State Farm Projects: I worked in the Property and Casualty Actuarial at State Farm. In the Actuarial department I worked on a countrywide pricing project, where I updated and analyzed data on off-road vehicles that is used to determine whether the department should propose a rate change for 2009. I also worked with the competition Read more about Allison Hartford: CPP Internship ’08[…]
State Farm Projects: I worked in Property and Casualty Claims at State Farm. At State Farm, I worked on daily tasks in my department, including editing memos, reviewing claims procedures, and working on the Military Affinity group newsletter. I also organized an event for my department called Showcase Your Talents as part of State Farm’s diversity Read more about Julie Regenbogen: CPP Internship ’08[…]
I designed a survey to distribute to 4-H members past and present between the ages 12-14. Research by 4-H shows that if children remain club members through the age of 12-14, there is a sginificant chance they will remain involved throughout life. However, more youth than ever are dropping out in this age range and Read more about Jennifer Schnupp: ARC Internship ’07[…]
In recent years, colleges and universities across the country have recognized the value of community service in the academic curriculum. Illinois Wesleyan University is an institution solidly grounded in the liberal arts. However, until recently, the benefits of participatory action research and academically-based service learning have been ignored. Community involvement has been classified as an Read more about ’05: ARC’s Creation![…]
Julie Krause worked with the Development Office to compile interviews from various students and alumni for the “Student Profile Program.” She later interned with the Great Plains LIFE Foundation, a non-profit organization that is committed to charitable causes, community-service projects, and most importantly, education. One of the main projects she had was to help organize Read more about Julie Krause: Great Plains LIFE Foundation Internship ’07[…]
Over the summer of 2007, as UNITY Center was preparing for future expansion, summer camps, fall programs, marketing and funding, Emily was able to complete a number of tasks and projects. She assisted the Program Director with writing and researching grants for UNITY programs and general operations, completed expense reports for an accounting system, and Read more about Emily Meade: Summer Internship ’07[…]
Robert Guise, Erin Lohrstofer, and Tyler Miller (’06 / ’08) -as interns and Weir Fellows Program students- monitored and tested the quality of water found in Kickapoo Creek. A side project of their monitoring was to determine whether or not salting from roadways, specifically Route 51, caused a negative impact on Kickapoo Creek and, in turn, Read more about Weir Fellows Program: Kickapoo Creek ’06[…]
Kyle Charles, Pat Kleszynski, Amy Rohalla, Mary Roth, and Carmen Simkins -the Facilitators of this project- wanted to address the relationship issues between sororities on the IWU campus and procure a way in which to resolve said issues. There was much tension between individual sorority houses and their members, and IWU faculty and staff. Their Read more about ’05 Inter-Sorority PR Event Planning at IWU[…]
Kyle Duffie worked with the Spence Farm Foundation whose mission is to historically preserve the oldest farm in Livingston County as well as to provide education and awareness of environmentally sound farming practices. Kyle helped write a grant to the Illinois Humanities Council for a video project that provides education on the heritage, history, trades, Read more about Kyle Duffie ’06: Spence Farm Grant Writing[…]
Jake Muehlbaur and DesaRae Myers’ goal for the fall semester of ’04 was to analyze the data for all four-year-old students at Heartland Head Start. They completed a significant amount of analysis by locating and analyzing the relevant data, and also determining the best way to organize the data. Their primary goal was to set Read more about Jake Muehlbaur and DesaRae Myers: Fall Project ’04[…]