Hello! My name is Katharine Walker, I am a senior at Chapman University majoring in Strategic and Corporate Communication, minoring in business and economics, and I interned at Rentokil North America during the Spring 2021 semester. During my journey of finding an internship for my final semester of college, I utilized a lot of online
This past March everyone was sent home from Chapman and the world was ordered to shelter-in-place, leaving schools silent, workplaces empty, and businesses struggling. With companies shutting down and businesses refocusing their efforts, my goal of finding an internship for the summer of my sophomore year seemed near impossible. Still, I took to the internet
This semester, I completed my Communication Studies internship as a Social Media Marketing Intern at La Meno Jewelry. I started working in-office at their MainPlace Mall location in February, and my internship became remote by mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This internship helped me gain valuable experience in many facets of social media marketing,
Hi Panthers! My name is Halenne Duran, and I am a senior graduating in the Fall of 2021. I am a Communication Studies major with a themed inquiry in Business and Economics. This summer I worked as a communications and marketing intern at the Santiago Retreat Center (SRC) located in Silverado, California. More specifically, my
The “new normal.” The pandemic. Whichever way you spin it, COVID-19 was the start of something incredibly bewildering in all aspects. It distorted all notions of time and the concepts of space (even now, I still have trouble telling myself what day it is or what month I’m in currently). It started the various craze
Hello! My name is Brittany Ramelow, and I am graduating in the spring of 2022. My major is Strategic and Corporate Communication, with a minor in Leadership Studies. During the summer of 2021, I was a communication intern at the OC Fair and Event Center. My primary responsibilities varied based on the month. During the
Hi everyone! My name is Olivia Caliendo and I am a graduating senior majoring in Strategic and Corporate Communication and minoring in Law and Social Control. A transfer student, I can’t believe my time at Chapman is soon coming to an end. However, I am so grateful for all that Chapman has set me up
Though my summer internship was not how I expected it to go due to COVID-19, I was shocked by how much I was able to experience and learn in a purely online environment. My name is Naomi Sachs, and I am a senior Strategic and Corporate Communication major with a double minor in Entrepreneurship and
When I first heard we weren’t going to have school for the rest of spring term early March, one of the first things that crossed my mind was the potential loss of an internship, or not being able to find one at all. As weeks passed, all of the potential companies I wanted an internship
Hello! My name is Jillian Morris, and I’m currently a junior Communication Studies major at Chapman University. Despite the year 2020 coming with many unexpected twists and turns, I can proudly say I’ve found a great amount of direction when it comes to my career. After adding my two minors in English and Japanese, I