WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNUS, DALVIN SEJOURS Navigating a career as a young adult can be difficult, especially when it seems like everyone has everything figured out. That is why one of our alum, Dalvin Sejour took initiative and wrote a book titled, “The Guidebook To Securing Internships” to help students. Dalvin was a…
It is no secret that going abroad while in college is something that many students want to experience. In the traditional study abroad model, college students go abroad during the semester, take classes at a foreign university and have unforgettable experiences. Many public institutions have abroad programs they coordinate through partner universities where they send…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNUS, DALVIN SEJOURS. In Spring 2017, I was very excited to study and intern abroad in Sydney, Australia through the Sage Corps program. I went to class by day and interned at Bonjoro, the startup I was paired with, in the evening. On the weekends and during the various breaks…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNA, RUCHI PATEL. WHY SAGE CORPS? When I first came across Sage Corps, it was because a friend sent me an email sent to Penn State Students and thought I would like a program like Sage Corps. Throughout my academic experiences, I have always sought after positions with both technical…
Alumni Story from Michael Umenta, Vanderbilt University who interned in Berlin for music tech startup, Soundbrenner. As a software developer, his primary task involved improving the accessibility capabilities of their iOS app, to make it more usable for visually impaired musicians.
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNUS, MICHAEL UMENTA. WHY SAGE CORPS? It was during the Spring semester of my senior year at Vanderbilt University when I stumbled upon an email from Sage Corps with a subject that read: “Intern Abroad with a Tech Startup – FINAL Deadline Friday”. I didn’t remember seeing any emails before…
Sage Corps helped me stand out during recruiting for my junior year internship in Product Management at Verizon, and my full-time job after college as Procurement Analyst at Nike. No other applicants had global work experience apparently, and that was something two large global enterprises liked a lot.
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2016 ALUMNA, NOA MONHEIMER. WHY SAGE CORPS? Traveling and food have always been two of my favorite parts of life, but I never dreamed that at 20 years old I would have the opportunity to intern in Dublin, Ireland for DropChef, a company that provided nutritious prepped meals and donated meals…
Originally posted on Medium by Dalvin Sejour. TRAVELING ABROAD IS NOT ONLY FOR THE RICH AND WEALTHY This blog serves as motivation to people in their early 20s contemplating whether they should travel now or wait until later in life. The intention is to motivate you to book your next trip. Growing up, I loved watching…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNA, KIMMY TUTTLE. WHY SAGE CORPS? As my sophomore year at Claremont McKenna College came to a close, I felt immense pressure from my peers and my environment to land an awesome internship. The previous summer, I worked as a congressional intern for my local government representative. It was a wonderful…
