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Fall 2009 • Volume 15, Issue 4

Learning the ropes

PAUL BENARIO ’11, (Naperville)
Business Management Information Systems major
Kellogg Co. (Oak Brook)
account administration

By ABBY WILSON ’10

From hanging out with Tony the Tiger to acting at the whim of a child’s imagination, from being the first to see manuscripts that will be published, to cataloguing information about Watergate, Bradley students lived across the nation this summer, applying skills they learned in the classroom at various internships. Sixteen of those students shared their experiences in “Journals from the Road,” a blog on Bradley’s Web site that allows faculty, staff, and students to share their stories as they travel.

More than 350 Bradley students registered internships with the Smith Career Center’s Bill and Marjorie Springer Center for Excellence in Internships this summer, and the Career Center expected to hear from more when the school year began. Students from all five colleges, as well as the Graduate School, interned at companies ranging from the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum to Atlantic Records.

Summer internships Visit explore.bradley.edu/journalsfromtheroad to read about these students’ experiences and more.
DUSTIN ELKIN ’10, (Peoria) Electronic Media major Peoria Chiefs production Read “Internship takes him out to the ball game”	JEREMY BEHRENS ’10, (Ottawa) Theatre Performance/Secondary English Ed. major Seattle Children’s Theatre educational programs Read “Nothing short of magic”
ABBY WILSON ’10, (Peoria) English major Campus Crusade for Christ (Indianapolis) writer Read “Making an impact on 3 million students”	DAN PFEIFFER ’10, (Arlington Heights) Interactive Media major Campus Crusade for Christ (Indianapolis) video editor and Web designer
LUNETA LIMBRICK ’10, (Houston, Tex.) Industrial Engineering major John Deere (Des Moines) manufacturing engineer Read “Rolling up her sleeves to learn about the product”	D.J. PIEHOWSKI ’10, (Genoa) Journalism major Golfweek (Orlando) editorial department Read “Improving his writing skills (and golf game)”
CORRIE BRITE ’10, (Pekin) Political Science and History major Nixon Library and Museum (Yorba Linda, Calif.) video cataloguer Read “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”	MELISSA WAHL ’10, (Wheaton) English and Spanish major Simon & Schuster (Manhattan) children’s division Read “Going big in Manhattan”
LEAH MORAN ’10, (West Dundee) Advertising major Starcom MediaVest Group (Chicago) media planning Read “Working with Mags in The PAG”	ALEX MAYSTER ’10, (Chicago) Journalism major Chicago Tribune sports department Read “Excited to enter the business”
DANIEL SHORE ’09, (Granville) Psychology and Electronic Media major ESPN Radio (Chicago) baseball reporter	BRIAN LITWIN ’11, (Buffalo Grove) Music Business major Atlantic Records (New York City) artist development Read “Managing musicians in the Big Apple”
BURKE BLANKEN ’10, (Downers Grove) Public Relations major CBS 2 (Chicago) public affairs Read “Never a dull day as public affairs intern at CBS 2”	RACHEL ALTMAN, MA ’10, shown with actor Chris Pine (Granville) English grad student The WordTheatre (Calif.) researcher Read “What’s the Word?”
JEN DURHAM ’10, Organizational Communication major Sutter’s Mill Fund Raising & Strategy (Washington, D.C.) fundraising coordinator Read “Falling in love with the nation’s capital”	SAM MANGIERI ’11, (Abingdon, Ill.) Advertising major Chicago Bears training camp Read “Camping with the Bears”

Summer internships