Externships
‘Another Great Lafayette Experience’
Hosting a summer internship for Natalie Cothren ’09. By Danielle De Vita ’04 Danielle De Vita ’04 is a senior account executive for Novita Communications, a public relations firm specializing in architectural design in Brooklyn, N.Y. This summer, she hosted an internship for English major Natalie Cothren ’09 (Akron, Ohio). During my sophomore year at [...]
Opening Doors for Students in the Big Apple
My experience as an internship host. By David Berliner ’83 David Berliner ’83, a partner with BDO Seidman Consulting, New York, is hosting internships for several Lafayette students this summer. Interns in BDO Consulting do not shadow any one individual consultant. Rather, they work independently or in teams on various business restructuring, bankruptcy litigation, or [...]
How Engineering and Medicine Mesh
My externship with Charles Gatt Jr. ’85, an orthopedic surgeon at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. By Carolyn Stolfi ’09 During the interim-session, Carolyn Stolfi ’09 (Chatham, N.J.) spent a week shadowing Charles Gatt Jr. ’85, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (UMDNJ-RWJ) [...]
Our Proximity Advantage: Externships in NYC – Pfizer
Amanda Nardo ’08 writes about her shadowing experience with Vince Petitto ’89, senior manager of customer operations During the interim session, Amanda Nardo ’08 (Mahopac, N.Y) spent two days with Vince Petitto ’89, senior manager of customer operations at Pfizer in New York City, as a part of the externship program offered by Career Services. [...]
For Students, an Inside Look at CNBC in New York City
Lafayette’s proximity to the media capital enables students to help stage the business network’s Executive Leadership Awards program Students experienced the power of Lafayette’s proximity to New York City, the world’s media capital, in a two-day internship at CNBC. Our Proximity Advantage: New York City internships and externships are a part of the unique Lafayette [...]
Our Proximity Advantage: Externships in New York City
During winter break, 74 students shadowed alumni and parents at ESPN, ABC News World News, The New York Times, CNN Headline News, and many others During January’s interim session, 74 students participated in externships at 39 business firms, government agencies, and other organizations in nearby New York City. Lafayette alumni and parents hosted the students [...]
Practicing Law
My externship with attorney John J. Curley ’P09. By Robyn Matchett ’09 During the winter session, government & law major Robyn Matchett ’09 (Sparta, N.J.) worked as an extern with John J. Curley ’P09, an attorney with John J. Curley LLC in Jersey City, N.J. Matchett is a member of the women’s softball team. During [...]
Richard Osifchin ’86 Shares His Experience with Martha Were ’09
Director of global pharmaceutical commercialization at Merck hosted an interim-session externship Richard Osifchin ’86 is the director of global pharmaceutical commercialization at Merck&Co, Inc. in Rahway, N.J. Over the January interim session, he served as an externship host for Martha Were ’09 (Kampala, Uganda), who is majoring in chemical engineering, as a part of an [...]
Martha Were ’09 Explores Chemical Engineering in the Pharmaceutical Industry
She served an externship with Richard Osifchin ’86, director of global pharmaceutical commercialization at Merck During the interim session, chemical engineering major Martha Were ’09 (Kampala, Uganda) spent three days with Richard Osifchin ’86, director of global pharmaceutical commercialization at Merck, as a part of the program offered by Career Services. The following is a [...]
Jill Carey ’09 Encounters the Fast-Paced World of Investment Banking
She discusses her experiences during an externship at Goldman Sachs with alumna Dara Brown ’97 Jill Carey ’09 (Sparta, N.J.) is a double major in English and economics & business. She recently received a real-world taste of some of the career possibilities that exist for her during an externship hosted by Dara Brown ’97, vice [...]
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