 "Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Ryan")
Before college, for some, summer meant enduring extensive family road trips, or working a monotonous job like bussing tables for a little cash. Summers now, however, hold oportunities for internships all over the world.
Since 2000, the University of Dreams has provided internship opportunities for college students in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and as far away as Barcelona and Hong Kong.
Taylor Ryan, a fourth-year tourism management student, spent eight weeks last summer in Sydney, Australia, organizing corporate events and group study tours for Directions, an event and conference planning business.
She created proposals for the companies and set up all that was needed at a specific event.
She said she was not only able to gain valuable work experience during those few months, but she also got to see Sydney through a native’s perspective while attending rugby games, double-decker tours, and dinner cruises.
The adventure also taught her interview preparation and resume building.
“It opens up a lot of conversation, when interviewing,” she said.
Emily Arceneaux, a sports management alumni, took part in the Sydney summer program two years ago through University of Dreams and worked for the sports marketing agency Octagon.
Almost like a public relations representative, Arceneaux had to advertise Sydney’s rugby and soccer teams and get them publicity.
“I knew I wanted to work overseas and I knew this was the way to do it,” she said.
Like Ryan, she said she also was also able to tour the land and go skydiving, sailing and bridge climbing.
With a total of 80 students travelling with her, Arceneaux also had the opportunity to do a lot of networking.
“The difference from doing one through USC and doing one through another program is that it’s only people who go to USC,” she said. “I met people from all over and still keep in contact with about ten of them.”
Arceneaux said working with Octagon helped her land her most recent internship with the Charlotte Bobcats.
For more information about how to participate in University of Dreams programs, visit www.Summerinternships.com.
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