I started off this past summer with a few celebratory fist-bumps after finishing the last Spanish class of my life. The next few weeks I spent working in Brussels as an intern for a member of the European Parliament, specifically representing the southeast part of England. I lived with two different host families during this [...]

Morgan Chalfant spent her summer in her hometown, Longmeadow, MA, tutoring elementary, middle, and high school students in Math and English. Particularly, she helped an 8th grade math student tackle the final exam of her accelerated Algebra course and advance to Geometry. She also advised an upcoming high school senior about the process of developing [...]

Summers on Cape Cod are always fun. From the lazy beach days, to the family barbecues, to seeing old friends, long lasting memories are always created. However, I went into this summer knowing that it would probably be my last one before I need to do something productive, like an internship or a job in [...]

This summer I took my love for my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a new level by interning at JENNMAR, a company that specializes in making ground safety control products for coal mines.  I worked in the marketing department at JENNMAR’s corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania assisting the marketing director and manager with daily tasks [...]

  New Catholic Issues Editor Alex Deriso spent the summer learning that life after college won’t be as sweet. This summer, I worked at a Hedge Fund in New York City. I was able to learn many of the ins-and-outs of the Wall Street game, which will help me in the future when I plan [...]

Here goes the first of a series of “Observer- What-We-Did-This-Summer” posts! This summer I had the opportunity to work a few exciting jobs! I continued my internship at WGBH with NOVA Online that I had begun last January.  I worked with some amazing people, including David Levin who produces many of the NOVA Podcasts and [...]

Dear Class of 2015, Do you want to continue working on a newspaper like you did in high school? Are you interested in pursuing journalism as a career? Are you looking to try something new at Boston College and meet some great people in the process? If the answer to any of these questions is [...]