Let us celebrate you! It’s almost time for the 2019 #hired and #gradschoolbound campaigns. We want to celebrate you and your amazing summer internship, post-grad position, or grad school acceptance. Want to be featured? Shoot us an email or a Facebook message letting us know. (Psst…you can nominate friends, too!) Working hard, but not hired yet? Don’t panic – be…
It’s finally that time – we’ve concluded #HIRED and #GRADSCHOOLBOUND 2018. We hope you enjoyed the campaign, celebrated your friends, and maybe even got some good advice along the way. Huge congratulations to everyone, featured here or not, with amazing plans for the summer and beyond! If you have summer or post-grad plans you’d like…
After graduation, Anna will move to Boston, Massachusetts to begin earning her Master of Science at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. I wanted to study at Harvard because they have a strong model development and research methods program, and because of the opportunity to work with other research and medical institutions in…
Finishing the #gradschoolbound campaign with a bang, we want to offer so many congratulations to Jared Russell ’18, who has received Anne Wexler Master’s in Public Policy Award through the Australian-American Fulbright Commission. The award covers a two-year master’s degree in a field related to public interest, and includes full tuition, travel, and research stipends.…
After graduation, Robin is headed to Fordham University to pursue a Master of Science in Business Analytics. I am hoping to learn about how data analytics plays a major role in today’s business world. My advice to CC students thinking about grad school is that CC has a strong reputation among grad school and Ph.D.…
After graduating, Jenelle is headed to the University of Illinois to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry. I am excited to TA, take more advanced classes, and participate in research. My advice to students thinking about grad school is to start the application process early! Congratulations, Jenelle! If you want to be featured with #hired or…
After graduating, Maddie is headed to the University of Austin to earn her Ph.D. in Astronomy. I am excited about the research I will be doing with Prof. Keith Hawkins, studying hypervelocity stars and stellar evolution. My advice for students thinking about grad school: I think that a lot of students don’t know that Ph.D…
After graduating, David will move to Ontario, Canada to begin his Master of Mathematics in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. I am excited to get the opportunity to attend and be in the atmosphere of one of the top computer science schools in the world. I am looking forward to broaden my computer…
After graduation, Aiyu will move to New Jersey to begin her PhD program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. I am hoping to learn more on theoretical ecology to understand global vegetational pattern formation under climate change, especially alpine plant responses to wild fire. I am also hoping to understand the global carbon…
After graduating, Wynter will move to Nashville to earn her JD at Vanderbilt University Law School. I am hoping to be challenged to think of solutions to problems posed by the current legal system by some of the greatest intellectual minds in the country. I am also hoping to receive a federal clerkship and/or to…
After finishing up her position as CC’s Physics paraprofessional, Zoe will head to the University of California, Los Angeles, to begin earning her Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. She will be monitoring the fluorescence emitted by plants to better understand CO2 uptake in a changing climate. I am incredibly excited about this opportunity for…
After graduating, Chris will head to Denver to begin earning his JD at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to continue my education at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. I am very blessed to have been admitted, and I believe that law…
After a year doing research in CC’s Molecular Biology department, Caroline is headed to the University of California – Berkeley to begin her PhD in Microbiology. I did not know when I came to CC that I would like biological research, but now I know that I love it. I am excited to have the…
After graduation, Laurelle will move to Cincinnati to begin her Master of Health Services Administration at Xavier University. I’m excited about this opportunity because I finally get to learn in depth about the field I am passionate about. The field of Health Administration is mostly dominated by white men so as the immigrant black queen…
After graduating, Austin will head to the University of Notre Dame in in South Bend, Indiana to pursue a Master’s of Science in Global Health. I am excited to learn how to address health problems endemic to the global poor. I am excited to make connections between classroom training in global health topics and the…
Let us celebrate you! It’s almost time for the 2018 #hired campaign – and our brand-new #gradschoolbound campaign, too. We want to celebrate you and your amazing summer internship, post-grad position, or grad school acceptance. Want to be featured? Shoot us an email or a Facebook message letting us know. Working hard, but not hired yet? Don’t panic – be…
In October, Nick will start work as a Software Engineer at Google’s campus in Boulder, Colorado. I’m excited to work in a team and to try to write software that makes the world a more ethical and inclusive place. If I had any advice, it would be to spend some time polishing up and then…
After graduation, Sam will move to Cincinnati to begin working as a General Technician and Assistant Supervisor for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. I chose this position to continue my love for technology and the performing arts, in correlation with my IDM in Technical Performance. I look forward to starting my career in a brand-new city…
Nick is a junior astrophysics major and computer science minor. This summer, he’ll complete an REU (research experience for undergrads) at Cornell University. His job this summer will involve analyzing data collected by the Cassini spacecraft on the atmosphere of Saturn and its moons and on Saturn’s rings. I am excited about this opportunity because…
After graduation, Quinn will begin work as the Psychology and Neuroscience Paraprofessional here at CC. Science did not always come easily to me; in fact, I really struggled at the beginning. I considered quitting and pursuing something less challenging and also less “me.” Luckily though, I had mentors who REALLY believed in me, and believed…
After graduation, Anna will begin her tenure as a Public Affairs Fellow with the Coro Fellows program in St. Louis, Missouri. I am excited about this opportunity because it’s akin to real-life grad school in that I will constantly be doing experiential learning, challenging myself, and receiving feedback, but in professional situations instead of academic.…
After graduation, Jeremy will take on a role as a Trip Leader for Backroads Active Travel Company, and will lead hiking and cycling trips around the world. I am excited to travel to new places, learn new languages, and put the leadership skills I learned during college into practice, while having a really fun time…
This summer, Sophie will be a research assistant with DAAD Germany in Münster, Germany, where she’ll be modeling carbon sequestration in aquatic habitats. I’m excited about this opportunity because past jobs and classes have all pointed me in the direction of modeling environmental processes, so I finally get the chance to do specifically that. I…
This summer, Michaela will head to New York City work as a production and design intern for Sarah Flint Shoes. “I am unbelievably excited to intern for Sarah Flint this summer. Sarah is a phenomenal luxury shoe designer, and I’m so grateful to be able to work for her. I am going to be given…
This summer, Sophia will be working for Ball Corporation as a Project Delivery Services Intern in Broomfield, Colorado. She will be working with the business side of food packaging. “I’m really excited to gain some work experience. I’ve had jobs working in kitchens at restaurants and I have coached hockey camps over the summers.…
After graduating, John will move to San Francisco to begin his position as a Research Analyst in the Regulation and Energy Markets division at the Brattle Group. I’m excited about this opportunity to build my technical skills in economics and data analytics as well as to learn more about our energy systems and the decisions…
This summer, Lili will stay right here in Colorado Springs as a research assistant for Dr. Bob Jacob in the Neuroscience department. “I am excited about the opportunity to conduct research on the brain tissue of people who have lived with and without chronic traumatic encephalopathy, because traumatic brain injury is one of my favorite…
After graduating, Eric will head to Denver to begin work as a Global Asset & Wealth Management Analyst for J.P. Morgan. I’m looking forward to furthering my education and experience within a variety of asset classes and developing different investment strategies for clients. My advice: Always make sure to reach out to friends, professionals, or…
This summer, Charlotte will head to Brooklyn to work as the legal intern at the Law Offices of Gary R. Weinberg. “I’m really excited to begin my law career starting at the bottom. It’s a rare opportunity to work as a legal secretary, especially one that is paid, as an undergraduate student. I’m hoping that…
After graduation, Caitlin will begin work as a Spanish Literacy Promoter in the Dominican Republic for the Peace Corps. “I’m excited to work for the Peace Corps because they work to create long-lasting change through close partnerships with local community leaders and local governments. I am hoping to explore the field of education as a…
