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HWS INTERNSHIPS

Sports Management and Marketing

Anthony Hobaica '09

From Hobart to the NFL
What’s it like to work with professional athletes and coaches? For Anthony Hobaica ’09, it’s just another day at the office. Interning this summer in the department of football operations for the Seattle Seahawks, he discovered everything that goes into managing a professional football team. Learn more >>

Sports internships keep students in the game
This summer three Hobart and William Smith students have gained access behind the scenes and learned what it takes to work in the front office of not just one professional sporting franchise, but four. Learn more >>

Asian Languages and Cultures

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Holtman returns from China  
David Holtman ’09 spent two months this summer interning at a non-governmental organization in China that provides education for children with autism. An Asian Languages and Cultures major interested in a future career in China he gained work experience Learn more >>

Media and Society/Film

Immersed in Mexican Cinema
“Only now, after working and researching in Mexico, do I truly understand the conditions of making films in Latin America,” says Felipe Estefan ’08, who interned at the Mexican Institute of Cinematography in Mexico City as one of three recipients of a 2007 Salisbury Learn more >>

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The ABCs of News Radio
When news breaks at ABC News Radio Network, Sarah Kunin '09 is at the center of the action. "I do a bit of everything here: I research stories, book interviews, and write stories," Kunin explains. "If they are interesting enough, I take them to the editors and correspondents in the newsroom." Learn more >>

HWS Students Get Film Careers in Focus
Lights! Camera! Intern! In the heart of New York City, four Hobart and William Smith students are hard at work setting up lights, operating cameras, and getting into all the action at Zoomari Films. John Heavey '09, Samantha Schraeter '09, Joshua Strenger '09 and Jonah Levy '08 are the fortunate few getting immersed in the film production process. Learn more >>

Finance

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Farrell '08 sees career in international finance
When Lindsey Farrell '08 went to Hong Kong to study last semester, she didn’t expect to find a future employer. But that's exactly what the William Smith student got after taking a trans-Pacific telephone call from a Bank of America recruiter. Learn more >>

Biology and Environmental Science

An Amazing Environment: Interning Outdoors
“My office is an incredible mountain valley, where I can get away from noise and people for hours at a time,” explains Clancy Brown ’09. “When I am walking to the lab, I will stumble across baby foxes playing, or marmots sounding their warning calls. It’s just an amazing environment.” Learn more >>

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5,000 Miles for a Dream
After graduation in the spring of 2005, Jesse Ciletti moved halfway around the world for the internship-turned-job of her dreams. “As an intern at Sea Life Park, I assisted trainers with whatever help they needed each day, helped park guests get set up for kisses with dolphins and generally watched the day-by-day Learn more >>

Art

A passion for the arts
What goes into being an art museum curator, who is responsible for creating a setting for works of art that is both educational and aesthetically pleasing? This summer, Joe Bochynski ’07 is gaining valuable insight into such a career while interning in the curatorial department of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y. Learn more >>

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Illustrating Success in Italy
“Being thrown into a new environment has been invigorating, intriguing, educational, difficult and incredibly rewarding,” says Diana Haydock ’09, a 2007 Salisbury International Stipend recipient interning in Florence, Italy, at la Stamperia Braille for Regione Toscana, a publisher of books and images for the blind. Learn more >>

History and Law

Peterson '09 interns with Brown '78 at law firm
This summer, Megan Peterson ’09 is getting a taste of what it is like to work in law, interning as a law clerk at the New York City firm of Brown Gavalas and Fromm. The firm specializes in several areas, including commercial, insurance and international law. Learn more >>

Political Science

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Hong Kong Discovery
This summer, Bridget Millard ’08 got a glimpse into the retail industry as an intern at one of the world’s largest luxury retailers, DFS Galleria Hong Kong, which specializes in selling duty-free products to international travelers. Double-majoring in political science and Asian languages Learn more >>

Public Policy

Engaging in Ethics
Fresh from a year of philosophy-intensive courses, Hannah Zale '09 began an internship in May at the SUNY Upstate Medical University, Center for Bioethics and Humanities in Syracuse, N.Y. Ever since, Zale has been showing professors there how insightful and helpful a liberal arts student can be. "There's no question that HWS has prepared me well for this experience," she says. "My bioethics courses with Assistant Professors of Philosophy Eric Barnes and Carol Oberbrunner have allowed me to really engage in what's happening in the office." Learn more >>

Education

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The Smithsonian Experience
nterning this summer at one of the most vibrant centers for learning and knowledge—the Smithsonian Institution, Emma Daley ’10, who will start in HWS’ teaching program this fall, is getting a valuable education of her own. Learn more >>

Economics and the Environment

UN-believable way to start an internship
Start your summer internship with a trip to the UN? Three HWS students jumped at the chance. Courtney Wilson '08, Adam Goldstein '08 and John Catillaz '09 are working for Professor Tom Drennen this summer, analyzing a number of economic Learn more >>