Project: Customized Employment for Adults with Disabilities Binder #: 163 Major: Elementary Education Passion: Economic Development Organization: Marcfirst, State Farm Executive Summary: My time at State Farm was truly rewarding because I was able to work in areas that were of great interest to me, philanthropy and education. One of my projects dealt with collecting Read more about Brian Yager ’17 CPP 2016[…]
Binder #95 Major: Environmental Studies Passion: Education and Outreach, Health and Wellness Organization: IWU ARC Project Title: “The Bike Project” Project Summary: A bike fix-it workshop where mechanics teach community members how to repair and maintain a bike. Each participant repairs two bikes with the help of the mechanics, where they get to keep one Read more about Nicole Chlebek ’16: “The Bike Project” A Bike fix-it workshop[…]
Binder #: 25 Major: Hispanic Studies and Education Passion: Education & Outreach, Youth Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters, State Farm Project Summary: The Community Partnership Program is a very unique internship opportunity for Illinois Wesleyan University students. Featuring a 2:1 split,the internship places the student in a department at State Farm and a local not-for-profit agency. In Read more about Kathleen Johnson CPP Intern’11[…]
Binder #: 24 Major: Business and Educational Studies Passion: Marketing, Education & Outreach Organization: WBRP, State Farm Project Summary: At State Farm I was assigned to the Marketing Communications: Mass Media Team. The team works largely with outside marketing agencies, with a specific focus on young families, Hispanics, and the Asian/Asian Indian marketing segment. At State Farm I was Read more about Jazmyn Becker CPP Intern’11[…]
Binder #: 7 Major: Education Passion: Neighborhood Revitalization Project Title: “Connecting a Community: Downtown Bloomington and Illinois Wesleyan University Project Summary: The goal of this project was to connect two communities in an effort to make them one. Building a relationship between Downtown Bloomington and Illinois Wesleyan University would benefit individuals living and working downtown, Illinois Wesleyan University Read more about Karin Unruh and Ara Holiday Seminar’09[…]
Binder #: 6 Major:Education Passion: Youth, Racial Justice Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters, State Farm Project Summary: I was placed in the Multicultural Business Development Group at State Farm and Big Brothers Big Sisters in the community. In MBDG I analyzed the 2010 census Census looking for growth trends and leading indicators among the three major multicultural Read more about Kathleen Johnson CPP Intern’11[…]
Binder #: 4 Major: German and Education Passion: Youth, Grant Writing Organization: UNITY Center Project Summary: 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, Read more about Emily Meade CPP Intern’07[…]
Are you interested in working with youth? Or are you an educational studies major looking for some internship experience to sharpen your skills up? UNITY Community Center has just the right opportunities for you! 1. Tutoring, internships, and/or teaching opportunities: During the school year, Monday-Friday, anytime between 3-7 pm. Summer, 11am-5pm on most days. All volunteerse Read more about UNITY Community Center[…]
Nathan Douglas (’15), a double major in Hispanic Studies and Secondary Education, completed a study of the availability of Spanish language services in non-profits and public agencies across the Bloomington-Normal area. The project was developed according to this guiding question: There is a large range of non-profit/public services available in Bloomington/Normal, but what is the depth Read more about Un Momento, Por Favor[…]
State Farm: I worked in DC5 within the In-Language team, mostly with the Enterprise Translation Center of Excellence (ETCoE). My main project involved consolidating the thousands of previously-used Spanish translations into a single terms database to be used for all future ICP publications. I worked one-on-one with a translator to ensure linguistic quality of the Read more about Nathan Douglas: CPP Program ’13[…]