#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Hayley Viner

Major: Zoology

Company: The Walt Disney Company

Location of Internship: Orlando Florida

Internship Title: Conservation Education Presenter

Why did you choose the company that you worked for?
I have always had a love for Disney, and knew …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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Exploring a major can be stressful…but NDSU has tools to help

There are plenty of reasons to avoid planning ahead for your future career.  Maybe you are a freshman and the idea of thinking about a career is ridiculous because it’s “so far out”.  Maybe you are a sophomore who is …

By Amanda Reil
Amanda Reil Senior Career Coach
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#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Timothy Straus

Major: Manufacturing Engineering

Company: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Location of Internship: Bremerton, Washington

Internship Title: Student Trainee (Industrial Engineer)

Why did you choose the company that you worked for?
I chose Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to round …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Dharani Suresh Babu

Major: Environmental and Conservation Science

Company: Blue River Technology

Location of Internship: Sunnyvale, California

Internship Title: Geospatial Engineer

Why did you choose the company that you worked for?
I chose this company, as always, I wanted …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Rachel Rausch

Major: Psychology

Company: North Dakota State University Office of Admission

Location of Internship: Fargo, North Dakota

Internship Title: Admission Counselor

Why did you choose the company that you worked for?
I learned about this position from the …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Samuel Willenbring

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Company: Polaris Industries Inc.

Location of Internship: Wyoming, Minnesota

Internship Title: Powertrain Design Engineering Intern

Why did you choose the company that you worked for?
I chose to work for Polaris Industries, because I …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Posting on Social Media

A couple months ago, I came across the following trending story on Buzzfeed.

A Twitter user had posted excitedly (and rather explicitly) that she’d landed an internship at NASA. After another user commented on her foul language, she responded even …

By Olivia Buller
Olivia Buller Senior Career Coach
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#NDSUintern Spotlight

Intern: Dylan Vos

Major: Finance

Company: FedEx Services

Location of Internship: Minneapolis

Internship Title: Business Sales Intern

On a Scale from 1-10, how rewarding did you find your internship experience to be? (1 being not rewarding at all, 10 being …

By Courtney O'Hotto
Courtney O'Hotto Graduate Assistant
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5 Essential Tips for Your Medical School Interview

5 Essential Tips for Your Medical School Interview

Admissions officers use the medical school interview to identify candidates with maturity, empathy, and superior interpersonal skills. They already know your credentials. Now they want to know what kind of person you …

By Cassandra Gilbert
Cassandra Gilbert
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How To Answer: Why Do You Want This Job?

One of the most important questions you’ll ever be asked in an interview is, ‘Who would win in a fight, Batman or Superman?’ Just kidding! (The answer is Batman BTW.)

The most important question actually is: Why do you want …

By Amanda Reil
Amanda Reil Senior Career Coach
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