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A umbc student Anil Shaji (right) shaking hands with internship supervisor Rachel Hanrahan. Both are standing in front of a backdrop that has the Morgan Stanley logo in the back.

UMBC students expand skill sets, explore career opportunities with summer 2024  internships

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This summer, UMBC students have hit the ground running in exploration of possible post-graduation opportunities with internship placements across a wide range of industries and career fields that include companies such as NASA, House of Ruth, Morgan Stanley, Art with a Heart, Doordash, and more.  With the help of UMBC’s Career Center, hundreds of students have continued their educational pursuits beyond the classroom with summertime experiential learning opportunities that provide hands-on, real-world exposure to professional roles that are specific to students’ individual career interests. These students are joining a record number of Retrievers who have completed applied experience opportunities—internships, research… Continue Reading UMBC students expand skill sets, explore career opportunities with summer 2024  internships

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Growing from the unexpected—nonlinear internships surprise Retrievers with success

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Anil Shaji was pretty content going to UMBC for classes and returning to his home in Elkridge, Maryland, as soon as his academic obligations were over. Until one day, a notice on myUMBC caught his eye—the Career Center was organizing an exploratory trip to Morgan Stanley for potential interns that week. As a senior studying political science, Shaji had originally imagined a role for himself at a security agency or somewhere in politics, not a financial institution. But expanding his perspective, he stepped out of his comfort zone and thought, “Why not take the trip?”  Shaji took a UMBC bus… Continue Reading Growing from the unexpected—nonlinear internships surprise Retrievers with success

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UMBC chemical engineering student intern finds purpose giving patients hope

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A few weeks into her summer internship with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, rising senior Ortisemoyowa “Moyo” Ikomi, chemical engineering, attended an event celebrating a milestone in the company’s construction of a new drug manufacturing plant in Rockville, Maryland. During the event, the organizers played a video featuring a young girl whose seemingly terminal cancer was cured with immunotherapy drugs—the same type of drugs that would be manufactured in the new facility. “This girl was in hospice care, at home with her family who thought they might just have to wait for her life to end, and this drug gave her a… Continue Reading UMBC chemical engineering student intern finds purpose giving patients hope

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Senior Luna Siesko builds career skills at the Baltimore County Arts Guild

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For Luna Siesko ’25, a summer internship at the Baltimore County Arts Guild (BCAG) in nearby Catonsville provided a key opportunity to broaden her skills, expanding her background in social media, website posts, space management, and event planning, developing capabilities that she feels will ground her in the future. Continue Reading Senior Luna Siesko builds career skills at the Baltimore County Arts Guild

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Liz Willman uses internships to make childhood vet dreams a reality

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“What did you say?” is the phrase most likely to be heard when you’re walking the halls at Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) and the answer is most likely drowned out by a cacophony of barks, meows, and even some bird chirps. But Liz Willman wouldn’t have it any other way.  As most animal lovers do at some point in childhood, Willman decided she wanted to be a veterinarian when she grew up. But unlike most kids, it wasn’t just a phase for this rising senior. That passion for pets brought her to UMBC—where she’s pursuing a major… Continue Reading Liz Willman uses internships to make childhood vet dreams a reality

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Robert Barry ’25 returns to Greece as a summer research assistant at an archaeological field school

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“We record where each artifact is, define its features and its chronological, historical, cultural, and social contexts,” says UMBC’s Robert Barry ’25, ancient studies and visual arts. For the last seven weeks, Barry worked in a trench working in an archeological site in Greece with Michael Lane, an associate professor of ancient studies and field director “It can get complicated when there are numerous artifacts to identify, map, excavate, bag, and label.” Continue Reading Robert Barry ’25 returns to Greece as a summer research assistant at an archaeological field school

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Résumés in hand, 2,000+ hopeful and prepared Retrievers attend the 2024 Career Fair

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“We were excited to help employers develop a strong talent pipeline and diverse future workforce, shaping the leaders and innovators of tomorrow,” said Paige Bauder, associate director of employer relations and recruitment programs at UMBC, about the UMBC 2024 Spring Career Fair.  Continue Reading Résumés in hand, 2,000+ hopeful and prepared Retrievers attend the 2024 Career Fair

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Connecting the Dots

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For students pursuing experiential learning through internships, campus jobs, research, and community engagement, it’s not just about learning how to do the thing they want to do. It’s about connecting the work to the passions that brought them to UMBC in the first place. These students and alumni working in their chosen fields tell the whole picture—what hands-on learning looks like when it comes full circle. Continue Reading Connecting the Dots

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From the Soil to the Stars, Internships Take Students’ Futures to the Next Level 

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UMBC students are known for the strength of their diversity: not just in their personal backgrounds, but in the breadth of their academic interests and professional goals.  Accordingly, Retrievers’ summer 2022 internships spanned a vast array of subjects and disciplines, from history to mechanical engineering, and working in fields ranging from groundwater all the way up to outer space. The four UMBC students profiled below vividly embody this wide spectrum, but they all have two things in common. Each completed their internship before starting their junior year, and each has the same advice to new students: Visit the Career Center… Continue Reading From the Soil to the Stars, Internships Take Students’ Futures to the Next Level 

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