Internship Placements
Internship Placements
Internship Placements
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Individual Internships,
(Company, Position Title, Country):
American Language Center, Marketing and Outreach, Moldova Aon Benfield, Treaty and Analytics Intern, Singapore Aon Risk Solutions, New Growth Model Analyst, Singapore Aon Hewitt, Talent Sourcing and Engagement, Singapore Apollo Tyres, Finance and Accounting Assistant, India Apollo Tyres, Human Resources Associate, India
Bracalente Manufacturing Group, Manufacturing Process Analyst Intern, China
CFC Consulting, Marketing and Communications, Ukraine Cros NT, Statistical Methodology Analyst, Italy Desimone Consulting Engineers, Structural Engineer, Abu Dhabi
Hutchinson Port Holdings, Analyst for Container Terminal Operator, Hong Kong
Metem, Data Acquisition Enhancements, Hungary Metem, Value Stream Mapping, Hungary Office of The Vice Prime Minister, EU Integration, Georgia
Open World Leadership Center, Development and Outreach Intern, Ukraine
Viva Group, Construction Process Analyst, India Group Programs: International Education Studies in Cambodia Teaching Practicum and Cultural Immersion Program in China Service and Sustainable Development Internship in Costa Rica
Research Opportunity at The Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia
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Aon plc is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource consulting and outsourcing. Through its more than 62,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon delivers client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions.
Skills needed: Skills Needed: Marketing, Finance, and Accounting knowledge as well as skills that include report writing, spreadsheets, power point and presentations
Job Description: A native English speaking project intern will become part of the team of the specially created information agency. The main goal of the project is to create and disseminate positive news about Ukraine in English, to the media outlets around the globe. The intern will be actively involved in the news creation process, negotiations with foreign agency partners, and in establishing new contacts with foreign media and journalists. Daily duties will also include updating the agencys website. The main outcome that we would expect from the internship is enlargement of our foreign network and media database, which the intern would be able to do easier than a Ukrainian speaking team-member. In addition, the intern may be partially involved in other projects of CFC Consulting Company, depending on the assignments that the company would have during the summer. These might be projects in PR, mass communications, marketing communications or show business. Majors Desired: international relations, global studies. political science, journalism
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Cros NT in Italy
DeSimone Consulting Engineers provides high-quality, creative structural engineering services to architects, owners and developers. Our firms breadth and diversity are key strengths that have positioned us to best serve our client needs. Founded in New York City in 1969, the firm has grown to more than 250 employees, and now has offices worldwide. Located in New York, Miami, San Francisco, New Haven, Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, our offices are organized to support our clients around the country and around the globe. To date, we have designed projects in 40 states and 17 countries. DeSimone performs structural analysis and design for all types of buildings at all project phases. The firm has had tremendous success with clients who insist on personal attention and demand inspired engineering. Our approach is process driven, utilizing an open office, collaborative design environment. Communication and responsiveness are key strengths that facilitate our commitment to exceptional service and engender the creation of a better-built environment.
Skills needed: Seeking a candidate with a desire to travel and to learn from new experiences.
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As part of the commercial department, the intern will be able to interact with a diverse client base in customer meetings and corporate entertainment/relationship building. 13
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The KAEF Graduate Fellowship Program offers graduate fellowships at American universities to talented Kosovars who demonstrate a strong commitment to the development of their countryThe KAEF website is an online community of students, professionals and business owners who want to keep abreast of the latest educational and professional opportunities available to Kosovars. The website maintains a blog about economic and educational opportunities for Kosovars, a photo gallery of our programs participants, and an e-newsletter with important updates about KAEFs work. KAEF offers support to American scholars researching issues of economic significance to Kosovo.
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Metem in Hungary
Metem in Hungary
Specific Jobs or Outcomes Expected 1. Identify the target product, product family, or service. 2. While on the shop floor, draw a current state value stream map, which shows the current steps, delays, and information flows required to deliver the target product or service. There are standard symbols for representing supply chain entities. 3. Assess the current state value stream map in terms of creating flow by eliminating waste. 4. Draw a future state value stream map. 5. Work toward the future state condition. Expected result: The intern should prepare a report giving details of the existing and proposed methods. He should give his reasons for the changes suggested. The report should show Brief description of the old method. Brief description of the new method. Reasons for change. Advantages and limitations of the new method. Savings expected in material, labor and overheads. Tools and equipment required for the new method. The cost of installing the new method including. Cost of training the workers in the new method. Cost of improving the working conditions.
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Office of The Vice Prime Minister in Georgia (Funded by The Lee Iacocca Foundation)
Position Title: EU Integration
NATO Integration Coordination Department main functions: Coordination and monitoring of the Governments executive branch activities with regard to Euro-Atlantic integration Coordination and monitoring of the Annual National Program implementation Executing secretarial functions for the state commissions on Euro-Atlantic integration Cooperation with the respective offices of the leading nations of the world in the process of Georgias EuroAtlantic integration Studying and analyzing the experience of the Eastern European and new member states Cooperation with international and non-governmental and scientific-research centers with the goal of public information European Integration coordination Department main functions: Coordination of activities on the European integration of the Government of Georgia, Ministries and other state agencies Assistance to approximation of Georgian legislation to the legislation of the EU Executing functions of the secretariat of the state commission on Georgias European integration Coordination of implementation of Georgia-EU action plan within the scope of the EU Neighborhood Policy Coordination of Georgias participation in the EU initiative Eastern Partnership Coordination of issues related with the Partnership for Mobility Assistance to approximation of Georgia and EU political, business and non-governmental circles
Job Description: An intern will be assisting Vice Prime Ministers Office on implementation of coordination and monitoring of activities of the executive branch of the Government of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic integration. These activities include: NATO Integration Coordination: Elaboration and coordination of implementation of Annual National Program Cooperation with NATO under the framework of NATO-Georgia Commission Informing NATO member states about the events in Georgia Assisting with NATO information center activities EU Integration Coordination: Coordination and monitoring of the European Neighborhood Policy action plan implementation Assistance to the cooperation on the EU initiative Eastern Partnership Coordination of the EU assistance and programs 18
Open World Leadership Center in Ukraine (Funded by The Lee Iacocca Foundation)
Position Title: Development and Outreach Intern
Background: Since 1999, American Councils has played a leading role in the Open World Program. Funded by Congress and operated by the Open World Leadership Center, the program brings emerging leaders from Russia, Ukraine, and other NIS countries to the U.S. for 10 days of intensive professional development training. Since its launch, over 17,750 individuals from a wide variety of professional fields have traveled to hundreds of communities in all 50 U.S. states to meet and share knowledge with their professional colleagues, and to learn about life in America. Open World theme areas have included Women as Leaders, NGO development and management, public health, economic development, environment, and others. In addition, Open World has sponsored visits by members of the Russian Duma, and has an ongoing Rule of Law component, which brings NIS judges to the U.S. to learn about the American judicial system. The Open World Cultural Leaders Program brings musicians, writers, and arts managers to the U.S. to collaborate with their artistic counterparts.
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Seeking candidates for a 12 week (May 25th August 25th) program where students will be gaining experience with program development and evaluation, research and teaching. Led by Sothy Eng and Iveta Silova. Program Objectives: Provide students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of international education by working with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), international agencies, and higher education institutions. Develop skills and techniques directly applicable to careers in international and comparative education, such as program development and evaluation, as well as research and teaching. Prepare students to enter into full-time employment in the field of international education and development upon graduation. Understand work ethics in the Cambodian cultural context. Understand sociopolitical issues including democracy and human rights education in Cambodia.
Student Experience: Students will be placed with three institutions, two of which are educational institutions and the other one is a local NGO. The educational institutions include (1) K-12 public schools, which are currently supported by Caring for Cambodia (CFC), an NGO located in a very wellknown ancient site of Cambodia, Angkor Wat temples in Siem Reap province, and (2) Cambodias largest governmental higher educational institution, Royal university of Phnom Penh (RUPP)s Education Program located in the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. The NGO is Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam); a center that is involved with archiving Cambodian genocide related documents and provides genocide and human rights education. This center helps the government in publishing Cambodian genocide history textbooks, which are currently used in Cambodias high schools. **For a more detailed task description of each placement refer to next page
Ideal Candidate: We are seeking a group of approximately 7 students, three of them being graduate students pursuing a Masters or Ph.D. and four undergraduate students, who might be Presidential Scholars in their fifth year OR interested in the CIE program. Major/Discipline Desired: Comparative and International Education and Teaching, Learning, and Technology (graduate students with a strong interest in international education and development), Asian Studies, Global Studies, and related programs Estimated hours per work-week (minimum 25 hours): 30 hours (5 hours per day from Monday to SaturdayCambodias schools run 6 days a week) 21
Task Descriptions: Students interning in the CFC supported schools will be working on two projects: The first project will focus on designing and implementing an Information and Communication Technology program (ICT) by involving resources available within the schools (computers that are already in place) and from within the community (e.g., undergraduate students with IT major to help teach and manage ICT program at the schools). This program allows students the opportunity to develop and carry out real educational experiment in the field. The second project will focus on Teaching English as a Second Language and will involve organizing and running workshops for English language teachers in CFC and surrounding schools, developing training materials, or other responsibilities as agreed by Lehigh University faculty and CFC staff. For students interning at the RUPP, the intended experience is (1) to contribute their skills and knowledge in the education field (preferably comparative and international education) through teaching and (2) to learn from local faculty with respects to content and issues in higher education development in Cambodia. These two programs complement each other to the greatest extent as one is aimed specifically for K-12 education and the other is for higher education, covering from the lowest to the highest education levels in the Cambodian society. For students interning at Documentation Center of Cambodia, the goal is to provide students with another form of understanding of international educationgenocide and human rights education in a war torn country. This center will provide students with contextual specific knowledge in the Cambodian society with respect to the history and its lasting effect on current generation of Cambodians whose main challenges are restoring and improving human capital in the country. The intern students will work on a small research project aiming to investigate the effects of formal genocide education (that Cambodian high school students receive in school) and informal education (that they receive from their parents at home via storytelling) on their academic aspirations and achievement. In other words, the interns will examine how Cambodian students school performance and aspirations are affected by their understanding of the history of genocide received from both of these informal and formal sources of education. Students will also engage in archival work to support the daily activities of the Documentation Center.
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Seeking candidates for a 6-week (May 5 - June 15) program that provides students with an international immersion experience in which they will gain practical TESOL teaching experience abroad while being immersed in the Chinese language and culture. APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH THE ESL DEPARTMENT! Program Objectives: Provide a teaching practicum experience specifically tailored to upper-class undergraduates with an interest in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) abroad or English as a Second Language (ESL) in the K-12 or higher education setting within the US after graduation. Allow students to apply the teaching methods and principles that they learn in ENGL 310 (Methods of Teaching ESL/EFL) within an actual EFL classroom in collaboration with experienced cooperating Chinese TESOL teachers in order to better understand the challenges and teaching approaches of the EFL language classroom. Allow students to gain a profound understanding of a different culture and language and allow them to develop a better sense of cross-cultural communication with a culture that is quite different from, but increasingly important to, the US culture. Provide an international language and cultural immersion experience to domestic students who may not have the time to participate in a traditional Study Abroad experience during the fall and spring semesters. An additional option/objective for students who will teach English in the US or abroad is that some upperclassmen will be recommended to the TESOL Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Lehighs College of Education. This is an optional program and costs incurred from these additional credits fall outside of the funding from this grant.
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Continuation of Program Above Teaching Practicum and Cultural Immersion Program in China
(Funded by The Freeman Foundation)
Student Experience: The students will be observing college English classes and then teaching/tutoring English to Chinese university undergraduate students within the classroom at ECUST, one of the top higher education institutions in China. Each student will be assigned a personal cooperating Chinese TESOL faculty member, who will guide their assigned student in the best practices of teaching English to foreign students. In addition, the students will receive immersion classes in Chinese speaking and culture, live in the campus dormitory, and take cultural trips guided by the Chinese students and faculty allowing for a full-immersion experience for the duration of the program. The benefit to the partner institution in China will be that native speakers of American English will be teaching/tutoring English to their Chinese students for this period.
Ideal Candidate: Major/Discipline: Students who have been enrolled in the undergraduate TESOL classes (ENGL 310 and ENGL 314) in the past have mainly come the College of Arts and Sciences, but there have also been students in these TESOL classes from CBE and RCEAS. However, Lehigh undergraduate students who are interested in TESOL predominantly come from the College of Arts and Sciences. For example, the students who attended the TESOL Teaching Practicum and Immersion Program in May 2012 came from the following CAS majors: Mathematics, Modern Languages, and English. Year of Study: Preferably rising juniors and rising seniors, but other students may be considered if qualifications are met.
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Service and Sustainable Development Internship in Costa Rica (Funded by The Lee Iacocca Foundation)
Seeking 10 candidates for a 7-week (July 1st August 21th) program where students will be gaining experience with program development and evaluation, research and teaching.
Program Objectives: The goal of this project is to augment the classroom education currently available to students in environmental science or environmental studies with practical on-the-ground experience in sustainable development projects. Students will hold internships with Costa Rican development and conservation NGOs that conduct projects related to the protection of the natural environment. The sustainability of that environment is crucial to the ecotourism strategy of sustainable development for which Costa Rica is well known.
Student Experience: Interns will begin the program on the Lehigh campus by participating in a series of modular boot camp courses that will be conducted during the preceding spring semester. After arriving in Costa Rica, students will spend approximately 5 weeks in internships with NGOs focused on various aspects of forest conservation related to sustainable development. The specific internship(s) will be selected for each student according to their particular interests and their Spanish language proficiency (some will require a high level of fluency while others may not). While the mission statements are slightly different for each of our host NGOs, all students will be involved in some aspect of reforestation, which is critical to preserving biodiversity in this region. They will also be involved in ecological research to evaluate the extent of existing forest fragmentation as well as evaluating the success of past reforestation efforts. The last 2 weeks of the internship program will be conducted at the University of Georgias Costa Rica campus in San Luis. In this element of the program, students will work collectively and specifically on the study and establishment of the Pjaro Campana Biological Corridor (this experience overlaps with a 12-day Environmental Community Service Project being conducted by another population of Lehigh students).
Ideal Candidate: We are seeking a group of approximately 7 upper-class students with disciplinary backgrounds in environmental sciences or environmental studies. A secondary target group is students with a disciplinary background in Latin American Studies, International Development, Policy, Spanish, or Environmental Engineering who have also taken some coursework in environmental sciences or environmental studies. Major/Discipline Desired: This program is striving for diversity in genders, colleges, majors, religious beliefs, and financial need etc. The more diverse the student group, the more enriching the experience for all involved.
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Research Opportunity at The Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia (Funded by The Freeman Foundation)
Seeking candidates for a 7 week program, tentatively beginning on May 19 where undergraduate students will be conducting research led by faculty advisor Stephen Pessiki. Program Objectives: Provide an opportunity to engage in undergraduate research activity in an international setting Provide an introduction to Malaysia through work relationships with Malaysian students and faculty, and through visits to Malaysian historical / cultural sites. Program Overview: The Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) is offering a research program for Lehigh University undergraduate engineering. Students will work under the direction of faculty advisors and graduate student mentors on an active research project focused within a current UTP research area. UTP conducts research in several departments related to undergraduate engineering studies at Lehigh, including: Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering Petroleum Geosciences
Each student will work either independently or as part of teams of undergraduate and / or graduate students, and one or more professors from UTP, on a research topics matched to his / her particular interests. Students will develop important research skills, including abstract writing, specific detailed research methods, data analysis and interpretation, and oral presentation techniques. Students will be required to develop a written report and oral presentation on their research findings at the conclusion of the program. The research will build upon each students prior coursework experience, and will stretch his / her understanding about their specific engineering discipline. Ideal Candidate: Undergraduate students in the P. C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. Open to all engineering majors. Preference given to juniors, and consideration also given to sophomores. Minimum cumulative GPA 3.25 preferred. Estimated 40 hours per week.
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