Alumni Stories

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Alumni Story: Alexis Drees

WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNA, ALEXIS DREES. The smell of fresh pineapple buns wafted through the air as I entered a long queue outside of the bakery. After acquiring my beloved breakfast treat, I weaved through a sea of umbrella traffic to join hundreds of Hong Kongers on a typical morning commute. 8 stops…

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Alumni Story: Rob Laventure

WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2016 ALUMNUS, ROB LAVENTURE. WHY SAGE CORPS? It was the spring semester of my junior year at Penn State University and I decided to look to LinkedIn for summer internship opportunities. I typed the word “internship” into the LinkedIn search bar and began my search. As I was going through the…

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Alumni Story: Jack Bosworth

WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 ALUMNUS, JACK BOSWORTH. The decision to intern abroad through Sage Corps was one of the best decisions I made in college. The experience I had was incredibly valuable, and certainly a big factor in leading me to where I am today. WHY SAGE CORPS? Before my Sage Corps 2017 summer,…

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Alumni Story: Phil Chwistek

WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2017 AND 2018 ALUMNUS, PHIL CHWISTEK. The one commonality among all of my professional interests, past and present, revolves around the opportunity to develop international relationships. It has always been a dream of mine to have friends and colleagues on every continent, and to learn how we can leverage our global…

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Alumni Story: Mike Justus

WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS 2014 ALUMNUS, MICHAEL JUSTUS. WHY SAGE CORPS? If you asked most BBA Juniors at Michigan Ross, they’d tell you they had their vision figured out; Wall Street banker, Big 4 CPA, MBB strategist, the list goes on. Enter me: a coursework generalist with a smaller network than most and a hint…

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