Internship Highlights

The kind of experiential learning you'll get at URI is the kind that helped Mike Bailey land an internship, and then a full-time job, at Newport Biodiesel.

Communications major Ariana Swerdlin, of New Jersey, is interning in the marketing department of Gulf Oil headquarters in Massachusetts. She's creating electronic communications for consumers and distributors, designing promotional products, helping with Gulf Oil's social networking sites, and assisting with design of a large scale advertising campaign.

Biological sciences major Anup Mohanty interned at leading biotech firm, Genzyme Corporation, and by the time he'd graduated, he'd been published in an international scientific journal, had a patent pending, and several job offers from which to choose.

Brittany Vincent is a children's editorial intern at Simon & Schuster (Books for Young Readers), where she's reading manuscripts to determine their potential for publication, composing reader reports, and providing detailed assessments of proposed books.

Engineering major Yemi Akinside interned at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, where he worked on many national defense and security submersible vehicle projects. His internship landed him a full-time job after graduation.

Kinesiology major Alyssa Kolton took her internships — two of them — overseas to Israel, where she worked with the Israeli National Soccer Team and the Israeli Olympic Judo Team.

English major Bianca Scartabello is an editorial intern at Hasbro, Inc. Toy Division, which, by the way, is led by a URI alumnus. Bianca is brainstorming product names and taglines, researching competitive products, writing toy product packages and instructions, and more.

Communications major Cameron Fox, of Massachusetts, is interning at the New England Sports Network (NESN), owned by the Boston Red Sox and Bruins. He's producing DVDs for clients showcasing their on-air promotions, reviewing and analyzing daily Nielsen ratings data, and keeping tabs on competing networks.

Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design major Lisa Marie Carroll, of New York, interned at Bed, Bath & Beyond headquarters, where she helped design products, worked with domestic and foreign vendors, and successfully managed plenty of international communication endeavors. She's now a full-time assistant buyer for the same company.

Journalism major Patrick Oulette, of Massachusetts, interned at the Boston Globe, where he covered the MIAA Division III high school football beat and wrote 700-word articles in 20 minutes.

An internship with the New England Patriots ended in a full-time job for marketing major Katie Beltz, of Ohio. During her internship, she planned promotional events, coordinated player appearances, and marketed opportunities to premium ticket holders.

Kinesiology major Derrek Douglas, of New Jersey, was chosen from hundreds of applicants to be the strength and conditioning intern at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego.