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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Santiago, Chile is the ideal city for a Sage Corps fellowship – Yomali from THE Ohio State University is here to explain why!
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS SUMMER 2018 FELLOW, BRITTANY BELDING. Why do Sage Corps fellows LOVE interning in Amsterdam? Brittany, a Communications major and Sustainability minor from the University of Michigan, reflects on her summer here: HOUSING “I live in the World Fashion Apartments with three other girls in my program. A few places we like to hang…
WRITTEN BY SAGE CORPS SUMMER 2018 FELLOW, PIERRA WHITE. Summer 2018 marked the start of our programming in Mexico City! Pierra, a Business Administration and Social Psychology double major from the University of Michigan, shares her experiences with us: HOUSING “Currently in Mexico City, I am residing in a hotel called “Grand Chapultepec“. It is…
