about.

Polich says an internship helps you “find a work environment that fits your personality.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

3. What are you learning about the workplace?

Before this summer, I couldn鈥檛 explain my desire to get into investment banking beyond saying 鈥淚鈥檝e read about it on Vault,” or “It sounds interesting and would fit my personality.鈥� This opportunity gave me a tangible experience that I can speak to as to why I want to pursue a career in the field.

I鈥檝e also learned the importance of workplace culture. Finding a work environment that fits your personality 鈥� rather than just chasing prestige 鈥� is an aspect of the job search that I might have overlooked had I not had this experience.

“I love it here.”

For me, the culture at TM Capital was a great fit. The environment had a collegial feel that enhanced efficiency, helping meet important project deadlines. I love it here.

Having the opportunity to work on projects alongside the analysts every day.

Working on various aspects of a deal cycle 鈥� from the initial solicitation to the closing management presentation 鈥� has not only given me a true sense of what I would work on as an analyst but also provided insight into tasks and responsibilities at all levels of management.

As a Ladd intern this summer, Shelby Sullivan ’15 contributed to the exacting work of drug development at Lexington, Mass.-based Cubist Pharmaceuticals, where Mike Bonney ’80 is CEO. Along the way, she discovered a work culture not unlike 乐播传媒’ own.

Name: Shelby Sullivan ’15

Hometown: Amesbury, Mass.

Major: Biology and English with a German language concentration

Internship Sponsor: The college’s Ladd Internship Program offers 乐播传媒-funded summer internships with for-profit and nonprofit businesses that often feature alumni networking opportunities.

Biology and English major Shelby Sullivan ’15 worked at Cubist Pharmaceuticals, based in Lexington, Mass., as a Ladd intern. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

1. What is your job?

I am an intern in clinical trial documentation, and I’ve been writing some of the appendices for two clinical study reports for Cubist drugs now in Phase 3 of their clinical trials. It’s taken up my whole summer, which is why they wanted an intern!

I’ve also created graphs and visuals to be part of the information being collected for the clinical studies.

2. What did you want from this internship?

Originally I was looking for an internship in a lab. But working in clinical trial documentation, at the very end of the drug-discovery process, means that I’ve learned the entire journey a drug takes from discovery to FDA inspection. It’s a big learning experience, about the industry itself as well as the hands-on biology and pharmaceutics.

3. Why did you pursue the Cubist internship?

The company was described as innovative and bold, and I thought that was cool. The company culture is welcoming, and everyone is extremely intelligent. The CSO [Chief Scientific Officer] says hello to me. Mike Bonney will talk to me. They don’t have an “I have no idea who that is” mentality.

It’s very much like 乐播传媒, open and welcoming, casual but professional, and the people are happy to be here.

3. Has the English major in you gotten a workout?

I didn’t think that I could incorporate biology and English, but the medical writing part of my internship has been huge. It’s a different side of English that I never thought would be useful. But the people on my team have a diverse set of college majors.

4. What has surprised you?

Without this internship, I don’t think I could ever grasp the incredible time and effort it takes to bring a drug to market.

5. What have you learned about the work world that you couldn’t have learned in a classroom?

“I always thought that my career would be in a lab doing research,” Sullivan says. “I realize now that there are so many different things I can do.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College)

Meetings!

But I feel I’ve been opened up to the world. I’m using everything I learned in the classroom, almost physically.

This is also a good experience because I don’t think you sit in a classroom and say “I want to do this,” and then just go and do it. You have to get a feel for it in the actual environment. And I’ve gotten into the environment here. I’m thought of as part of the clinical operations team, and that’s cool.

6. How have you adjusted to real-world work?

By sticking to a schedule. I work from 7:30 to 3:30, which helps with traffic. I have to be organized, and I had to commit to not really having much of a summer.

It was relatively easy transitioning because I had so much work at 乐播传媒. But you learn to balance your time: work, dinner, gym, whatever. Being at 乐播传媒 helps with that time management.

7. How is working in a Cubist cubicle?

Not that bad. The days go fast, and I enjoy it. You’re not stuck. Everything is going on around you; you can hear conversations, you go to meetings. Plus, it’s flexible here as long as you get your work done. I never think, “Ugh, I have to go to work.” I love it here.

8. What’s been most valuable?

I always thought that my career would be in a lab doing research. I realize now that there are so many different things I can do. I’ve been able to hear so many people talk about their niches at Cubist 鈥� clinical, discovery, finance, regulatory 鈥� and that has been a great learning opportunity.

9. Has the liberal arts perspective been valuable?

Absolutely. The interviewing process was long for this internship, and it was really helpful that 乐播传媒 teaches you how to speak about your academic work and present information to a variety of people. I could go into a lab and understand what’s going on, or go into the finance department and grasp what they are discussing.

There are a lot of people who have advanced training specifically in pharmaceutics, but I don’t necessarily think they have more of an advantage. They are very specific about what they want to do and in some ways what they can do. They went to school to do that one thing, which is great for them if they know what that one thing is.

I have a sense that I can do more than one thing in a place like this.

Emilie Geissinger ’14.

The Connecticut Post describes a day in the life of Emilie Geissinger ’14, a summer intern at the Marine Aquarium in Norwalk.

Besides interning at the aquarium and working as a life guard this summer (Geissinger is a varsity 乐播传媒 swimmer), she’s also working on her senior thesis in biology.

With Professor of Biology Will Ambrose as her adviser, Geissinger is investigating the eating habits of an eel-like fish called the wrymouth. To do her fieldwork, she’s made a nearly 10-hour drive to Machias, far down the coast of Maine.

Geissinger tells 乐播传媒 News that she took the aquarium internship to gain hands-on experience in marine biology.

“The skills and knowledge I have picked up here will benefit me as I continue pursuing marine biology,” she says. “I knew very little about animal husbandry before working at Maritime, so this is a major new tool for my ‘tool kit.'”

Connecticut Post reporter Tim Loh underscores the importance of internships for college students, noting that “nationwide, two out of three college students will at some point in their studies take part in an internship or cooperative education assignment, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.”

Stopping by the kid-friendly lorikeet aviary was part of intern Geissinger’s aquarium duties. Photograph courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium.

Loh opens his story with Geissinger entering an aviary housing about 50 small, brightly colored parrots known as lorikeets.

Geissinger carries a tray of nectar, and “before long, the 21-year-old had six lorikeets perched on various parts of her upper body,” writes Loh.

The sight of a bird-bedecked human attracts a little boy. As he approaches Geissinger, she eases herself down to him.

“I’m a friend to animals too,” says the boy.

“I can tell,” Geissinger replies as a bird hops over to him. “These birds have a way of knowing.”

On May 4, student athletes traded uniforms and warm-ups for khakis and sweater sets at the third annual GAME Day career development program.

GAME Day, which stands for 鈥淕aining Athletic Mentors鈥� Experience,鈥� is a collaborative effort put on by the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center, the Friends of 乐播传媒 Athletics and the Department of Athletics. At Saturday鈥檚 event, a panel of alumni shared how students can leverage their athletics experience for career success.

Matt Lopez 鈥�08 speaks to student athletes at GAME Day on May 4, 2013.

Student athletes listen to alumni speak at GAME Day on May 4, 2013.

Student athletes listen to alumni speak at GAME Day on May 4, 2013.

Jen Caban 鈥�07 speaks to student athletes at GAME Day on May 4, 2013.

Mike Ciummei 鈥�12 speaks to student athletes at GAME Day on May 4, 2013.

Michael Creedon ’15 and Jonah Greenawalt ’16 react to panelists at Beyond Intellectual Profit, a symposium on navigating diversity in the workplace. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College.

Motivational speaker and facilitator Kirk Nugent encouraged conversation between the panelists and audiences. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen/乐播传媒 College.

Sarah Davis ’10

Nate Libby 鈥�07

Julia Sleeper 鈥�08

John Jenkins 鈥�74

Biochemistry major Jessica Howard ’12 was also a three-year letterwinner on the women’s swim team who was inducted into the 乐播传媒 Scholar-Athlete Society as a senior. Photograph by Rene Minnis.

The journal Chemistry and Engineering News says Jessica Howard ’12 is a prime example of how science majors can use research internships to leverage job prospects.

A chemistry major, Howard is now a research scientist working on a drug discovery project at Albany Molecular Research Inc. in Indianapolis. She had considered graduate school, but 鈥渓oves the hands-on” aspect of work in the private sector.

Her internship, the summer before senior year, was at Cubist Pharmaceuticals (whose CEO is Mike Bonney ’80, chair of the 乐播传媒 College Board of Trustees).

鈥淚 loved my experience there 鈥� the people, the work environment, and seeing the impact of my work by producing drug candidates,鈥� .

Howard also gained lab experience at 乐播传媒, including a yearlong thesis in analytical chemistry under Dana Professor of Chemistry Tom Wenzel. 鈥淏eing able to form a relationship with a professor who knew me both in the lab and as a student, that gave me a leg up in my [job] interviews,鈥� Howard says.

She also did a CDIP job shadow through the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center with the drug-discovery company , where she was hosted by Steven Kates ’83, vice president of research.

(In fact, the National Science Foundation says that 72 percent of chemistry majors have had some research experience upon graduation, suggesting that graduate schools and employers now expect science grads to have such research experience.)

The private-sector experience at Cubist and Ischemix, coupled with her 乐播传媒 education, made her a more attractive job candidate, she explains.

鈥淚 could start working right off the bat, rather than being trained.鈥�