Internships

Mar 22, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz

Students and Alumni Connect with Employers at Fair

More than 200 students and alumni came poised to make an impression at Arcadia University’s 2013 Spring Internship and Career Fair on March 5. Résumés ready, pitches polished, they met and mingled with representatives from the nearly 40 businesses and non-profit organizations looking to fill...

Feb 14, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz

Comcast NewsMakers: Public Health Student Develops Equine Therapy Program

Dene Mitchel ’13M, a graduate student in Arcadia’s Master of Public Health program, was featured on Comcast NewsMakers recently with host Jill Horner. She discussed an equine therapy program she created with Sebastian Riding Associates for children suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (...

Matt Morris ’13M, left, will present a poster at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association with Dr. Michael Morrow, second from right.

Jan 31, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz

Morris ’13M Lands Job in the Field within First Year of Study

By SARAH R. SCHWARTZ ’10 Photography JOSH BLUSTEIN Most counseling psychology students have to wait till their final year of graduate school to get practical experience in a counseling setting. However, Matt Morris ’13M, a student in Arcadia University’s master’s degree program in Counseling...

Michael Stackhouse ’13 is researching Low-Impact Developments (LID), a land-planning and engineering design approach to managing storm water runoff, in Philadelphia.

Jan 27, 2013 • Sarah Schwartz

Business Major Lands Job Following Internship in Australia

When planning your future, sometimes it’s better to put it in writing. Entering his junior year, Business major Michael Stackhouse ’13 was interested in economics but only held a vague idea of the sort of career he might pursue. It wasn’t until he was crafting a cover letter for Arcadia's Sydney...

Mitchell Cohen ’12 transferred credits on the way to a bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Arcadia Arcadia.

Dec 12, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Business Major Discovers Drive to Perform at Top Level

By SARAH R. SCHWARTZ ’10 Photography JORDAN RICHARDS ’15 Mitchell Cohen ’12, assistant bid coordinator for Benjamin Foods, approaches his goals the way he approaches a ladder: It’s one foot after another, one rung at a time until he reaches the destination. Simple enough. But when the first few...

Dec 10, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Liu ’12M Makes Seamless Transition into Genetic Counseling Profession

While completing a master's degree in Genetic Counseling at Arcadia University, Hongbin Liu ’12M leveraged her expertise in biomedical research to seize valuable internships, which helped her transition to a new professional community and complete a career change. With guidance from Arcadia’s...

Dozens of employers set up shop at the Career and Internship Fair.

Nov 8, 2012 • Purnell Cropper

Students Pitch Potential Employers at Career and Internship Fair

By JEN RETTER ’16 Photography PEDRO LEAL ’13 Tables scattered with pamphlets, business cards and souvenirs filled the Commons Great Room on Oct 23. Dressed to impress, students arrived at the Internship and Career Fair hoping to discover interesting occupations and possibly meet a future employer...

Oct 17, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Heifer International: Arcadia Delegates Travel to Sierra Leone to Discuss Future Programs

Heifer International recently featured a story on Arcadia University delegates who visited Heifer Sierra Leone to build upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 2009 to provide post-graduate internship opportunities to Arcadia students. The group included Warren Haffar, Dean of...

Jayson Flores addresses students attending the Career Education mixer.

Oct 5, 2012 • Purnell Cropper

Mixer Offers New Students Path to Major, Career

The student-run event connected freshmen to Career Education staff and services. By JEN RETTER ’16 Photography KARA WRIGHT ’14 As students attending the Career Education Mixer sank comfortably into the Stein Fireplace Lounge's patterned chairs, Jayson Flores ’14 offered an energetic greeting and a...

Sep 11, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Biology Major Wins Award, Meets Nobel Laureate at Sigma Xi Conference

Sneha Thomas ’13, a Biology major with a Pre-Med concentration, won second place and received a Certificate of Award for the Excellence at the Northeastern Sigma Xi Research Symposium in April for her ongoing research examining oviposition preferences in the Asian tiger mosquito with Associate...

Aug 3, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Craik, Readinger, Tomlinson Attend APTA Task Force for Internship Development

Dr. Rebecca Craik, Professor and Chair of Physical Therapy, Dr. Janet Readinger, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education, and Dr. Susan Tomlinson, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, attended a task force meeting held by the Private Practice...

Jul 28, 2012 • Sarah Schwartz

Elrick ’11M Pursues Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Communication and Information Design

Kathy Elrick ’11M was accepted to Clemson University’s Rhetoric, Communication and Information Design (RCID) Ph.D. program. She plans to teach on the University level, hoping to help students of all disciplines learn essential skills. “To succeed in anything, you have to figure out how to make an...