Do you want to take your work experience to the next level? That’s exactly what Alondra Ramos-Herrera did when she took the chance on CDE’s Summer Internship Clinic. Alondra spent a lot of her college career working management-level positions at stores such as Rue 21, Aldo, and Garage. After working retail job after retail job,Continue reading “Matching Skill with Passion – Profile on Alondra Ramos-Herrera”
Category Archives: Summer Clinic Internship
The Career Advice You Didn’t Know You Needed
Welcome! This week, our interns had the pleasure of listening to panel speakers Thomas Lipscomb, Shaina Bertrang and Sam Chusiano talk about their experiences with start-ups and what they learned along the way. Tom is the Vice President of Sales for PassiveBolt, the designers of smart locks for your house. Shaina works for LawnGuru, a companyContinue reading “The Career Advice You Didn’t Know You Needed”
Gain Confidence at the CDE Summer Clinic
Sasha Brown is a CDE Summer Clinic 2019 Intern with Shoptelligence. She is currently completing her Master’s of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications at Eastern Michigan University. Sasha completed her undergraduate degree December 2018. She stumbled upon the CDE Summer Clinic Internship via an email from Eastern Michigan University sometime March. Three months after graduating,Continue reading “Gain Confidence at the CDE Summer Clinic”
Student Intern Spotlight: Autumn Chall
The Center for Digital Engagement Summer Clinic is an internship for students of all majors and degrees. Autumn Chall, a CDE Clinic 2019 Intern, demonstrates how her unique psychology background has helped her participate in her internship at Ripple Science. According to RippleScience.com, Ripple is a web-based software for CROs, Principal Investigators and Project Coordinators. AutumnContinue reading “Student Intern Spotlight: Autumn Chall”
Choosing the Perfect Internship for You
Are you a college student or recent graduate looking to gain real-world experience in your career field? The Center for Digital Engagement at EMU wants to help connect you with the perfect internship for your career. 1. Career Goals. What is your dream job? Identify your ultimate dream job, don’t hold back! Plenty of peopleContinue reading “Choosing the Perfect Internship for You”
How to Get Hired | Zoe Lindsey of Duo Security
Zoe Lindsey of Duo Security stopped by Ann Arbor Spark Headquarters to share some nuggets of wisdom with 2019 Clinic Interns. As a recruiter at Duo, Zoe knows a good resume from a medicore one and a really bad one doesn’t even make it into her hands. (kidding, they do) Zoe doesn’t like bad resumesContinue reading “How to Get Hired | Zoe Lindsey of Duo Security”
Spotlight on: Alumna Gabrielle Miller
Gabrielle Miller graduated from Eastern Michigan University in December 2018 with a major in Communication and a minor in Marketing. While in school, Miller was President of the Multicultural Greek Council, Vice President of Zeta Sigma Chi, and held numerous other volunteer positions. She also worked as a Marketing Communications Coordinator at the Student CenterContinue reading “Spotlight on: Alumna Gabrielle Miller”
Professional Development 101: Business Cards for Networking Events
As part of the Center for Digital Engagement Digital Clinic, participants experience a host of fantastic networking opportunities. From panels with alumni, to mixers, to professional networking events and constant enhancement of web presence, participants gain a wide breadth of professional development in just nine short weeks with the hopes of launching a successful career.Continue reading “Professional Development 101: Business Cards for Networking Events”
Less Than One Week Left! Apply Now to the Digital Summer Clinic Internship
Work with a high tech startup in the Ann Arbor SPARK incubator and earn $15/hour. Start your career in digital. Join past graduates who have gone on to work at Google, General Motors, Zingerman’s, iProspect, Career Now Brands, and other job market leaders. The deadline is April 30. Apply before time runs out.The internship is for 10 hours per week, running from JuneContinue reading “Less Than One Week Left! Apply Now to the Digital Summer Clinic Internship”
Less Than Two Weeks Left! Apply Now to the Digital Summer Clinic Internship
Work with a high tech startup in the Ann Arbor SPARK incubator and earn $15/hour. Start your career in digital. Join past graduates who have gone on to work at Google, General Motors, Zingerman’s, iProspect, Career Now Brands, and other job market leaders. The deadline is April 30. Apply before time runs out.The internship is for 10 hours per week,Continue reading “Less Than Two Weeks Left! Apply Now to the Digital Summer Clinic Internship”
The Summer Clinic Internship Information Session
The Center for Digital Engagement Summer Clinic Internship We welcome college students and recent grads to join us for the information session on our annual summer clinic internship program. Today, March 12 at 4 p.m. in Room 114 of EMU’s College of Business. TechStak and TrueJob will attend to speak about their experience working withContinue reading “The Summer Clinic Internship Information Session”
Announcing the 2019 Summer Clinic Internship
We’re pleased to announce the 2019 CDE Summer Clinic Internship. This is a paid internship for 10 hours per week, running from mid-June through mid-August. Compensation is $15/hour. Applications will open March 12 and close April 30. This year we we will have up to 48 positions available. Interns will work in teams of twoContinue reading “Announcing the 2019 Summer Clinic Internship”
Winter 2019 Events
We are proud to present the Center for Digital Engagement winter 2019 events. March 8th, CDE is hosting a Google Ann Arbor Tour for EMU students. March 12th, Kicking off the CDE Summer Clinic Internship program. Presentations from the founders of True Job and TechStak, past Clinic interns, and CDE Director Bud Gibson. March 26th,Continue reading “Winter 2019 Events”
Where Are They Now: Camren Clouthier
Camren Clouthier, student of Eastern Michigan University graduating April 2019. While in the Digital Summer Clinic with Center for Digital Engagement, Cameren was a photographer and videographer intern with Breadcrumb Insights. About Breadcrumb Insights: Breadcrumb analyzes millions of actual consumer decision patterns online. Using big data and predictive analytics, the system identifies and evaluates hundreds ofContinue reading “Where Are They Now: Camren Clouthier”
The Digital Marketing Workshop: Student Session
Left to right; Nicholas Woods, Joseph Challender, Adam Panek, Madeline Reinbolt, Mark Rosiek, Alondra Ramos-Herrera, Gabrielle Miller, Bryanna Gardner, Molly Boychuk, Zvezda Deuling, Samantha Blovits, Nathan R Baines, Toria Beckum, and Steven Zarbo. November 16, 2018, Center for Digital Engagement hosted The Digital Marketing Workshop. During the coffee break between panels, this year’s past summer internsContinue reading “The Digital Marketing Workshop: Student Session”
Where Are They Now: Nick Woods
Nicholas Woods, student of Eastern Michigan University graduating December 2018 with a business degree in marketing. While in the Digital Summer Clinic with Center for Digital Engagement, Nick was a marketing intern with Genomenon, Inc. About Genomenon: Ann Arbor based company developed from the University of Michigan by Dr. Mark Kiel. This is the world’sContinue reading “Where Are They Now: Nick Woods”
Where Are They Now 2018: Zvezda Deuling
To hear more stories like this and interact with companies such as Zingerman’s, Duo Security, Pinterest, Domino’s, Google, and more please join us, Friday, November 16, for The Digital Marketing Workshop! Register by October 31 with the code Early for a $10 discount. Zvezda Deuling, graduate of Eastern Michigan University focusing on marketing and communications. While in the Digital Summer Clinic with CenterContinue reading “Where Are They Now 2018: Zvezda Deuling”
Where Are They Now 2018: Alondra Ramos-Herrera
To hear more stories like this and interact with companies such as Zingerman’s, Duo Security, Pinterest, Domino’s, Google, and more please join us, Friday, November 16, for The Digital Marketing Workshop! Register by October 31 with the code Early for a $10 discount. Alondra Ramos-Herrera, student at Eastern Michigan University. She is a senior Majoring in International BusinessContinue reading “Where Are They Now 2018: Alondra Ramos-Herrera”
Where Are They Now 2018: Gabrielle Miller
To hear more stories like this and interact with companies such as Zingerman’s, Duo Security, Pinterest, Domino’s, Google, and more please join us, Friday, November 16, for The Digital Marketing Workshop! Register by October 31 with the code Early for a $10 discount. Gabrielle Miller, student at Eastern Michigan University. She is a senior Majoring in Communications with a minor in Marketing graduatingContinue reading “Where Are They Now 2018: Gabrielle Miller”
CDE Partnerships: Intern Talent Acquisition
Hiring the right candidate is like getting 40 percent of the job done before it even begins. In the world of tech startups, talent acquisition is one of the top challenges entrepreneurs face. Startups function more like a family than a group of coworkers. That means a new hire’s requirements go beyond a resume orContinue reading “CDE Partnerships: Intern Talent Acquisition”
Toria’s Summer Internship Experience
One of the main reasons the Center for Digital Engagement continues to grow the summer clinic is to watch students gain insight and experience for jobs in the SE Michigan area. For the students to gain their CDE/SPARK Digital Media Certificate, they must complete an 80 hour internship with a local startup, attend weekly panelContinue reading “Toria’s Summer Internship Experience”
Digital Marketing: The Role of Paid Media
Today’s world of digital marketing is made up of dozens of specialized niches. Content creation, social media, publicity, partnerships, SEO and one of the largest components: paid media. Paid media contains everything from pay per click ad campaigns to sponsored Tweets. This new and ever changing piece of the digital marketing pie can be overwhelming.Continue reading “Digital Marketing: The Role of Paid Media”
Mi Padrino’s Experience Working With CDE Interns
Internships are an amazing opportunity for students to gain real world experience in their desired field. Time and time again, the Center for Digital Engagement’s interns shared with us that they “don’t just get coffee.” Interns tackle digital marketing projects spanning from paid ad campaigns to filming video content to developing wireframes for web pages,Continue reading “Mi Padrino’s Experience Working With CDE Interns”
Startups: The Founder’s Perspective
Have you ever wondered the challenges and surprises that come with a startup venture? What makes a person finally take the leap to create their startup company? We sat down with Nicol Pasuit (Founder and CEO of TechStak), Molly McFarland (One of the Founder’s and Chief Revenue Officer for Ad Adapted), and Nestor Lopez-Duran (Co-founderContinue reading “Startups: The Founder’s Perspective”
How Will the CDE’s Summer Clinic Help You?
After students go through our summer “clinic internship” we tend to measure their success on how it has helped them in their career. Today, we are looking back at one of our previous interns to see just how the clinic assisted him! Last week, we had an interview with Brandon Lazovic. Brandon is a districtContinue reading “How Will the CDE’s Summer Clinic Help You?”
The Power of Three: Get Noticed by Recruiters
Yesterday, we were happy to host two recruiters at a weekly panel discussion for the summer interns. The panel topic discussed was getting yourself noticed by recruiters. Our guests were Michael Kieran, Executive Recruiter at Duo Security, andSteve Lowisz, CEO of Qualigence. We started the conversation with some laughs and thought-provoking questions.One thing both professionalsContinue reading “The Power of Three: Get Noticed by Recruiters”
Artificial Intelligence Startups: Derq & Shoptelligence
For many people, artificial intelligence lives purely in the realm of science fiction. However, artificial intelligence is already all around us. Every time you type something into your GPS, your search engine autocorrects, or your Netflix account predicts what shows you’ll want to watch next, you are using artificial intelligence. We had two AI startupsContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence Startups: Derq & Shoptelligence”
Finding A Career in Digital Marketing: Insights from Digital Marketing Professionals
The Center for Digital Engagement hosted yet another amazing panel discussion for the current interns this summer that was focused on finding a career in digital marketing. Digital marketing has become a highly diverse field that is changing the way companies do business. Companies must learn to tailor their strategies in order to reach theirContinue reading “Finding A Career in Digital Marketing: Insights from Digital Marketing Professionals”
What our Past Interns had to say about the CDE Experience
The Center for Digital Engagement hosted a panel discussion where previous interns had the opportunity to discuss their experiences in the clinic. Four talented alumni sat on the panel and discussed their reasons for pursuing an internship with the Center for Digital Engagement and Ann Arbor SPARK,the challenges and surprises they encountered throughout their internship,Continue reading “What our Past Interns had to say about the CDE Experience”
Apply for the 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship
We are actively recruiting for the 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship. The internship is for 10 hours per week and will run from June 18 through August 15. Pay is $15/hour. Up to 24 positions are available.Interns will work in teams of two for companies housed in Ann Arbor SPARK‘s high tech incubator. Projects vary yearContinue reading “Apply for the 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship”
Announcing the 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship
We’re pleased to announce our 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship. The internship is for 10 hours per week and will run from mid June through the end of August. Pay is $15/hour. Up to 24 positions are available. Interns will work in teams of two for companies housed in Ann Arbor SPARK‘s high tech incubator.Continue reading “Announcing the 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship”
Where Are The Interns Now: Three Months After Clinic End
The Digital Summer Clinic ended in mid August, but our former interns haven’t stopped exploring the world of digital marketing! Throughout the Summer Clinic, students learned and implemented several aspects of digital marketing through the startup company they worked for as well as their own personal blogs and LinkedIn profiles. Putting digital marketing into practiceContinue reading “Where Are The Interns Now: Three Months After Clinic End”
Wrapping Up The Digital Summer Clinic!
Our interns have learned a lot this summer! Here’s what they had to say about their unique opportunity in the Digital Summer Clinic! Nick Staroba – TrueJob Nick said, “Having this internship helped me learn that I’m at the point in my life where I should be operating my own company.” Nick will be continuingContinue reading “Wrapping Up The Digital Summer Clinic!”
Our internship program was featured in an article by Second Wave Media! Read more about how we’re pairing students with startups for a mutually beneficial relationship! “Summer internship program pairs students with local startups, expert mentors”
3 Things to Help Launch Your Career
Last week, Amy Cell from Amy Cell Talent spoke to our interns about how to utilize your previous experiences to position yourself for your next work opportunity. Your Fit Obtaining a job that you like to do is important for job satisfaction. Amy says that the first step to finding the career of your dreamsContinue reading “3 Things to Help Launch Your Career”
How a Frustrating Job Search Led to TrueJob
Scott Goci, Co-Founder at TrueJob, Inc., spoke to our interns about how he turned his frustrations with the job hunt into his startup company. In 2009, Scott graduated with a degree in psychology during one of the worst recessions American has ever seen and began looking for a job, not knowing where he wanted toContinue reading “How a Frustrating Job Search Led to TrueJob”
How to get Noticed and Hired on LinkedIn
Last week at the Digital Summer Clinic meeting, Jasmine Burns, senior recruiter at Duo Security, talked to our students about the importance of a professional and up to date LinkedIn profile! Jasmine says your LinkedIn profile is like a walking resume. “Your profile is your living and breathing resume. Build your profile out thoroughly andContinue reading “How to get Noticed and Hired on LinkedIn”
The Digital Summer Clinic Experience
An inside look from our current interns at what it’s like to be a paid intern through the Digital Summer Clinic! “I love my company and I love being in this internship because I really feel apart of the company and that we are actually making a difference. I’ve had an amazing experience with thisContinue reading “The Digital Summer Clinic Experience”
Starting a Startup
Have you ever had a great idea that can improve someone’s life? What about a new tool that can save people or businesses time and money? Most startup entrepreneurs have a brilliant idea and Jeff Mason is no exception. Jeff created Groundspeed Analytics to help thousands of business grow their bottom line through automated dataContinue reading “Starting a Startup”
The Entrepreneurial Drive
Joe Nashif and Cash Butler Being a successful entrepreneur takes a lot of drive, determination, passion and know how, all of which Cash Butler, founder of Clarilegal, and Joe Nashif, CEO of US-Mattress.com, have. Cash Butler Cash started out in the banking industry during college where he managed data centers and ATMs. It was anContinue reading “The Entrepreneurial Drive”
Launching Your Career in Digital
So, you want to work in digital? The Center for Digital Engagement can help! The clinic recently had a panel of three guests with extensive digital experiences answer questions from panel moderator Kim Brown and talk with the class about launching their career in digital. Read more about our guest speakers in our Meet theContinue reading “Launching Your Career in Digital”
Meet the Speakers: Launching Your Career in Digital Panel
Meet the speakers of our recent clinic meeting and be sure to check out the meeting recap to hear about their experiences in digital marketing and how they got to where they are today! Moderator – Kim Brown Kim Brown attended Eastern Michigan University, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and English. After graduation inContinue reading “Meet the Speakers: Launching Your Career in Digital Panel”
The Tale of Interns Past
We sat down with four of our previous interns and asked them a few questions about their experiences in the clinic! How did you become an intern with the Center for Digital Engagement and Ann Arbor SPARK? Chris: I was getting ready to graduate and didn’t really have anything lined up, job wise. My momContinue reading “The Tale of Interns Past”
Meet the Speakers: The Tale of Interns Past
Meet the speakers of our recent clinic meeting and be sure to check out the meeting recap to hear about their experiences in the internship program! Chris Davis Chris Davis grew up in Michigan and received a scholarship from Ohio State, where he majored in New Media and Communication Technology and minored in Business. After graduation in 2016,Continue reading “Meet the Speakers: The Tale of Interns Past”
Digital Summer Clinic Internships with Ann Arbor SPARK and the Center for Digital Engagement
The Center for Digital Engagement and Ann Arbor SPARK are offering up to 20 part-time, paid digital clinic internships this summer for EMU students. As described on our application page, we are seeking students from a variety of majors including CIS, Marketing, SCM, and PR. All clinic projects are multidisciplinary, requiring a mix of talents.WeContinue reading “Digital Summer Clinic Internships with Ann Arbor SPARK and the Center for Digital Engagement”
Introducing Chad Wiebesick, Executive In Residence
We sat down with Chad Wiebesick, the inaugural Executive in Residence for Eastern Michigan University’s Center for Digital Engagement. Chad is the head of social media for the award-winning Pure Michigan campaign and has been working with EMU for a number of years on the Search MarketingWorkshop. We talked with him to learn more aboutContinue reading “Introducing Chad Wiebesick, Executive In Residence”