Taking Lehigh to the World and Bringing the World to Lehigh

Iacocca International Internship Program
Student Report

Summer 2021

OFFICE OF
INTERNATIONALAFFAIRS

Lehigh University’s Iacocca International Internship Program received the2019 Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education for student mobility
from the Institute for International Education (IIE).

Summer 2021 Student Report
Table of Contents
NAME OF INTERNStephanie Alkhatib
Amaya Apolinario
George Awad
Aylin Ay
Elyse Barkstrom
Emma Chiusano
Tasnim Chowdhury
Carolyn David
Hiwot Demelash
Eileen Deutelmoser
Erica Fischer
Gabriela Garcia-Figueroa
Holly Guinan
Jordan Hackman
Amanda Hall
Marissa Hastings
Sarrah Hussain
Menglin Jiang
Sharon Jo
Deirdre Kelshaw
Amit Khanal
Beigie Lam
Zhen Lin
Rafaela Mantoan Borges
Elora Marvasi
Caroline Mierzwa
Kayla Miranda
Melina Mitsogiorgakis
Luis Morales
Ashley Moscoso
Mattie Murphy
Cameron Osborn
Zaul Perez
Gabriel Pinheiro
Robert L. Prann
Casey Su-Morrill
Andrew Taulane
Rolake Tomoye
Evelyn Velasquez-Moreno
Ashley Veliz
Janik Wing
Nicholas Yang
Bishoy Youhana
Jamie Zamrin
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Stephanie Alkhatib
LondonCollege of Arts &Sciences

Healthwatch
Greenwich

Biology

Volunteer InternCompany and Position Description:
Healthwatch is a nonprofit London based organization within the hospital and healthcare
industry. The company size is somewhat small, with 10-12 employees. The organization mostly
relies on volunteers for research. Healthwatch Greenwich was established in 2013 as achampion for health care services in that specific borough. Greenwich residents are the main
purpose of the work done at Healthwatch. The organization relies on resident experiences withhealthcare services in order to find improvements. Healthwatch Greenwich involves projects withthe goal of improving healthcare accessibility. The organization works to address certain
inequalities, patients with disabilities, communication issues, and safety precautions.
My work as a volunteer consisted of compiling data into spreadsheets, attending community
meetings, discussing health-related improvements over zoom, and searching social media forpatient reviews. I compiled patient reviews on GP visits, dentist offices, hospital experiences,and more from platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. I also attended community meetings on
health care inequalities created by COVID-19. A larger project I was able to work on included
compiling recommendations from reports across all South East London Branches into one large
excel document.

Supervisor Joy Beishon

Healthwatch Report Data

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Stephanie Alkhatib
LondonProminent Drink: Tea

British Museum

Value Derived from the Experience:
My future plan is to apply to medical school. I wanted to enjoy an internship in the healthcare
industry as well as travel abroad. This way I would be able to understand more about patientsatisfaction, healthcare issues, and ways to combat certain inequalities in communities, while
improving my emotional and cultural competency. A career in medicine involves manydifferent skills including communication, empathy, an analytical mind, and so on. Culturalcompetency is also very important when becoming a physician. It is tied to communication.
Doctors must be prepared to treat patients from many different cultures, of different genders,religious backgrounds, and more. This encourages trust and dialogue when interacting withpatients.
I believe this internship will definitely help me in the medical field because it basicallyencompasses all these aspects. I was able to learn about healthcare in a different country,
increase my knowledge of another culture, and build my communication skills by meeting newcolleagues and attending zoom sessions. Attending meetings to understand the effects of aworldwide pandemic was also able to open my eyes on a global level. These aspects of theinternship are what made it valuable to me.

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Amaya Apolinario
Great Britain
College of Arts
and Sciences

Voxburner

English, JapaneseInternCompany and Position Description:
This summer I worked for Voxburner, a youth marketing company that helps brands andbusinesses understand and connect with Generation Z. I worked with a small team of 7 people
including myself. Voxburner has two main products, and two products that supplement those.
Each year they hold an event called the Youth Marketing Strategy, a convention that takes
place in the US and the UK to facilitate networking between brands and agencies. Their otherproduct is Voxburner+, a service that provides reports on Gen Z trends and values as well as
free tickets to Voxburner events like YMS. Voxburner's smaller products include a blog and a
podcast where they discuss Gen Z trends to promote YMS and Voxburner+.
My tasks mainly consisted of writing 1-2 articles a week for the blog, doing Gen Z market
research, and speaking on panels at events.

Voxburner TeamMy Workspace4

Amaya Apolinario
Great Britain

Regional Team Tea Party

Homemade Shortbread

Value Derived from the Experience:
Looking back on my time at Voxburner, I learned a lot about myself both personally andprofessionally. As an English and Japanese major, I knew little about marketing outside of theads I have seen on Youtube. Working with Voxburner gave me an inside look into what matters tomarketers, and I was able to pick up a lot of marketing jargon. When I was explaining myinternship to a few friends, they even had to ask me what some jargon meant. I also improved mywriting skills through the internship. I was required to follow a company style guide for blog posts
when I had never taken on a company's language before. I also had to write faster. Rather thanhaving weeks to write articles, I only had a few days.
As for more personal improvements, I learned to be more observant in the workplace. I dressedvery professionally during the first week of my internship, but noticed that my co-workers were
not doing the same. I also noticed that they were interested in getting to know me as a person
outside of our work, which was something I wasnot used to. After making these observations, I
relaxed a bit and wore more casual clothing as well as had personal conversations with coworkers. These changes proved we had a mutual understanding of workplace expectations
which improved workflow.

5George Awad
Italy
College of Arts
& Sciences

Net4market

Physics

Marketing LaunchInternCompany and Position Description:
This summer I worked at Net4market which is an e-procurement platform that aims to improvethe experience of selling and buying supplies and services in Italy. They are currently working
on and building a new business network platform to act as a one-stop shop for companies tosell more, cooperate with other companies, and manage their businesses.
My role as a marketing launch intern was to focus expanding the platform into the U.S.
through creating a small networking circle of companies in Bethlehem. In the early stages myrole involved a lot of translating and designing brochures. Later in the internship my role
shifted to customer discovery, email-advertising and contacting companies.

Business Network Brochure

My workspace

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George Awad
Italy

Sensational Win for Italy

Colosseum

Value Derived from the Experience:
The internship helped grow both professionally and personally. It greatly enhanced and nurtured
my communication and time-management skills as well as my intercultural fluency.
Personally, the virtual internship truly made me appreciate my time and made me more awareon what I usually spend my time on. On different note, I was also able to learn a lot about Italy
and Europe through conversations with our colleagues which made even more hyped up to
travel in the future.
Professionally, I was able to get the experience that I wanted to explore a new entrepreneurialinterest of mine. My work also involved a lot of cold-calling and emailing which were sometimes
met with rejections, this greatly improved my confidence and made me improve my professional
communication skills.

7Aylin Ay
Austria
RCEAS

Bioengineering

RibbonBiolabs
Data Analyst &Programmer

Company and Position Description:
Ribbon Biolabs is a company that works to develop revolutionary technology for fast andefficient automated synthesis to DNA to innovate the biotechnology field. They utilize
biochemistry, computing, and automation to make complex DNA accessible and affordable tocustomers in the biotech industry and in academia.
This summer, I interned as a data analyst/programmer for the company. This involved learning
to code with Git Bash and using it to progress the company’s technology. With this knowledge, I
developed scripts that automatically downloaded datasets from the NCBI, as well as scripts thatreformatted file to prepare them to be inputted into other programs. Finally, I created anorganized database for the genomes and files to be stored in.

Startup Live in Vienna

The Ribbon Biolabs team8

Aylin Ay
Austria

My Regional Team cooking
Austrian/German food together

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Value Derived from the Experience:
My regional team was great to connect with when having a virtual international experience.
Together, we enjoyed cooking the food of this different culture and appreciating it. The
presentation we compiled at the end of the experience and the fun facts we learned were great tolearn and visualize the country we were working in.
Professionally, I gained intercultural communication skills, and the differences between Austrianwork culture and American work culture. I learned how to be able to gauge the environment I wasworking in, and the level of professionalism that the company exercised. Many of my peers and I
made our own work schedules, so we all gained the skills to hold ourselves accountable to getwork done at our own times.

9Elyse Barkstrom
Barcelona Spain
College of Arts
and Sciences

Vall de'Hebron
University Hospital

Behavioral
Neuroscience

Transcultural
Psychiatry InternCompany and Position Description:
This summer, I virtually worked for the Vall de'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain asa Transcultural Psychiatry Intern. This department provides mental health and social
work services to the native population, as well as refugees in Spain.
I was one of three undergraduate interns performing research on cultural competence in social
work in America/Canada vs. Spain and how the discipline has evolved in different cultures. I
worked to perform literature reviews on the subject and form conclusions about the disparities inculturally competent social work in the different countries.

Vall d’Hebron Hospital

Largest Hospital in Catalonia

10Elyse Barkstrom
Barcelona Spain

Barcelona Aquarium

Beautiful Architecture

Value Derived from the Experience:
I began this internship immediately after finishing my senior year at Lehigh. It was a great segue
into the working world and gave me a chance to grow while also searching for a full-time position
after graduation. I had a chance to sharpen many of the skills I had learned at Lehigh in a virtual
working environment, database research, communication, time management etc.
I learned how to navigate many inter-cultural barriers and perspectives. I am also very fortunatethat I was able to form a professional connection with my supervisor that I can count on for years
to come, as well as with the IIIP team from this summer.

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Emma Chiusano
Croatia
RCEAS
IDEAS

PAR
University
College
Web Design

Company and Position Description:
PAR University College is the only private university in Rijeka, Croatia. My internship was
web design for Gordana Nikolic, the founder of PAR University college. Because I wasworking for Gordana, my internship was focused on more than just PAR University college.
Gordana is a very accomplished woman. She has a master’s degree as well as a PhD. She
founded Business School PAR in Rijeka, Croatia. She also has been publishedprofessionally over 60 times, including two books. Gordana is involved in many businessorganizations as well as organizations for women in business. Gordada is amazingly
accomplished and I was honored to work for her and learn about her.

Website Home Page

Gordana’s Affiliations

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Emma Chiusano
Croatia

Ivan Rakatic, Professional Soccer

Cultural Food.

Value Derived from the Experience:
This experience helped me grow a lot personally because I think I improved in all my culturalcompetencies. I especially think it helped me with my time management skills. Mostly,
however, I think this experience has helped me the most by working and interacting with myadvisor, Sanja. She was so professional, yet kind, as well as funny. She looked up to
Gordana so much,but I really looked up to her, and still do. She was so flexible andunderstanding, and I learned a lot from her in terms of how I wasn’t to present myself
professionally as a woman in the workforce. Overall, it was a great experience for me and I
learned a lot.

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Tasnim Chowdhury
Spain
College of Arts &ScienceAcqustic

Poltical Scienceand Sociology

Digital Distributor

Company and Position Description:
I am interning in a Label and Editorial company called Acqustic. Within my team, there areabout 10 people working. This company is based in Spain. The Operations department is
specifically responsible for the curation of music playlists, digital distribution, and operational
management of the label and the rest of the services offered to musicals such as interviews,
promotion, release campaigns, and invoicing.
This COVID-19 transition was extremely hard for Acqustic because rethinking the whole
company was now necessary. Having concerts on live became a thing, moving away from thetraditional concerts has to go away, the artist no longer knowing what to do in this situation,
all took a toll on Acqustic. However, the company made some major adjustments and it
started with changing the whole website. Creating secret concerts became a thing. Fans wereable to purchase tickets to be a part of an exclusive event. Fans were also able to book an
artist for a concert at home. Most things became virtual or catered to an in-person small
event. Acoustic now had to think small, as going big would create bigger issues.

Digital Distribution with Spotify

Spanish Artist Breakdown

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Tasnim Chowdhury
Spain

Dia de Los San JuanIES Classes

Value Derived from the Experience:
I work for this company called Acqustic which is a Label and Editorial startup company. Working
in the Operations department in a music industry was interesting. I understood at the end of theinternship that everything is business. We live in a capitalistic world, why wouldn't everything bebusiness? I reviewed 50 songs to upwards of 100 songs per day. With a 3% approval rate, I did
not really approve of a lot of songs. I realized how hard it is to get recognition as an artist.
The music industry will always be a thing because it is part of human history. I always loved
music, but I fell in love with it more as it is something that I am focused on more every day. I
learned to give my summer more purpose. I love what I did because I shifted my interest towards
working for Spotify. That is my ultimate goal and I know how competitive it is which is why I am
interning for Acqustic again in the fall as a Product Marketing Intern. Because I stood by what I
wanted and did not settle, I was able to get what I wanted. I am not saying I do not compromise,but I know my worth and as a woman who works, I should know how to demand. Being used ispretty easy when one is not affirmative and does not assert. I realized if you do not stand up foryourself nobody will.

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Carolyn David
Spain
College ofEngineering

IBEC

Bioengineering

Research Summer
InternCompany and Position Description:
This summer I interned with the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), aninterdisciplinary research center focused on bioengineering and nano medicine located inBarcelona, Spain. At IBEC, I was a research intern under the nano bioengineering group.
I implemented a MATLAB cell migration simulator to receive theoretical results to be used incomparison with experimental results already completed at the Institute. I also extracted dataarrays after changing different parameters such as cell clutch number and substrate stiffness
to see if these factors change the way the cells migrate.
I was also assigned to determine what values to use for parameter selections and used
ImageJ software, a program that images cells, to calculate cell perimeter and area values. This
simulation required lots of trouble shooting as it was a very dense code with multiple
components to retrieve the necessary data.

Virtual Team Meeting on Teams

Output Graphs of Simulation
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Carolyn David
Spain

Noche de San Juan

Catalan Flag

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship taught me various skills both on a technical and personal development level. I
was introduced to the industry research environment and the field of nano bioengineering andhoned my engineering programming skills. It was interesting to see the application ofprogramming skills learned in the classroom in the work environment. I am thankful to have
improved my skill set as this will be very useful for future opportunities in the biotechnology
industry.
While working directly with my supervisors and team in Barcelona, I was able to learn more
about traditions, holidays, and overall culture of Barcelona and Spain. The IIIP projects andseminars also expanded my knowledge about other countries and their cultures as well. I wasable to create connections on an international scale even through a screen and I hope tomaintain these relationships even after my internship to continue my inter-cultural engagement.
The virtual platform this summer has really taught me how to manage my time efficiently andcommunicate effectively with others. With the six-hour time difference, it was crucial for me to beproactive in my interactions with the team and for me to hold myself accountable for myresponsibilities. These are skills I hope to carry on for future experiences.

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Hiwot Demelash
United Kingdom
College of Arts &Sciences

FinlaysInternational
Relations & HMS

Global Insights &Sustainability

Company and Position Description:
The name of the organization I interned for is called Finlays. Finlays is a leading B2B Tea,
Coffee, and Botanical Solutions Supplier. This means that it is a major company that supplies
tea and coffee ingredients and raw materials to big corporations like Starbucks, 7-Eleven, andother multinational corporations that sell coffee and tea in any substantial capacity. Finlays
started in London, United Kingdom and has existed for over 270 years; ever since 1750.
While at Finlays, I researched the sustainability strategies, customer needs, and trends of global
coffee and tea corporations. I presented research to the Global Insights Manager, that will be
distribute throughout the company on the business and sustainability models of major
corporations. And I overall worked within the Corporate world to address the UN Sustainable
Development Goals.

Harvesting Tea

Various Flavored Coffees

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Hiwot Demelash
United Kingdom

London Bridge

Big BenValue Derived from the Experience:
The hard skill I have honed over the course of the summer has been Excel and PowerPoint skills.
I was required to input most of my research and data into Excel so I learned how to use it well.
For a soft skill that I have grown in getting better at, it is my presentation skills, as I have had topresent my research findings in detail to my supervisor every week. Presenting is very useful inany work environment so I am glad that I have had more of an opportunity to practice it.
Overall, what I can draw from my internship is my new experience in business insights andsustainability efforts by powerful global actors such as multinational corporations. Though mymain career focus is on diplomacy and human rights advocacy, I feel as though a future employer
would find my experience in the corporate world to be just as relevant and useful, especially since
corporations are also powerful actors when it comes to human rights. This internship helped me
to understand the factors that push corporations, like consumer demands, laws, etc., to pursue
sustainability and labor rights policies in their global supply chains and networks. The relevanceof this corporate work is also intertwined with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
too, which I am also really personally and professionally passionate about.

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Eileen Deutelmoser
Chile
Arts and Sciences

EPES

Sociology and
Political Science

InternCompany and Position Description:
EPES (Educacion Popular en Salud) is an NGO striving to protect and improve the health,rights, and human dignity of marginalized communities. Their methodology is grounded in thephilosophy presented in Paulo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Their aim is to
educate the oppressed, but instead of doing so in a way that domesticates them into accepting
their situations and the dominating culture, EPES actively works towards developing theircritical awareness of their own conditions in order to assist in the liberation of the oppressed.
They believe that by engaging in the continual process of reflection and action that bothindividuals and marginalized communities can experience a cognitive and spiritualtransformation. My work included independent research on the migration situation, with a focus
on Haitians and Venezuelans. I created two presentations for the organization to use, one inEnglish and one in Spanish.

Popular Education Seminar

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Eileen Deutelmoser
Chile

Mapuche People

Chilean Empanadas

Value Derived from the Experience:
My internship experience has given me the opportunity to become more confident in my ability toadapt and succeed in a professional environment. Although our experiences were limited to a
virtual space due to COVID, I learned a lot more than I had originally expected about my own
capabilities during this internship process. I have a newfound confidence in my Spanish skills, inmy critical thinking, and in my research. topics. Due to the independent nature of my work
assignments, I was able to put my skills to the test and managed to learn an incredible amount
not just about my research topic, but myself as well.
I feel much more impassioned about working with Latin American immigrants in the future. And
while the current situation may not entirely reflect what the situation will be like five or ten years
from now, I feel much more secure in what I want to do now that I have worked a bit in the areaof migration policy and social justice.

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Erica Fischer
London, England
College of Arts
& Sciences

Paced Group[

Graphic Design

Design InternCompany and Position Description:
I had the pleasure of working with Paced Group in London, and I worked for a smaller
company under that holding group. I did a majority of my work with Brewed by Hand, acompany that handled mostly different coffee companies. I worked on social media posts,
business cards, printed collateral, and a look book.
The look book I worked on is a critical piece of work in my portfolio now! I had so muchcreative freedom while working on the book, as I designed about 80 pages front to back cover.
The look book featured Loveramics brand coffee cups and products used in many locations
and coffee shops across the UK. I was able to really use my knowledge and skills from myclasses in this project, as well and learn more things about corporate design.

Brewed by Hand

Company Sells Various Coffee Equipment

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Erica Fischer
London, England

London Eye

Passenger Cars on the London Eye

Value Derived from the Experience:
The biggest thing I learned from this experience was the difference between US and UK
work/office culture. I went into this internship expecting a rigid working environment, likesomething I'd see in the states. Instead, I quickly learned this internship was the opposite, in agood way, and allowed me a lot of creative freedom instead of worrying about deadlines and thesake of getting work done to please others.
The biggest difference was the interview process. I had practiced a certain style of interview tips
and techniques in order to pitch myself as the best of the best candidates. Although these tips
were very useful, I didn't feel pressured in my interview to act a certain way that wasn't actually
me. My supervisor interviewed me and it was very casual and not terrifying at all. My supervisor
was so kind to me, talked to me like we had been friends for awhile, so it wasn't intimidating at
all. I still effectively used the tips I had learned for a US conducted interview as I discussed mystrengths, weaknesses, interests, and much more. Overall,I had a wonderful experience at
Brewed by Hand and Paced Group and recommend this internship to everyone!

23Gabriela Garcia-Figueroa
China
College ofBusiness

Hutchison Ports

Supply Chain
Management

Commercial
Research InternCompany and Position Description:
Hutchison Ports is an international network of ports in logistics and transportation businesses,
including cruise ship terminals, distribution centers, rail services and ship repair. Its network is
built on firm commitments to the communities where they operate; to support local economic
development, to open new international trade opportunities and contribute to long-term
advancements in local infrastructure. Hutchison Ports develop and manage all aspects ofport operation and trade-related logistics, sharing proven operational practices throughout its
network for the good of global commerce.
An internship with the Group Commercial team will provide great exposure to the dynamic
industry through desktop research and analysis, and interns will acquire transferable skills for
future careers. The intern will be assigned various research and analysis projects related tothe industry and global trade covering aspects such as macro-economic trends, government/
port policies and initiatives and terminal competitor analysis. The intern will provide support
such as desktop research, data gathering, analysis and preparation of briefings andmanagement presentations.

Tuesday Weekly Meeting

Commercial Department Me
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Gabriela Garcia-Figueroa
China

Kung Pao Shrimp

Oreo Milk Tea with Boba

Value Derived from the Experience:
The Iacocca International Internship Program was an unbelievable experience! It helped me
develop personally and professionally. I became more confident with myself because I waspraised for my work and I got accepted into the program. There were moments that I was unsureof how to complete a task, but I was able to problem-solve on my own. I also began to explore
more cultural opportunities in my area and share those with my friends and family.
During my time at the internship, I was able to learn what skills I need to be competitive in the
Supply Chain market. I have developed a deeper understanding of how international supply
chains work and the skill I need to further develop. My supervisor has also helped meunderstand the importance of research in an industry that is constantly evolving. One of mytasks was to interview Managing Director Mark Yong from Blume Global. I had the opportunity to
network with him and to receive advice on applying to internships and what type of courses I
should take. Attending virtual webinars helped develop my knowledge on international businessand interest in earning my certificate in International Business.

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Holly Guinan
United Kingdom
College of Arts
& Sciences

Healthwatch
Hackney

Biology & HMS

InternCompany and Position Description:
Healthwatch is an organization that was established in October 2012 and it is the national consumer
champion in health and care. It has been given significant statutory powers to ensure the voice ofthe consumer is strengthened and heard by those who commission, deliver and regulate health andcare services (PSNC 2021). Healthwatch has local branches for each borough in England; I workwith Healthwatch Hackney. Hackney is a borough in London, extending north east from the city.
While it has come up in the past few decades, there are still high levels of inequality and poverty
within the community. In March 2020, it was assessed that 10.3% of the working age population
claimed some sort of out-of-work benefit, the highest rate of any London borough (Trust for London,2020). This shows us many people in Hackney struggle in accessing life-sustainable work.
Healthwatch works within the sector and industry of healthcare. The UK is a global thought leader
when it comes to healthcare publishing, It has the highest per capita share of the top 1% highest
cited life sciences publications worldwide, and is second only to the US in terms of gross share(Kent, 2019). This shows us the UK is ranked high amongst its healthcare globally. Healthwatch’s
collaboration with the NHS aids in the power this non-profit has in the healthcare industry.
Healthwatch works with its struggling community on gaining feedback from how accessible these
services are, as well as the quality of them to ensure everyone receives the care they need.
Healthwatch works with GP practices and ensures their services are accessible and readily
available/advertised for all Hackney residents. Another important aspect is providing information
about all of the services that are available, and ensuring everyone feels safe utilizing theseresources (Healthwatch 2021). Some work I did for this company included: participating in groupmeetings, facilitating and managing their social media (Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube),
General Practice accessibility analysis and reports. Majority of my work was in the General Practicereview where Healthwatch ensures each GP website in the borough is accessible.

Feedback from the community is super important!
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Holly Guinan
United Kingdom

Beans are popular for breakfast.

They always ask about the weather.

Value Derived from the Experience:
Some soft skills that I honed during my internship include empathy and responsibility. These are
personality traits/skills that you cannot see. Some hard skills that I honed were technological skills
and communication skills. These hard skills are skills that you can show and learn. I honed theseskills through my work experience this summer. These technical skills that I brought to theinternship, and learned through the eight weeks, can be used in future work experiences. I edited
YouTube subtitles in my internship for the first time ever. It was definitely a learning experienceand it was harder the first time, but I did a lot better the second time. It’s important to me to show
progress rather than accomplishment in new tasks. It can never be perfect on the first try. This isimportant to bring to other future work experiences as well. Progress in learning and new skills is
so important and you have to keep an open mind and never give up!
Healthwatch was a perfect fit for me as I was interested in scoping out what a career in Public
Health would look like for me! I am very passionate about medicine and public health and havebeen conflicted in which one I wanted to pursue for a career. Although I thoroughly enjoyed myprofessional experience as an intern at Healthwatch, I think I realized how passionate I am about
medicine and it solidified my future plans of becoming a Physician Associate. This internship reallyhelped me grow into a more mature, self-assured woman. I am eternally grateful for thisexperience, even if it was virtual, to work across cultures and grow professionally and personally
this summer.

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Jordan Hackman
United Kingdom
College of Arts &Sciences

Endangered
Language Archive

Sociology,
Anthropology

Remote InternCompany and Position Description:
I was interned with the Endangered Language Archive however it is connected through its
parent organization Endangered Languages Documentation Programme. Beginning in 2002,
ELDP was born, and their mission to documenting and preserving endangered languages. Theyfund depositors around the world to conducing their work of documentation of their researchedendangered language. These depositors in turn use the ELA database to archive their
documentary collections (ELDP 2021). The Endangered Languages Documentation Program
connected was connected with the University of London, one of the most prominent universities
in the UK. However, this summer they have allocated to Berlin, Germany being their own
organization. I worked on helping translate a Spanish documentation of a Mayan Language
called Q'anjob'al to English. The file with the spoken Mayan language has a Spanish description
on what was being said in the Mayan language. And so, I translated over 545 descriptions toEnglish. I also created social media posts of ELAR depositors discussing their work on
podcasts.

Translated Descriptions

Blog Posts for Twitter28

Jordan Hackman
United Kingdom

Big Ben

University of London

Value Derived from the Experience:
This experience proved to me I can manage my own time and be successful and achieving mygoals if I really dedicated time to blocking out my schedule. I also believe that I learned my values
in being in a workspace that, being in a job that I am emotionally invested is something I want to
aim for in the future. I find myself working harder and as well as giving my 110% when the work I
am doing is something invaluable. I also believe having a task-based relationship (a relationshipbased on how tasks are done) isn't such a bad thing. I really felt supported by my supervisor andeven though that physically interaction wasn't there I felt like how well my tasks were executed
really shined. Overall, I had a very enlightening experience being a remote intern though it wasn't
traditional, and gain a different perspective and I felt like my career goals were clear after thisexperience.

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Amanda Hall
Chile
Arts and
Sciences

Universidad San
Sebastian

Health Medicine
and Society

Research InternCompany and Position Description:
I worked with nurses and midwifes in the nursing school at the Patagonia branch of
Universidad San Sebastian. We conducted an in-depth article search and review to write asystematic review on the topic of mobile and telehealth nursing interventions to assist
hypertension patients. Throughout the internship I was also able to speak with fellow nursing
students to learn more about their career and share similarities and differences when it cameto the education systems in our countries. I also sat in on meetings with patients discussing
sanitary practices to help the COVID-19 pandemic and also presentations by other nurses
regarding public health initiatives such as vaccine roll outs and programs conducted inschools to help with childhood obesity.

The Team

My Work Setup

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Amanda Hall
Chile

Empanadas

Mapuche Bracelet

Value Derived from the Experience:
Although this experience was virtual, I still found it extremely rewarding when it comes to mycareer and personal development. I learned a lot more about the healthcare system andnursing as a profession which I will take with me in my future career in Public Health. By
meeting with fellow professionals, I was able to compare and contrast the various cultures to
get a more well-rounded view of the world. Through this I feel I have become better at engaging
with various cultures and taking different perspectives. I also was able to work on my time
management and organization skills as a majority of my internship experience was
asynchronous. I have grown more confident in my abilities and plan to take everything I havelearned with me in my future endeavors.

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Marissa Hastings
Vienna, Austria
College of Arts
and Sciences

Impact Hub Vienna

International
Relations &Economics

Data Analysis andMarketingCompany and Position Description:
I worked with Impact Hub Vienna. Impact Hub has many locations all around the globe. Their
mission is to, "Connect, Enable, and Inspire businesses that innovate with heart, balancing
social responsibility with profitability to build a world that works for all." At Impact Hub Vienna I
was a Data Analysis and Market Research Intern. I analyzed multiple years' responses of their
Members Survey and broke down the questions by other variables of interest for multiple
groups of people with different aims. Additionally, I researched what organizations wererunning a program similar to the one my supervisor's team was looking to create and gathered
informationabout each program already in the market.
Some of my final deliverables included an excel spreadsheet displaying the data analysis
findings, an excel sheet with market research findings,and a document with specified data
analysis findings with various charts and graphs as well as a power point presentation
displaying those same findings.

My workspace

Some of Impact Hub's Main
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Marissa Hastings
Vienna, Austria

Schnitzel

Hochosterwitz Castle

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship helped me develop personally and professionally immensely. The working
atmosphere and community feel that Impact Hub provided me with sets a precedent for any
employment I will seek moving forward. All of the people I met were incredibly inclusive anduplifting while also offering constructive feedback. It has shown me what a positive working
environment should look like. Not only that, my supervisors continually focused on what goals I
had, how I was getting there, and what resources they could provide me with to help me achieve
what I wanted to.
Some of my goals were to be able to articulate myself better, meet new people, improve on mypresentation skills. Impact Hub provided me with many opportunities to work towards thesegoals as well as strengthen the skills I already had. I could not be more thankful for myinternship placement and people I worked with.

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Sarrah Hussain
Padua, Italy
College of Arts &Sciences

Piccin Medical
Publishing

Behavioral
Neuroscience, Art

Medical Illustrator

Company and Position Description:
This summer I had the opportunity to work for Piccin, a Medical Publishing Company based in
Padua, Italy. My role was being a medical illustrator! I worked one-on-one with the company
supervisor to create detailed digital (via Photoshop) paintings and diagrams of human anatomy
and physiology, to be published in posters and textbooks. I worked completely independently
on all projects, which included drawing the digestive tract, oral cavity, cross-sections of thepancreatic duct, arterial system, and portal system of the mesenteric veins.

Illustration Stomach & Intestines

Illustration Mouth &Throat

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Sarrah Hussain
Padua, Italy

Prato della Valle

Center Square in Padovani

Value Derived from the Experience:
For me, this internship was a huge personal and professional milestone for me. It was one of themost specific and beneficial job experiences I've had to date, perfectly catered to myinterdisciplinary education. I learned so much on the job about what the workflow, process, andlifestyle of a medical illustrator entails, and I gained so many technical skills as well. I was able
to hone my Photoshop/digital animation skills in an extremely short amount of time, as well
become extremely confident in intercultural communication and collaboration.
This job provided me with the knowledge and experience to confidently move forward in mydream career field of medical illustration, which for me is the ideal manifestation of theintersection between art and science. I am forever grateful for the internship experience
afforded to me by the IIIP program, because it is an experience I will learn from and carry withme long into the future.

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Menglin Jiang
Bermuda (UK)RCEAS

Bermuda Instituteof Ocean Sciences

Environmental
Engineering

Research InternCompany and Position Description:
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) is an non-profit institution founded in 1903 locatedin St. George's Bermuda. BIOS offers a wide range of educational opportunities, from local
marine studies to global environmental issues. This summer 2021, I am working on a remoteinternship with Dr. Eric Hochberg, my mentor. Eric is an expert on coral reef systems and is areef system ecologist. He is recently awarded with two grants from the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) for his research. His research involves using satellite imagesof the ocean to investigate changes in the coral reef system, which is also what my internshipis about.
My internship was using satellite images to determine the organic/inorganic carbon export in
the Bermuda's reef platform. In the first two weeks of my internship, Eric spent time teaching
me on how satellite images work. Then, I started collecting satellite images on line andprocessed those images for later data extraction. During this internship, I was required to give
two presentations: one introduction on the topic of my research and the other on the final
results I found.

Eric and I with a Satellite Image

Satellite Image of Bermuda

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Menglin Jiang
Bermuda (UK)A Beautiful Satellite Image

Bermuda Island

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship is very comfortable but also valuable. It was a one-on-one internship with Ericand he is very approachable and polite. I learned a lot about politeness and ways ofcommunication. Eric told me that everyone in Bermuda is super polite, where everyone says
greetings like "good morning" and "good afternoon", etc. to each other.
Also, I learned about public speaking and giving professional presentations. While preparing
for my introduction and final presentation, Eric provided many feedbacks on how to improve
my presentation. I was prone to use bullet points on my slides but with Eric's help, I adapted touse pictures and less words to tell "a story" of what I know. Overall, I learned a lot personallyaside from just the topic of the research.

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Sharon Jo
Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong (North Asia Branch)College of Arts
and Sciences

Hologic, Inc.

Journalism major,
Marketing minor

Marketing InternCompany and Position Description:
Hologic, Inc. is a medical technology company primarily focused on women’s health; it sells
medical devices for diagnostics, surgery, and medical imaging. The headquarters is located in
Marlborough, Massachusetts, but there are branches all across the world. I worked as anintern in the North Asia branch, whose markets consisted of mainly Taiwan, Hong Kong, andSouth Korea. Out of the four categories of focus (breast health solutions, diagnostic solutions,
GYN surgical solutions, and skeletal solutions), GYN surgical solutions and products werewhat I worked on most.
When I began the internship, I was unfamiliar with the industry and Hologic's product portfolio,
but then I spent time learning more about how Hologic differentiated itself in the market, andwhat key aspects made up the company. My weekly deliverables and work consisted oforganizing and collecting data about potential business partners, mainly on financial
performance, product portfolio, and company growth. I also collected and reviewed market
data for breast health and diagnostic trends and developments to help me to create amarketing plan.I conducted research and analyzed the market dynamics and drivers, as well
as determining potential sales opportunities, in addition to offering digital media advertising
initiative plans.

Supervisor & Lehigh AlumMy Workspace
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Sharon Jo
Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong (North Asia Branch)

Bubble Tea

Team Enjoyed Food

Value Derived from the Experience:
Throughout the weeks of my internship, I saw the most growth in my professional skills. Though
the nature of remote work limited my first hand experience in working abroad, I got theopportunity to meet and learn from Hologic employees from different regions outside of the North
Asia branch,including Australia, Canada, and across the US. They were all so welcoming andtaught me a lot about the company and offered lots of career advice as well, which also taught
me how to communicate and maintain relationships to expand my network.
Even though I never previously considered working for a health tech company, I learned a lot
about the women's health and its industry, and it may become useful in the future. In relation to
my studies and professional work, I learned how to collect and organize data and analyze
potential sales opportunities, and how to present the information I came up in a marketing plan.
This allowed me to improve my research and communication skills as well.

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Deirdre Kelshaw
Hong Kong
College of Arts &Sciences

Hutchison Ports

Journalism andEconomics

Commercial Junior
Graphic Designer

Company and Position Description:
During this summer, I worked remotely for Hutchison Ports, one of the world's leading port
networks, located at its Headquarters in Hong Kong. There, I worked as the Commercial
Junior Graphic Designer in which I used Adobe programs like InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere
Pro, and Photoshop to complete various designs for the company and help market a number of
events and projects. Collaborating with my supervisor, I worked towards creating a personal
portfolio by designing banners for the company's internal website, a video celebrating long-time
staff members, a magazine cover focused on digitalization, and signs for an event offering
operations staff members free herbal tea.

My office space at home

Meeting with my supervisor
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Deirdre Kelshaw
Hong Kong

Trying Bubble Tea

Learning a New Language

Value Derived from the Experience:
Reflecting on this internship, I learned a lot about not only graphic design, but myself as well.
Before starting, I had little background knowledge when it came to using the Adobe tools I was
expected to know. I was more of a beginner than anything. After concluding my work, however, I
now feel much more comfortable using these types of programs. I've even discovered that I
really enjoy doing this type of work and can see myself continuing graphic design in my postgraduate future. I'm so happy I got this opportunity because it has, in a way, changed my lifeand helped me develop new interests!

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Amit Khanal
Italy
College of Arts &Sciences

Net4market

Economics, B.S.

Market Research &Launch InternCompany and Position Description:
Net4market is an e-procurement platform through which the companies can manage theirbusiness relationship with buyers and suppliers efficiently. One of the major products of
Net4market is 'Business Network', an e-procurement software. Through this, companies can selland buy products, advertise themselves, activate procedures or telematic tenders, which will
reduce their costs and time of supplying.
I worked in their Marketing Team as a Market Launch and Research Intern. We started ourinternship by designing flyers, posters, and brochures for the company. Considering that
Net4market is trying to expand into the US, we also did some market research and reached out
to potential customers and received their feedback. Meanwhile, we also translated their main
website and their software from Italian to English.

The Team

Designed for Their Social
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Amit Khanal
Italy

The Famous Roman Empire

Most of Us Have Had Italian

Value Derived from the Experience:
The internship experience with Net4market was very different and exciting than I thought itwould be. As an international student, my first language is not English and I had tocommunicate with someone whose first language is not English either. It was fun how we were
trying to help each other understand the technical terms. So, I believe that this internship wasvery much helpful in improving my communication skills.
As an Economics major, I was not very much familiar with the software used for designing andmarketing. I got to learn a few as we designed our flyers and posters. In addition to that, we
also did some market research looking for our potential customers. We designed a survey forthe customers, called them, and asked feedback. We learned to make conversations in a
professional setting, which will be really important as we move forward. Besides, I also got tolearn a few Italian words while translating their websites.

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Beigie Lam
Hong Kong
College of Arts &Science, College
of Engineering
IDEAS

Hutchison Ports

Operations InternCompany and Position Description:
Over the summer I worked as an intern at Hutchison Ports, which is the world's leading port
network that operates ports and terminals in 26 countries in six continents. They handle cargo
and container handling as well as logistics and transportation businesses involving cruise ships,
rail services, and ship repair. I worked as an Operations Intern researching vessel berthing,which is when ships arrive at port and are prepared to have their cargo unloaded, loaded, or
stowed. Specifically, I did simulation studies on the task for container berthing with the Anylogic
software under Mr. Poon as supervisor.
For my experience, the software was very new and I learned about discrete events modeling,system dynamics, and agent-based modeling. I gained exposure to how seaport terminals
worked and the structure of the port as well as how containers are transported from the berthingvessels in terminal operations through literature reviews.

Trial Model in Anylogic

Meeting with Supervisor

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Beigie Lam
Hong Kong

Making Cultural Food

Out for Cultural Experience

Value Derived from the Experience:
This experience has helped me grow as both a professional and as an individual. Overall, theentire internship has been quite the learning experience since I began not knowing anythingat all about container port operations and ships. Now, however, I know about the stowing
operations, quay crane movements, and other industry specific terminology such as the Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) of container yard and berthing operations. I also gained some
introductory knowledge on how to use the Anylogic simulation software to handle logistics andsupply chain problems. Socially, I think I was able to use the opportunity to improve myspeaking skills and ability to connect with people in networking situations. I formed strong
relationships with my cultural/regional team through the IIIP curriculum and established aworking relation with my supervisor.
If circumstances allow, I am planning to travel to Hong Kong with my regional team partners
and visit the Hutchison branch that is there and meet the supervisors face to face. It was adifficult, but rewarding experience and I don’t regret spending my summer indoors to complete
this virtual internship!

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Zhen Lin
Ireland
College of Arts &Sciences

University College
DublinBiology

Research InternCompany and Position Description:
University College Dublin (UCD) is a public research university in Dublin and is Ireland's largest
university. UCD is internationally known for its excellent quality in teaching and learning. As a
research intern, I worked with my supervisor studying miRNAs. miRNAs are a type of shortnon-coding RNAs involved in gene expression and regulation. Past research has shown thatmiRNAs regulate the development of human tumors by acting as suppressors or oncogenes.
miRNAs play a vital role in cancer and are heavily dysregulated in cancer cells. By studying
and identifying new miRNAs, researchers can potentially use their findings for cancer
prognosis, diagnostic tools, and future treatment.
For my project, I identified and analyzed authentic miRNAs using the data my supervisor
provided. This was done by ensuring the data matches the criteria’s that counts as true miRNA.
Additionally, I also used the microRNA database (miRbase) to further validate my results. The
database consists of published miRNA sequence annotations from past researchers. From thecertain trends I found, I was able to form general conclusions and discover how these trends
are also related to species development and evolution. Because this field of research is still
fairly new, these conclusions further confirmed past research findings.

Data Given to Analyze

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Zhen Lin
IrelandCreamy Irish Colcannon

Cliffs of Moher

Value Derived from the Experience:
This experience helped me grow personally and professionally. Creating small goals andcommunicating with my supervisor was vital to succeed. Throughout the internship, I learned how
to manage my time and not be afraid to ask for help. Because I was working independently, I
found myself sometimes struggling with my project. However, I was able to have a one-on-one
mentorship where my supervisor taught me how to determine my findings. Due to the flexibility, I
was also able to balance my time, actively determine my strengths, and improve myweaknesses. Throughout my regional team meetings and weekly meetings with my supervisor, I
was able to virtually immerse myself within the Irish culture. With the many attempts of cooking
Irish dishes and listening to Irish music, I was able to communicate across different cultures
despite the virtual setting.
As a generalist, this internship helped me in discovering different fields in biology. This project
helped explain the possible evolutionary changes different species underwent throughdevelopmental history while also learning about how our body functions mechanistically. This
experience also connected with what I learned academically to a topic I was able to further delve
into in research. Working independently prepared myself for my future professional life.

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Rafaela Mantoan Borges
United Kingdom
Intercollegiate
Programs

IES Abroad:
Shopwave

Computer
Science &Business

Analyst andDeveloper InternCompany and Position Description:
I interned at a London-based retail automation startup called Shopwave that offers retail andfast-service hospitality businesses powerful technologies to automate their entire estate, fromlegacy software to cloud and mobile apps, as a business analyst and software developer.
Shopwave enables clients to integrate inventory tracking and kitchen management withpoint-of-sale applications to deliver a connected, experiential retail effortlessly across multiple
teams, stores, and channels globally. It provides customers with a scalable option without thebureaucracy and hidden fees of large corporations to simplify retail operations and integrate theshop floor with the back office.
While working with Shopwave, I had the chance to participate in meetings, communicate withclients to identify new product opportunities, conduct market and product research, and test
beta versions of products that were already in development. I also identified points ofimprovement and implemented a new method based on fishbone diagrams to improve root
cause analysis inside the company. Furthermore, I was able to develop my own applicationfrom concept idea to launch. Hopefully, after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, I’ll be able to finallyvisit London and stop by 20 Air St at Piccadilly Circus where Shopwave is currently located.

Shopwave's POS System

Design Mockups
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Rafaela Mantoan Borges
United Kingdom

LondonAfternoon Tea

Value Derived from the Experience:
Although the idea we had envisioned for the internship didn’t work out exactly as we planned, I
handled a lot of interdisciplinary tasks. Instead of being exposed only to my areas of interest, I
was able to develop other skills and get out of my comfort zone. Working at a startup gave methat opportunity. Unlike my friends that interned at big corporations and had a fixed scheduleand job title, I felt like I was always on, transiting between completely different jobs. Although it
was hard to get used to at first, I developed a flexibility I didn’t have before. I am usually behinda screen coding, but since Shopwave is very externally driven, I had the opportunity to also
develop my communication skills.
Learning how to talk to clients in meetings and how to pitch my ideas took me out of my comfort
zone and made me more confident in the end. The lack of predictability helped me develop
adaptability skills and their goal-oriented culture taught me not just to follow orders but to create
my own. Any programmer knows the hard skills I acquired during this internship, but not all ofthem have the soft skills I developed as well. My supervisor once said, “any programmer cancode, but only some can communicate effectively”. This phrase stuck with me and I will always
remember it.

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Elora Marvasi
Dublin, IrelandCollege of Arts &Sciences

The Impacter

Biology/ Health,
Medicine, & Society

Communications
InternCompany and Position Description:
The Impacter is an NGO whose goal is to encourage and empower responsible innovation
projects. One way the Impacter accomplishes this is through the Business Spirit Platform, an online news source that publishes content related to value-driven business, responsible researchand innovation, and sustainable development. As a communications intern, my primary role wasto curate an excel sheet database of over 50 different organizations throughout four different
European countries that could serve as potential partners and collaborators for The Impacter as
we expand our reach.
Additionally, I served as Project Coordinator for the Impact Shakers Award interviews. Thisaward was distributed by one of Business Spirit Platform’s partners, and was given to social
entrepreneurs with exceptional start-ups. As part of each winner’s award package, they
completed a written interview with us, and we will be publishing articles on each of theirstart-ups. As Project Coordinator, I handled communication with all 12 winners, including
sharing interview materials, answering questions, providing feedback, sending reminders, andexpressing our thanks. In addition to these projects, I also had the opportunity to sit in on video
calls with company partners, and will be attending several conferences in the fall.

Impacter's magazine, "Profit with Purpose"

Company Swag

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Elora Marvasi
Dublin, IrelandHa'penny Bridge in Dublin

Guinness Storehouse

Value Derived from the Experience:
My time spent researching responsible innovation this summer introduced me to a new field ofwork I had never known existed before. This knowledge has provided me with a new and uniqueperspective on how businesses can influence the well-being of society, a concept which isapplicable to my own studies of health, medicine, and society, as well as my everyday life.
Although the virtual workspace proved to be a challenge, conquering virtual communication,
time differences, and cultural differences allowed me to strengthen my communication skills,
become more independent, and gain both personal and professional confidence. For example,
working on difficult projects with limited guidance forced me to trust my own abilities and to thinkoutside of the box. In the end, I could see a clear improvement in my work when I began to fully
adapt this mindset.
Overall, the most notable takeaway from my experience is the wonderful connections I was able
to build with my supervisor, the IIIP staff, and the other students in the 2021 cohort. Looking to
the future, I am excited to continue attending responsible innovation related events, and am
certain the skills and connections I've gained through this program will prove to be very
valuable!

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Caroline Mierzwa
Ireland
College of Arts
& Sciences

Gymboree Playand Music
InternEnglish withminor in History
Company and Position Description:
I interned for Gymboree Play and Music, a company based in Dublin, Ireland that provides
music classes and therapy to preschools across Ireland. Originally a clothing store in the UnitedStates, Gymboree Play and Music now operates as a franchise company abroad, serving
approximately 150 preschools in Ireland, with a staff of twenty teachers.
During my internship, I focused on updating the curriculum and lesson plans for the classes. I
compiled research on thebest types of music for children, ensuring that the children received awell-rounded view of songs, from African folk music to main stream pop. Additionally, I createdsimple choreography that the children can do to accompany the songs, to help develop theirfine and gross motor skills. This required working with a child safety engineer, to ensure that the
movements and use of musical instruments and props were safe for the children. I learned
tremendously about each component that goes into a lesson plan, from the content to including
some themes around character, such as taking turns and being kind to others. My creation oflesson plans will prove to be very useful to me in the future, as I plan on becoming a teacher or
perhaps the next franchise owner of Gymboree!

A meeting with my supervisor!

A sample Gymboree event!
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Caroline Mierzwa
Ireland

The Cliffs of Moher

A Typical Irish Pub

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship helped me develop some soft skills, such as effective and succinct
communication, assertiveness, and learning to thrive off of ambiguity. One of the main things thattook me by surprise was how much control I possessed over my assigned tasks for that week.
My supervisor was very lenient with the direction of my given tasks, which meant that I needed to
be well-prepared to assert my desires for that week’s workload. I cultivated the balance between
asserting myself, while being respectful and equipped with knowledge on the area of the lessonplan I was working on for that week.
Additionally, this internship reinforced my desire to work in the education sector in a
globally-driven environment. For instance, Gymboree revolves around infusing their lessons frommusic from around the world, as well as instilling cultural appreciation at such a young age. Thevery idea of exposing children to a vast array of cultures lies at the crux of global citizenshiptheory and how every person should strive to not merely view themselves as being a citizen of
one country confined to rigid borders, but an informed and caring citizen of the world.

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Kayla Miranda
Buenos Aires, Argentina
College of Arts &Sciences

Praxis EMR

Biology andEnglishMarketing InternCompany and Position Description:
This summer was afforded the opportunity to intern with a medical technology company called
Praxis Electronic Medical Records in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Praxis Electronic Medical
Records (Praxis EMR) has artificial intelligence called Concept Processing that learns from theneeds of the user. This company provides an electronic medical record software to a multitude
of medical specialties in order to provide a faster and easier way for medical doctors to practicehigher quality medicine instead of wasting a plethora of time on templates. Throughout working
with this company, I was able to work independently and with my supervisor in order tocomplete each task at hand; moreover, I helped with marketing of the product in order to help
struggling doctors who suffered with template systems.
Praxis is utilized in order to help physicians save valuable time and improve medical quality andpatient outcomes as a result of improved medicalquality. The main goal of Praxis is to allow
physicians to practice faster and easier medicine as well as become the most important medical
information system in the world. With that being said,I found it useful to know the background ofsome physician specialties in order to market the product toward that specific specialty.

A page I created for Praxis!

Edits I made for Cardiology!

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Kayla Miranda
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cultural Dancing

Argentinian Asado Event

Value Derived from the Experience:
I was able to gain a cultural perspective that has facilitated my professional and educational
development. I learned how to effectively communicate in order to maximize my time andproduce good-quality blogs for marketing. The beginning was challenging learning how tocommunicate and figuring out the proper time to communicate but working with my career
partners and regional teams that were assigned through my university has helped. The mostimpactful aspect of the internship would be meeting the CEO of the company that I interned for.
We almost immediately talking about how I’m in the process of applying to medical school—tomy surprise, he had gone through the same process; moreover, he had taken his MCAT, applied,
and attended medical school and went on to be a doctor. I found his tips to be extremely helpful,as they subsided some nerves and anxiousness that has been prevalent in my mind the past
couple of months.
My greatest lesson learned would definitely be time management. Although I’ve always been
good at managing my time and prioritizing in school, adding an internship on top of medical
school applications, summer classes, and my part-time retail job has been challenging—but I am
proud to say that I have done it! I learned the importance of keeping a detailed and organizedcalendar.

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Melina Mitsogiorgakis
Slovenia
IDEAS Program

University of
LjubljanaEngineering &Humanities

MechanicalEngineering
Research InternCompany and Position Description:
Our internship, in partnership with the University of Ljubljana’s mechanical engineering faculty,
has been focused on the research and advancement of passive radiation cooling technology.
Our team is comprised of two Lehigh undergraduates with mechanical engineering
concentrations, and one Lehigh material science and engineering graduate student. The firstfew weeks of work were dedicated to exposure to material for context on the necessary physics,
the state of the art, and potential future of applications.
We have read and compiled key concepts from introductory thermodynamics, heat transfer, andoptics references. We have also viewed a series of published papers on daytime radiation
cooling devices, and their successes and difficulties with applying the technology. Having
analyzed the relevant energy equations and designed a basic model sketch, we mathematicallysimulated intensity and power components using MATLAB.

My Research TeamMy Workspace at Home

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Melina Mitsogiorgakis
Slovenia

Slovenia in the Olympics

A Slice of Struklji I Made

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship has shown me how adaptable I am, and that I am much more capable ofreadily utilizing new information than I thought. Much of the physics that went into our work, I
had never even heard of before initializing our research. I have been able to develop my skills
as a team member and gained valuable experience for realistic time management and setting
practical goals.
Even though I struggled with my self-expectations at times, especially like knowing when toturn the computer off given the virtual nature of the work, I was able to take a step back andtalk with my research partners, both as colleagues and as friends. Knowing how to set
boundaries for oneself is just as important as being respectful of other people’s limitations,and that is valuable lesson.

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Luis Morales
Milan, Italy

College of Arts &Sciences
Behavioral
Neuroscience

Catholic University of
the Sacred Heart
Research InternCompany and Position Description:
Research Intern at University of Sacred Heart, Milan. Worked under Professor Michela
Balconi, a world-renowned scientist in the neuroscience/psychology field. Worked on
researching non-invasive techniques to help treat addiction. Researched biofeed back andneuro feedback training on how it could help patients who suffered from one of three
addictions or a combination of cocaine, alcohol, and gambling.
Final project included starting a research protocol on how these techniques can help patients
who suffer from gambling addiction. I laid the foundation for the professor and her team wasgoing to build off of that to actually run those experiments on real people. It is amazing to
see that the work that I did during these 10 weeks could have some positive real-life
implications. Even if my protocol is not the best, if it can help one person overcome theiraddiction, then it was a success in my books.

Milan Cathedral

Main Campus of University

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Luis Morales
Milan, Italy

Italy Winning Euro 2020

My Favorite Food, Lasagna!!

Value Derived from the Experience:
The value that I gained goes further than something that can be quantified on paper. I reallylearned how to carry myself around a team to get the best possible outcome. I have always
been the type of person to stay away from asking help because I thought it would go againstme, but during this internship I asked so many questions. I had to make sure I did a good job
representing myself, but also the university. I tried my best to learn a little bit of Italian, at least
the most basic phrases to try and speak to them in their own language. That also pushed meout of my comfort zone as I completely botched some words but I know the fact that I wastrying really impressed them. In terms of professional growth, I learned how to really perform agreat literature review as that is most of the work that I did for 8 weeks.
Finally, being able to work on my own protocol with their guidance and their tips was super
beneficial when I decide to do my own research down the line. It would have been amazing to
be in the lab with them in person and work on actual experiments, but this experience wasbeneficial in its own way.

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Ashley Moscoso
Slovenia
RCEAS
MechanicalEngineering

University of
Ljublijana
Mechanical Eng.
Research InternCompany and Position Description:
Throughout this internship, I worked with two other Lehigh students to do some research andprovide a simulation of daytime radiation cooling. The first two weeks we had to get familiar with
our topic so we read various articles so that we can get a better understanding. We presented
our findings to faculty from Slovenia who provided us with a lot feedback. With the help from ouradvisors and the readings, we had a fairly good foundation to create a free body diagram andenergy balance equation that we used to create a MATLAB simulation. Throughout thesummer, we were able to meet weekly with our advisors and receive the help we needed tohave a finished simulation.

Team Meeting

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Ashley Moscoso
SloveniaPražene gobe z jajci

Regional Team Foods

Value Derived from the Experience:
I learned so much personally and professionally through my internship experience. I learned
how to summarize, analyze, incorporate, and present findings from my readings appropriately. I
have also learned how to communicate effectively about my research and using the feedback I
received to improve my performance. Personally, I am a very timid person so in meetings I tend
to be quiet, but because of how frequent we had meetings I was forced to get out of my comfort
zone and was able to successfully find my voice.

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Mattie Murphy
Chile
College of Arts &Sciences

University San
Sebastian
Researcher

BiologyCompany and Position Description:
This summer I interned in the molecular microbiology and research food lab at the University San
Sebastian. More specifically, I worked on a research project with professor Waldo Diaz, Jazmin
Castro, and Claudia Zapata using the university’s COVID-19 PCR test result database. I used
programming software, such as R and R Studio, to run statistical tests and analyze the database
to ultimately identify the indeterminate/inconclusive test result bias of methods and othermetadata. In other words, my research focused on the role identified variables of RT-PCR testing
like RNA extraction method, PCR kit used, cycle threshold value, sample type, sample container
content, patient age, and patient gender have on the results of an indeterminate test result.
Currently, I am working with professor Waldo, Jazmin, and Claudia to publish my researchmanuscript. I am hoping a mathematical model can be made from my research thatcharacterizes an indeterminate test result.

My Research Manuscript

My Internship Workspace

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Mattie Murphy
Chile

Chilean Empanadas

Chilean Bracelet

Value Derived from the Experience:
I think this experience helped develop me both professionally and personally. For instance, I wasable to improve some of my professional workplace skills through networking and formal
presentations. Throughout the summer, I was able to connect with multiple professors andresearchers that work in the field I am interested in having a future in. Also, I am naturally apretty shy and reserved person, so I was very nervous when I had to present all of my research
to a group of about forty professionals. However, I now feel much more confident speaking
about myself to professionals and other people because of these sorts of activities. I think I willprobably have to present different research or projects for a large group of people multiple times
in the future.
Therefore, having the opportunity to better my public speaking abilities this summer was very
beneficial. I think I developed personally because I learned so much about the culture of anothercountry. I participated in meetings where I made bracelets native to Chilean practices, watched
Spanish movies, and was informed about Chilean economics and politics. From this, I expanded
my own intercultural competence and strengthened my relationship with some of my peers.

63Cameron Osborn
Germany
RCEAS

ImpactNexus

ComputerEngineering

Web Development
InternCompany and Position Description:
Throughout the course of the internship, I created and modified pages in an existing web app
constructed using Vue.js framework to visualize the results of impact assessments of clientcompanies. I first learned the ins and outs of Vue via a Udemy course, and as I became more
comfortable working with the framework, I was given more responsibilities and even given
freedom to determine the structure and content of new web pages. I usually met with one ormore supervisors for the first hour or so of my work day to clarify expectations of the day andwork out any difficulties encountered during my previous workday.
Due to the time difference between myself and my coworkers (6 hours), I often worked with noguidance for most of each work day. Other notable work I did for Impact Nexus included revising
written explanations of their services for clarity (as the only native English speaker on the team),taking notes on competitor landing pages for inspiration, and attending weekly planning andretrospective meetings. I initially was told I would be able to experiment with implementations ofmachine learning and natural language processing, but the opportunity never arose.

Skype Call with Supervisors

My Work Setup at Home

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Cameron Osborn
Germany

Regional Team Cultural Food Night

Regional Team Presentation

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship allowed me to see what it was like to work a proper web development job, after
having worked a more introductory web development position in high school. I was able to see
how some of the classes I have taken at Lehigh expand upon my prior experience in this field.
That said, I now have a greater motivation to explore other fields within my major in order todetermine my specialty, now knowing how I perform as a front-end web developer forcomparison. Working virtually in Germany, there was not much cultural difference as all
employees spoke English very well. I realized that in order to experience true cultural immersion,
I will have to visit Germany in person through the travel grant opportunity.
Through this virtual experience, I also realized how much I would prefer to work in person if
possible. I enjoyed meeting with my assigned career partners and regional team, as both wereable to contribute their perspectives onsimilar experiences encountered during the internship.

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Zaul Perez
Germany
College of Business& Economics

TU Dortmund

Management

Sports Logistics
InternCompany and Position Description:
I worked as a sports logistics intern for TU Dortmund, a logistics university in Germany, helping
my supervisor with publishing an academic paper. My work consisted of reading otheracademically published papers on sports logistics and providing feedback on what topics mysupervisor should include. In addition, I reached out to sports companies in the U.S. tointerview them about their infrastructure and how they handled sports logistics.

Meeting with My Supervisor

Image of the University

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Zaul Perez
Germany

Some Tasty German food

Cultural Celebration

Value Derived from the Experience:
My internship helped me improve some of my professional skills and helped me pinpoint what
areas I need to improve in. Time management has always been an important skill to have and myinternship has definitely helped me improve this skill due to the significant time difference. Also, I
got to learn a lot about the German work culture from my supervisor. It was overall a great
experience being able to see the work culture of another country and being able to experiencethat work culture for myself.

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Gabriel Pinheiro
Barcelona, Spain
RCEAS

SinluzCivil Engineering

InternCompany and Position Description:
I worked for Sinluz, an engineering and architecture consulting firm. Sinluz works with various
projects within Barcelona, mainly being residential buildings. Their work involves all types ofengineering and architecture processes in the construction of a building, such as developing
budgets, analyzing structural members, and performing building inspections. My position within
the company involved two main projects. The first project I worked on involved creating a budget
for all materials and labor included in the construction of a multi-story 11 family building. I
worked on the project budget in phases, ranging from the initial site preparation andexcavations, to the final facade and installations. I was given the overall scope of the project atthe beginning of the internship, and worked on the project phases sequentially.
The second project I worked on involved the inspection of a cluster of large residential buildings.
I worked with the Sinluz database to compile and organize photos and specific information foreach building in order to submit a final inspection report. I also worked on identifying andindicating any deficiencies with each building, which were mainly facade wear due to the old
age of the buildings. Throughout my internship I kept in close contact with my supervisor Raul.

Hospital San Pau

Architecture of Gaudi
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Gabriel Pinheiro
Barcelona, Spain

Torre Agbar: Office Building

Jardi Botanical Garden

Value Derived from the Experience:
My virtual internship has positively affected me professionally and personally. This internshipgave me valuable experience which allowed me to learn as much as I could about theconstruction process of a building. This experience also aligned really well with my professional
goals for the future in civil engineering. By working very closely with my supervisor Raul, I wasable to ask him many questions, which furthered my knowledge of civil engineering. I was alsoable to grow personally throughout the internship.
Since it was a virtual internship I faced many challenges such as conflicting time zones andtechnical difficulties with remote programs as well as other difficulties with language barriers anddifferent regional engineering terminology. Because I was able to face these challenges headon and ultimately have a very positive and impactful internship experience, I was able to gain
confidence on my abilities to adapt to any situation I might face in the workplace.

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Robert L. Prann
Germany
RCEAS

TU Dortmund

MechanicalEngineering

MechanicalEngineering InternCompany and Position Description:
Over the summer, I worked for TU Dortmund, which is a technical university based in Dortmund,
Germany. The work that they do at TU Dortmund is primarily based around mechanicalengineering and material science. During my internship, I worked with void analysis in the
micro-structure of dual-phase steels. I started by reviewing tradition metal forming methods
such as rolling, and die forging. Once I was familiar with these processes, I was able to startlearning about the damage that occurs within the metal during these processes and what
occurs when these formed parts are subjected to different loads.
While working with the team at TU Dortmund,I was tasked with analyzing electron microscope
images of a dual-phase steel in tension. The goal was to set a standard where all microscope
images were processed and grayscale in orderto show the significant voids in the microstructure. Multiple different software was used, but we finally wrote a LabVIEW code that wasable to grayscale all the images, detect voids, and eliminate noise that could be perceived as
small voids. I also worked on using FORGE NxT to more accurately model dual-base steels in
tension by integrating a flow curve based on the data we received from the photos.

Electron Microscope Image

Void Analysis Grayscale

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Robert L. Prann
Germany

Regional Team Food Photo

Oktoberfest in Germany

Value Derived from the Experience:
The Iacocca International Internship Experience was one like no other. Doing real engineering
work for a university in Germany was exciting and provided a lot of insight. Being virtual was
definitely a challenge and presented some difficulties along the way. However, I think that being
virtual provided a lot of educational value considering the ever-changing work environment. It
allowed for work flexibility and autonomy. The experience helped be grow personally by holding
me accountable and making sure I met deadlines and managed my time wisely since the workdays were asynchronous. I learned a lot about myself and my work ethic. I had to keep aschedule otherwise I would feel disconnected and fall behind on work.
The experience also helped me grow professionally, because it exposed me to an international
work environment and blended the German culture with my own. Some holidays took place
during my internship and it was interesting to see how my German colleagues balanced workand their time off. Being able to do real engineering work/research enabled me to gain an insight
into the corporate side of engineering and provided clarity on what type of job field I am
interested in and some of the things I would be expected to do in the future.

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Casey Su-Morrill
St. George, Bermuda
RCEAS

Bermuda Instituteof Ocean Science

Bioengineering

Research InternCompany and Position Description:
I worked as a research intern for Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences under Dr. RachelParsons. I worked individually on my own project and frequently met with our lab group Team
Microbe. My project was investigating the environmental factors that drive the formation andoverturn of the oxygen minimum zone in Devil's Hole, Bermuda. I did a lot of the data analytics
for their cruise sampling and researched weather patterns that supported my hypothesis. I
learned how to make contour plots in Ocean Data View, a lot of new features in excel, andsome elementary basics in R for statistics.
Throughout the course of my internship I gave an introduction talk and a final talk to themembers of BIOS and finished a final paper. I was also able to meet with a Bermuda Weather
Service meteorologist who published papers similar to my project findings. My aspirations forpost internship are to continue to help my mentor with some of the data sorting during winterbreak to add to my projects timeline and to learn how the data is sampled on the cruise.

Team Microbe

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Casey Su-Morrill
St. George, Bermuda

Bermuda Shorts

Rainwater Roofs

Value Derived from the Experience:
I found this internship to be a lot of fun and very interesting. I gained more of an idea of what
type of research I would like to do in the future and how the process for it goes. I also gained
confidence in my abilities to learn new software as well as chemistry I wasn't familiar with. With aremote internship, time management and communication were the most important aspects I
found making it successful. My mentor and I kept in touch every day and met over zoom at least
twice a week to go over project findings. Being completely honest about skill levels andknowledge allowed me to learn faster and develop a balance between receiving help withindependently working.
Overall, I believe that this internship gave me more certainty and confidence in a new work
environment as well as lots of new skills to add to my experience. Being able to work with BIOS
was an opportunity I am very fortunate to have. I'm hoping to continue to intern with them in the
future and advance my project findings.

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Andrew Taulane
Ireland
College of Arts &Sciences

Sage Advocacy

History

Research InternCompany and Position Description:
I had the pleasure of working at Sage Advocacy for my Iacocca International Internship. Sage
was founded in 2014 in response to abuses towards the elderly in the Irish healthcare systemand has been committed to providing care and a voice for Ireland's aging population eversince. My role at Sage was to monitor the media and political attention given to the company's
key campaigns for the summer. I would search through news databases and records ofmeetings in the Oireachtas, Ireland's legislature, to find examples of issues Sage had brought
up being discussed. After finding these examples, it was then my job to log them and present
them to my supervisor every week. Additionally, I undertook another project with Sage tomonitor the lobbying efforts of nursing homes in Ireland. I even had the opportunity to present
this second research project to the executive director of Sage Advocacy and offer my insighton where the group should focus its own lobbying attention.
Overall, I was very interested in my work as it had real world repercussions, and thanks to IIIP,
I have opened up a new potential career path I normally wouldn't have explored.

My supervisor, Francess

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Andrew Taulane
Ireland

Pasties, an Irish Pub Dish

The Blarney Stone

Value Derived from the Experience:
The Iacocca International Internship helped me develop professionally by giving me exposure toresearch beyond what I was used to in the classroom. All the research I had done at Lehigh todate has been relatively limited, but here with Sage Advocacy I knew that my work wasseriously being considered and could impact policy decisions in Ireland.
To be honest, recognizing that fact was a very scary feeling at first. But I feel like IIIP has givenme the chance to really grow into that sort of role. Their professional coaching and advisinghave made me more confident than ever before in terms of career-readiness. I’ve never been
the type of person to really think about my strengths or where I want my career to go, so getting
to sit down with the IIIP staff and talk through these decisions was extremely helpful.

75Rolake Tomoye
Germany, Rwanda
IDEAS

AIMS

Computer
Science &Economics

Software InternCompany and Position Description:
I interned at AIMS - African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. I mainly worked with Full-Stack
Development and supported the primary software developer in the development of a webbased platform for partially automating data collection and report generation for a variety of
performance variables relevant to the AIMS Global Network. I also, undertook endeavors in
CRUD (Create, Review, Update, Delete) operations using the Django Python framework, user
management, API (Application Program Interface) management and UI (User-Interface)design.

AIMS

AIMS Promotes STEM Education

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Rolake Tomoye
Germany, Rwanda

Making German Meals

Michael Schumacher

Value Derived from the Experience:
Partaking in the Iacocca internship was quite a difficult endeavor for me. This was due tomultiple reasons; my internship was quite difficult as I was learning and working on a lot of new
projects and technologies that I had never done before. I also had to learn quite a lot on myown. However,this taught me that I can overcome anything that is placed in front of me.
Professionally, at my internship I learned a lot about communication, especially cross-culturalcommunication. All in all, the Iacocca internship taught me a lot about my interests, my skills,
and setting boundaries.

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Evelyn Velasquez-Moreno
Croatia
College ofArts &
Sciences
GlobalStudies

PAR
University
Curriculum
Developer

Company and Position Description:
This summer I interned as a curriculum developer for PAR University College in Croatia.
This school is a business school that offers classes for both undergraduate and graduate
students who are interested in working in business. As a curriculum developer, my job was
to work towards bettering the business classes and figuring out ways in which students
can have a more advanced, well-taught business classes. PAR University College takes
their curriculum, classes and the experiences of their students very seriously. Therefore,
during my internship, I made sure to research and develop a presentation on US summer
schools that are similar to PAR's Sail and Learn summer program.
PARs Sail and Learn program is a one-week program in which students sail through
Croatia's beautiful coastline while at the same time take business classes. I put together apresentation with five different US schools that offer similar summer programs to Sail andLearn, from which my supervisor was able to take valuable facts and information from andbuild a better summer program for PARs summer school.

Me and My Supervisor, Sanda

Country of Croatia
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Evelyn Velasquez-Moreno
Croatia

Making a Croatian Dish

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Value Derived from the Experience:
This internship helped me gain a better understanding of what it is like to work with others
professionally and it really helped me gain stronger communication, time-management,
confidence and knowledge of how to work with others in a well and professional manner. Before
participating in this internship, I really did not have much confidence or skills to work in theworkforce, because I only really knew how to work with others in classrooms or through clubs
and after school activities.
I was definitely very nervous to go into this internship and I absolutely did not know what toexpect, because not only was it my first internship, but it also happened to be international, and I
have never worked with anyone internationally, so I definitely was in for a surprise and for ajourney. This internship amazed me and changed me. It helped me. I realized that for me to work
well, those with whom I work with in a professional environment does matter. I am willing tocommunicate and confidently ask questions without having to feel like I am a burden,so to havea supervisor who was understanding, professional and articulate was a huge bonus for me. That
was important to me because my supervisor's professionalism and actions served as an exampleof how I will be when I transition into the work force.

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Ashley Veliz
London, England (UK)Arts & Science

Healthwatch:Greenwich

Psychology and
Health Medicine &Society

Volunteer: Virtual
Research InternCompany and Position Description:
For the Summer of 2021, I had the pleasure of virtually interning for Healthwatch Greenwich, anonprofit organization located in London, England. Healthwatch’s focus and priority is to listen tocommunity members and voice their concerns to those in power to create effective andmeaningful change. One task I was assigned revolved around constructing feedback reports,
which contained all the reviews for the month of June and July that locals had left for a range ofhealth services in the Greenwich area: General Practices, Dentists, Care-homes, and Hospitals.
These feedback reports are important, as they will become the basis for future community
decisions around health care and services.
For my final assignment, I had to work and collaborate as a team to compile and analyze
reports delivered by southeast London Healthwatch (SELHW), six local Healthwatch. We
wanted to identify themes and recommendations SELHW has made to NHS providers between
April 2018 and March 2021. This is the first mega-analysis that looked at these health issues
over the course of years to see if they were reoccurring. This is extremely important as it will be
used as proof and pressure to get the six Healthwatch to prioritize working on these issues,
benefiting the quality of public and social services of others.

Work Space for Virtual InternshipWork Attire

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Ashley Veliz
London, England (UK)Tea & Shortbread

Spotify Playlist with UK Artists

Value Derived from the Experience:
On a personal, academic and even professional level I was able to develop my culturalcompetency, an ability needed within the field I want to pursue. Through the seminar offered by
IES, I learned about differences between cultures, which helped a lot in navigating andunderstanding my internship. I learned about differences in communication style, trust,leadership,and disagreement. I have realized that I want to work in the health industry, but on a
global scale. This requires interacting with a multitude of people with drastically different
backgrounds. Therefore, I would like to further my cultural competency to become a better ally
to all people.
The first step in accomplishing this for my internship was to attend and represent Healthwatch atexternal organizations. Examples of this include the event by Kingston University London that
discussed the Representativeness and diversity in patient and public involvement andengagement, as well as the event held by Eventbrite where they discussed how the pandemic
has disproportionately impacted certain groups of people, indicating that there may be different
and distinct health service support needed for them. Overall, this internship has opened my eyesto the various possibilities or paths that can exist.

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Janik Wing
EnglandIntegrated
Business andEngineering

Morrinson Wealth

Finance

Summer InternCompany and Position Description:
Morrinson Wealth Management is a principal partner practice of one of UK's leading wealthmanagement firms - St. James's Place. At Morrinson, they invest money, provide financial
guidance, and assist with long-term plans for individual clients. This work provides valuable tools
for people to build wealth over the course of their lives and make smart financial decisions.
My role in this company was primarily internal. My responsibilities included conducting market
research on competitor firms, creating a new content library, and I was also given the opportunity
to network with other professionals in the office and attend client meetings.

Location of London Office

Company Presentation

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Janik Wing
EnglandAfternoon Tea

Traditional Pub + Telephon

Value Derived from the Experience:
For me, having the opportunity to intern for a foreign company meant a lot more than getting justwork experience. I personally enjoyed getting to better understand the UK culture and traditions
especially from a work perspective. One thing I found interesting and potentially something that I
would want to implement in my life is having a strong separation between work and outside life.
For example, if I sent an email on Friday at 6:00 PM, I would not get a response until Monday
morning, because time off in the UK is taken more seriously. At the same time, I get the
impression that in the US you're always expected to check mail and answer calls over the
weekends and on vacation.

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Nicholas Yang
Slovenia
RCEAS
Materials Scienceand Engineering

University of
Ljubljana
MechanicalEngineering InternCompany and Position Description:
This summer, I worked in a research group for the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Under
supervision of a professor from the university, my group worked on a project involving
radiation cooling to decrease atmospheric emissions and increase cooling technology
efficiency.
Due to the time zone difference and asynchronous work environment, my group worked andmet on our own time, researching creating material to present to our supervisor each week.
This proved to be an efficient work style, as we received constructive criticism from our
supervisor, while also taking the responsibility to do work asynchronously. At the end of ourexperience, we constructed and presented a radiative cooling schematic with code anddiagrams to back up our statement.

U.S. Temperature Map

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Nicholas Yang
Slovenia

Homemade Jota

Lake Bled

Value Derived from the Experience:
At the beginning of this experience, I wasn't quite sure how well an remote internship working
environment would prepare me for my career. I am glad to say now that I took away more fromthis internship than I'd expected. Working with colleagues internationally introduced me todifferent working styles and imposed me to accommodate for a large time difference. I wasfortunate enough to work in a small group, which allowed us to learn work division,
troubleshooting, and a whole lot of collaboration.
Thanks to the help of the IIIP Staff, I was also able to immerse myself in the Slovenian culture as
best as I could virtually, following icons from the area, making Slovenian food at home, andlistening to their style of music. The goal of this program is to prepare its interns for their career,while also introducing them to other cultures across the world. The staff definitely matched theirideals with the goals of the program, making the interns a priority at all times. Looking forward, I
plan on applying for a travel grant to travel to Slovenia when it is safe to travel.

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Bishoy Youhana
United Kingdom
RCEAS

Vensy

ComputerEngineering

Software internship

Company and Position Description:
This summer I interned at Vensy, a software engineering company in London. It’s a small
startup with about 12 employees, only 6 of whom are full time. The company started off as amarketing company that uses Artificial Intelligence to implement social media marketing
solutions. They partnered with a lot of big names such as Arsenal and, currently, NBA Europe.
After that, the founders saw an opportunity in the sports betting industry and founded
MVGamer, a subsidiary for Vensy. I was under the impression that I would work with Vensy, but
I ended up working exclusively with MVGamer. This did cause a conflict in me, given I do notconform with the ethics of gambling and betting.
I worked on three projects. Firstly, I performed extensive testing on the new features on thewebsite and created a report summarizing the issues. Secondly, I developed a Machine
Learning model (using AI and statistical models) that predicts the performance of a player intheir next Call of Duty match. Finally, I used Zappier to automate discord messages,
congratulating individuals when they complete milestones, using our platform. I also performed
market research and competitor analysis on the Asian and North American markets.

My Work Station

Me and My Supervisor

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Bishoy Youhana
United Kingdom

Tea

J.K. Rowling

Value Derived from the Experience:
During the internship I used many skills that I already had and learned new skills. The hard skills I
utilized included Python, GitHub, and JSON. I learned how to use APIs with JSON and became
fluent in the process. I also had to actively make sure I was writing legible code that someone
else could use afterwards. Working in a team and in a company has put me under the mindset
that I’m not writing code for it to just accomplish a goal, rather I have to make sure that it
implements effectively with the whole program, it’s reusable, and accounts for all possible
situations (handles all possible errors).
Soft skills I utilized and grew include, networking, adaptability, flexibility, and communication. I
had to adapt quickly when the API we use does not work and switch to another API quickly. A big
part of my time was spent building a community on Discord, I would text people individually
explaining the betting system and help them navigate the website, ultimately reaching out to themafter a while asking if they want to play. I would also text in the public channel advertising new
daily bets. I also was able to create great connections with my supervisor and colleagues where I
feel very comfortable reaching out to them to catch up or ask for a favor.

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Jamie Zamrin
Argentina
College of Arts &Sciences

CSA
Attorneys
Legal InternInternational
RelationsCompany and Position Description:
CSA Attorneys deals primarily with immigration law for people trying to leave Buenos Aires and
go to the United States. This migration can occur for various reasons, such as businessexpansion opportunities, investment opportunities, and much more. CSA Attorneys aides increating the visas for these people and ensuring that the visas are approved within the US
Embassy.
This summer, I was given various opportunities to assist in the marketing of the company aswell as visa creation for prominent immigrants. I created a brochure that the company will now
use to reach out to potential clients that summarizes their services. I also constructed legal
briefs for prominent Argentinian figures, even Leo Messi! This allowed them to be able to begin
a path to either new business opportunities or citizenship, depending on their goals. I assisted
in the creation of visa packages that assisted businesses in creating new branches within the
US or expanding on current US market opportunities. Finally, I assisted the company in theirquest to branch out with a pro bono political asylum case, by researching the process ofpolitical asylum and what was necessary of the applicant to be granted asylum.

My Boss Welcoming Messi!

Diego Sardone, My Boss!

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Jamie Zamrin
Argentina

The Tango, A Popular Dance

Asado, or Barbeque!

Value Derived from the Experience:
Being an international relations major & prelaw student at Lehigh, I came to this program looking
to learn more about legal writing while also hoping to gain international perspective. Iacocca wasable to easily provide me with both opportunities! My boss always gave me prominent projects
and never gave me “busy work”. I was able to experience the field of immigration law first hand,through research, visa construction, legal writing, and so much more. Working at the firm gave
me confidence that I will be able to become a successful lawyer in the future and that I havepotential in immigration law.
Even though the internship was virtual, I learned a lot about the cultural tradition of Asado
through a live video presentation and I felt like I was actually understanding the significance of
this tradition, beyond just the concept of a barbeque, it’s so much more! This internship taught
me a lot about my own time management skills and what I am capable of. It has instilled
confidence in my work because I now know that even beyond the academic realm, I am able toproduce work that will have a significant impact in the real world. Through my work this summer, I
have learned that I am capable of achieving the goals that I have made for myself, because I
have the confidence that I will be able to do it!

89Wei Zheng
Germany
RCEAS

IES Abroad

Computer
Science

Frontend
Developer InternCompany and Position Description:
I’m currently interning in Feniska, a startup that aims to offers digital healthcare for cats anddogs. Feniska is relatively a small company located in Berlin, Germany, it has a total of sevenmembers in the workplace, and four of them are actually interns. Because of the time zone
difference, there was a daily meeting on the workday for me and my team to catch up witheach other. As of my responsibility as a frontend developer intern, I learned and used React
Native to work alongside my supervisor in order to implement the company's web applicationinterface. For instance, I reformatted the help center page using the fresh design provided by
my supervisor. In addition, there was also part of my work dedicated to researching instead of
doing "actual coding". One of the examples of my research assignment is to compile different
ways of social media authorization/authorization along with their benefits and drawbacks.

Daily Meeting with My Supervisor

The Feniska App
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Wei Zheng
Germany

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Wurst, Food in German

Value Derived from the Experience:
For me, a long term aim for my career, or even for my life in general, is to learn about thedifferences and coexist with them. This might sound vague as a goal, but it is also a challenge tosummarize it in a short context. For instance, coexist with differences can either mean that I learn
new knowledge from others and adapt it to my own, or it can be endured with the conflicting
view, and avoid it to impact my feelings. In addition, it does not mean that I simply take whateveris thrown at me, but instead filter the information that is being passed to me, and learn about
how to handle them. This can be extremely beneficial if I will be working in someplace that ispolitically divided. People are often aggressive towards others with different political stands, andunderstand how to deal with these conflicts will help me to build a friendly relationship with mycoworkers. Through this internship, really helps me to understand more about the beauty ofdifferent views and appreciate them. At the same time, I was able to learn more about thedifferent cultures as well as how to work remotely in a different time zone. These soft skills might
not be as concrete as “learning a new language”, they are definitely something that is beneficial.

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Acknowledgement of IES Abroad
Over the ten-years history of the Iacocca International Internship Program we have worked withvarious partner organizations. Through strong relationships and good planning, many
meaningful student experiences have been made possible. The most valuable partner throughout
the COVID-19 pandemic has been IES Abroad. The IES Abroad staff supported us as we quickly
pivoted to provide virtual internships and, due to positive relations with their in-country hostorganizations, we were able to facilitate more virtual internships than would have been possible
otherwise. Many of the internships represented within this year's Student Report were facilitated
by IES Abroad. Thank you to the staff in Chicago, IL and in the Country Centers around theworld. We are very grateful. As a program provider in the field of International Education, IES
Abroad sets the bar high.

92Thank you to the donors who make this program possible!

Air Products Foundation

Trisha S. '11G and James
J. Alexy '16P

Evita and Jefferson F.
Allen '67 '97P

Anonymous

Susan K. Archer '82

Kevin E. Augustyn '17

Jessica M. Baier '16

BD (Becton Dickinson)

Elizabeth and Joseph J.
Bailey '80 '14PPeter S. Bailey '92

Barbara and David M.*
Baldwin '51

Christina E. Bauer '15

Jessica M. DeSantis-Berg'03 and Jonathan J. Berg
'03

Beverly and Harold P.
Bitler '64

Lauren E. Bloch '10

Kim and Robert W.
Bohny '84

Gloria H. and Michael G.
Bolton '65 '67G '94P

Elizabeth T. Brinkman '88

Yutong Chang '17G

Jane L. Johnston andTimothy G. Chelius '16P

Maria L. '87 and John R.
Chrin '85 '86 '10P

Kieren E. Connor '16

Joan and Curts Cooke '58'82P '15GP

Doreen M. and Bryan A.
Costantino '14P '16P

Gretchen F. Cusick

Lynne M. '87 and Sean
Davis '23P

Amanda L. and John R.
Day '98

Claudia De Dougherty
and Eugene T. Dougherty'87 '12P '14P

Marianna R. Deal '17P

Terri R. and Charles J.
Delaney '81

William A. Draper Jr. '65

Patricia and Stewart Early'66 '96P

Jennifer Satz Enslin '18P
and Jeffrey D. Enslin '88'18P

Yiyi N. and John C. Evans'66

Nadine S. Elsayed '18

Charlene Y. Fergus '99

Nikola and Todd M.
Freeman '82 '15P

Wayne D. Freese '59

GE Foundation

Linda L. and Peter M.
GilbertBette G. and Stephen F.
Goldmann '66

Christine and Steven H.
Goldthwaite '87

Oscar J. Gomez '18

Judy and Donald M.
Gruhn '49

Alexis L. Haggert '18

Melanie H. Hanft '20

Julia W. '87 '21P and
Raymond G. Held '85'21P

Kaitlyn M. Hennessy '19

June W.* and Leon C.
Holt '48 '85P through theHolt Family Foundation

Katherine J. Howlin '16

Linda P. Huber '80

Lee A. Iacocca* '45 '17GP'69H

The Iacocca Foundation

Ingersoll-Rand Company

Intel Foundation

Elaine B. Ivy '14

Brodi D. Jackson
Borchardt '98 and
Gregory C. Borchardt

Christopher W. Kohler'08Mariah X. Kozub '19

Kelsey LaBosco '16

Matthew M. Lambert '18

Allison L. Land '88 '19P

Farren Leung '18

Harry B. Levine '56 '91P

Hilary J. Lewis '11

I. Henry Lewis '63

Alice E. and Howard T.
Lieberman

Emily M. Linderman

Victor Lopez-Balboa

Sharon O. and James R.
Maida '85 '17P '19P

Rachael M. Martel '16

Haley G. Maruschak '15

Victoria R. McCulley '19

Medidata Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co.
Foundation, Inc.

Metem Corporation

Hannah and James D.
Miller '64 '67G '87P '90PDavid A. Morrison '18

Amy L. Moyer '12

Ann C. '91G and Vincent
G. Munley '74 '02P '04P
'05P

Barbara and Ronald
Muse '06P

Sarah J. Muse '06

Minh B. Nguyen '18

Rene Obregon '97P

Noah O. Ongoro '14

Tanairy Ortiz '19

Kristin C. Perry '93

Donald R. Phillips '84

Bernardo J. Pontes '03

Bonnie L. and Frank T.
Pratt '65 '66G '03P

PwC

Seneca S. Rasey '17

RBS Greenwich CapitalFoundation

Kathryn Y. and Alan G.
Rieper '62

Ilyana Sangadzhyieva

Casey L. Snyder '18

Robin and Lawrence M.
Statsky '14P

Megan K. and Charles E.
Stevens

Alex P. Tamm '12

Patricia M. and Lawrence
J. Tamm '12P

Ronni and Arthur C.
Tauck, Jr. '53 '79P

The Freeman Foundation

Cheryl A. and Paul D.
Thomas '78

Christine and Vincent R.
Volpe, Jr. '80 '81

Evan R. Vomund '18

Laurence J. Walsh '92

Ryan L. White '14

Arielle K. Willett '15

Huan Xie '17

Angela K. Young '17

Deborah E. Zajac '97(PricewaterhouseCoopers)

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