WORLD OF WORK
INTERNSHIP FUNDING PROGRAM
Sponsored by the Hiatt Career Center at Brandeis University
DEAN’S MESSAGE
CONTENTS
Dear Friend,
1 DEAN’S MESSAGE
There are few better ways for a Brandeis supporter to make a direct impact
on a student’s educational experience than making a gift in support of the
Hiatt Career Center’s World of Work (WOW) program.
2 PROGRAM FAST FACTS
WOW provides generous stipends for undergraduate students pursuing unpaid summer internships. Not only do the students gain valuable real-world
work experience, they return to campus with a sharper career focus and
a better appreciation for the types of skills and knowledge they will need
after graduation.
3 LIST OF RECIPIENTS
View the 2011 recipients of the Universal,
Social Justice and Social Work WOW awards.
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There are three types of WOW awards:
$Universal WOW—Awarded to students pursuing unpaid summer
$The Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice WOW—
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–-Awarded to students pursuing unpaid summer internships in
social work.
I invite you to look through this brochure to learn more about the program
and discover the impact that our students’ internship experiences have had
on them. If you would like more information about Hiatt’s World of Work
program, please contact me at (781) 736-3613 or dupont@brandeis.edu.
Sincerely,
JOSEPH DU PONT
Dean, Hiatt Career Center
2 LEARNING OUTCOMES
5 RECIPIENT SPOTLIGHTS
Read select essays from 2011 WOW recipients.
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CHRISTINE SCARLATA ’12
Universal WOW Recipient
Rosa Lowinger & Associates Conservation
of Art + Architecture | Miami, FL
FAST FACTS
SINCE 2008, $880,500 in internship funding has enabled 241 undergraduate students to pursue internships at 219 differ
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IN 2011 ALONE, $201,500 in internship funding enabled 57 undergraduate students to pursue internships at 57 different
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12 states and 17 countries.
LESSONS LEARNED
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JEFFREY HERMAN ’14
Universal WOW Recipient
Costs of Care | Pittsburgh, PA
LEARNING OUTCOMES
BEFORE WOW
AFTER WOW
Ability to work with people
different from self and in a group
Extent of a professional network
* Capacity to relate classroom
knowledge, solve problems
presented in work environment
Problem-solving, effective
reasoning, decision-making skills
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UNIVERSAL RECIPIENTS
KATHERINE ALEXANDER ’12
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MAXINE HIRSCHLER ’12
Long Island Cardiovascular Imaging Consultants, P.C. | Manhasset, NY
CLAIRE ARKIN ’12
BlinkAds | New York, NY
ANNA HOMITSKY ’13
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ARIEL BARNEHAMA ’13
Weill Cornell Medical College | New York, NY
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JAMES BARTOLACCI ’12
James Carr, architecture + design | Cambridge, MA
EMILY LEVY ’12
The Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH
MAAYAN BAR-YAM ’12
Children’s Museum at Holyoke | Holyoke, MA
DANIEL NOAR ’13
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA
SARAH BRISKIN ’12
Team in Training | Natick, MA
LEIGH NUSBAUM ’11
Intercultural Dialogue Platform | Istanbul, Turkey
WEI-HUAN CHEN ’12
GateHouse Media, Inc. | Needham, MA
QUANG PHAM ’13
PVI Invest | Hanoi, Vietnam
YUJIE CHENG ’12
Sichuan JinTong Consulting & Evaluating Co. Ltd. | Chengdu, China
TRAVIS RAPOZA ’13
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DIANA FLATTO ’12
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston, MA
EMILY SALLOWAY ’13
New England Cable News (NECN) | Newton, MA
RACHEL FRIED ’12
inSegment Inc. | Needham, MA
DEBORAH SALMON ’13
Seeking Alpha | Ra’anana, Israel
MIRIAM GLICKSBERG ’12
Ostrow Library, American Jewish University | Bel Air, CA
CHRISTINE SCARLATA ’12
Rosa Lowinger & Associates Conservation of Art + Architecture | Miami, FL
KELSEY GRAB ’12
PT Cempaka Interior | Bali, Indonesia
MEITAL (TALI) SINGER ’11
MediaRites Productions | Portland, OR
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DIANA WANG ’13
Brandeis University Health Psychology Laboratory | Waltham, MA
NETTIE WEISS-FARATCI ’12
The ARK | Chicago, IL
JEFFREY HERMAN ’14
Costs of Care | Boston, MA
ADVICE FOR FUTURE INTERNS
“Don’t discriminate against any work assigned to you, whether it is as simple as data input or as dif
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positive personality speaks.”
YUJIE CHENG ’12 | Universal WOW Recipient
Sichuan JinTong Consulting & Evaluating Co., Ltd. | Chengdu, China
“My advice would be to limit expectations, be open to reassess
preconceived notions about the working world, and be ready for something new each day.”
ANNA HOMITSKY ’13 | Universal WOW Recipient
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LOUIS D. BRANDEIS LEGACY FUND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE RECIPIENTS
CAITLIN ABBER ’13
Healthy Waltham | Waltham, MA
YEIRI ROBERT ’12
Waltham Alliance to Create Housing (WATCH) | Waltham, MA
SAMUEL DATLOF ’12
American Jewish World Service | Washington, DC
DARA ROSENKRANTZ ’12
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center | El Paso, TX
MARCELA DODI ’14
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SHIRA RUBENSTEIN ’13
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center | Cambridge, MA
MELISSA DONZE ’12
MILANA | Bangalore, India
KELLY DOOLITTLE ’12
The International Institute of Connecticut, Inc. | Bridgeport, CT
ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER ’12
National Consumers League | Washington, DC
CAROLYN SCHWEITZER ’12
Teen Voices | Boston, MA
STACEY HA ’12
Gifted Hands | Riverdale, NY
MONTREE SONGPHATANAYOTHIN ’13
Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women |
Bangkok, Thailand
MAYA JACOB ’13
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JASON SUGARMAN ’13
Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY
SARI LADIN ’12
Corporate Accountability International | Boston, MA
WAJIDA SYED ’12
Interfaith Worker Justice | Boston, MA
CHRISTOPHER LAU ’12
Human Rights in China | Hong Kong, China
MARISA TASHMAN ’12
Community Dispute Settlement Center | Cambridge, MA
CARLY LENHOFF ’13
Lawyers For Children | New York, NY
MARISA TURESKY ’13
Share Our Strength | Washington, DC
MARLA MERCHUT ’12
Center for Legal Aid Education | Boston, MA
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VICTORIA NEGUS ’12
Community Legal Services and Counseling Center | Cambridge, MA
NUSRATH YUSUF ’13
Operation ASHA | New Delhi, India
DIMPLE PATEL ’12
Native American Cancer Research | Lakewood, CO
JACQUELINE ZAIS ’13
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network | Framingham, MA
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MARGO BERNSTEIN ’13
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Board of Family and Children’s Services | New York, NY
“Over the summer, I ran a weekly group designed to help
clients learn how to make and maintain friendships. I learned
how to communicate more effectively so that I could provide
real advice and support to the clients and help to brighten
people’s lives...
...I know now for certain that I want to incorporate therapy,
counseling and social work into my future career.”
RECIPIENT SPOTLIGHTS
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tect the rights of HIV+ people. These small experiences
made my entire internship worthwhile, and I am so glad to
have spent it with the women of MILANA.
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MELISSA DONZE ’12 | Social Justice WOW Recipient
MILANA | Bangalore, India
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work of the court and create learning
tools for other international courts.
Not only have I developed an understanding of the application of international human rights and humanitarian
law, been introduced to the process of
prosecuting crimes and exposed to the being. The feeling that comes with that
work and skill requirements of active kind of success is one that I will carry
international lawyers, I have contributed with me through any challenge.
During my time at the BCIJ, I worked to the application of international hu*^ man rights and humanitarian law and Returning to Brandeis will
mean a renewed commitevidence research and analysis for the found ways to improve its application.
ment to my passions.
complex Srebrenica genocide case.
Through my work in the Prosecutor’s
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cumstances, and how thoroughly the ar- dations to create powerful advocates for
To help create learning tools for other guments must be executed, was the most international human rights. Finally, I will
undertake independent research, possiinternational courts, I contributed case unforgettable learning experience.
bly an honors thesis, on the prosecution
summaries and rules analysis of war
crimes and crimes against humanity cas- I succeeded in work that at of rape as a war crime and the rehabili
!"qes to a legal digest that will be published times felt far beyond me.
cieties, topics that are in critical need of
by the BCIJ. Additionally, I conducted
Living up to those responsibilities and improved practices.
original research on sentencing policy of
high expectations has made me more
the Court in cases of war crimes against
civilians and prisoners of war, crimes
suing international law, and as a human
against humanity, and genocide.
WEI-HUAN CHEN ’12
Gatehouse Media | Needham, MA
Universal WOW Recipient
#$%&owns and operates local newspapers in the Greater
Boston area. If you live in a town in
Greater Boston, you probably receive a
weekly newspaper from Gatehouse Media, formerly Community Newspaper
Company (CNC).
porters and editors who have been with
the industry long enough to see its rise
and fall – not to mention the CEO of
Gatehouse Media, who was previously
an owner of the Boston Globe. Hearing
him speak about the newspaper’s changing business model and rapidly shrinking
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lets, interns at Gatehouse Media contrib- the source.
ute to a large portion of each newspaper’s content. This means writing up to One of my stories made the
three or four stories per week on a wide front page of the Weekend
range of topics for different editors.
Arts section...
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with the artist on the phone and reviewed
her latest album, which her publicist sent
The internship coordinator was ex- to me. The artist, Rondi Charleston, had
tremely responsive, and both he and a vivid story of switching careers from
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these goals were met. I wrote many sto- Sawyer heard her sing” was the subtitle
ries and was able to speak with real re- of the article.
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My editor told me why he put the article
on the front page and pointed out his
favorite sentences and why they were
good. Editing is frequently a process of
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what he liked about my writing, my editor helped me focus on my strengths and
practice leveraging them as much as possible.
This summer was a turning point for my
career. I am not that clear what kind of
company I want to work for, but...
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generation will determine
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MELISSA DONZE ’12
MILANA | Bangalore, India
Social Justice WOW Recipient
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for people living with HIV and AIDS
located in Bangalore, India. MILANA’s
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family, and group counseling for people
who are infected/affected by HIV.
work and government policy quite striking and unique.
Over the course of my internship with
MILANA, I acquired and enhanced have had this experience. Most of all...
many important skills. Communication
...I learned so much about
was absolutely key to the success of my
More than that, MILANA provides mul- internship; I learned how to approach myself, my goals for the
tifaceted support to its members so that my supervisors to communicate my con- future, and my outlook on
they can lead positive and meaningful cerns, needs, and questions regarding my life.
lives, whatever their HIV status may be. work.
Its programs include community and Having such a comprehensive experihome visits, nutritional support, income- ence helped me consider my future ca
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promotion of women’s and children’s
rights, medical support, capacity-building and advocacy work, and various support group meetings.
I came to India wanting to
make big changes...
...to the way that HIV/AIDS is understood and perceived there. Unfortunately, I took my arrogant American mentality with me.
The goals I had envisioned
for myself were achieved
beyond my original expectations.
I learned so much about HIV in India:
who it affects, how people react to it, and
how MILANA is confronting it. I was
also able to experience the inner workings of an NGO in India. I observed
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forums in which I learned about the political status of HIV in India; that is, how
the government is reacting to HIV. This
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MAYA
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against banks’ irresponsible lending When new housing laws
process of reaching out to communities.
practices, lobby the Massachusetts legis- and an unexpected torI learned the importance of making delature to create new housing laws, and ^
cisions as a group to build solidarity and
convince big banks to adopt foreclosure already scarce affordable
sustainability.
alternatives.
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housing rights, provided Spanish translation, planned protests, made referrals
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committee to attend Bank Tenant Association members’ court dates. I also
helped my supervisor and various city
councilors successfully push through
a citywide anti-foreclosure ordinance,
some of the strongest anti-foreclosure
legislation in the country!
Due to the unexpected and ever changing challenges I encountered almost dai-
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our long-term plans.
challenges posed by racial,
While this experience was challenging class, and other tensions.
and frustrating at times, it also greatly
strengthened my problem-solving skills. This helped me learn different strategies
for effectively eliminating these barriers.
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do more harm than good. This can make the ability and potential to be
affected populations wary or untrusting an agent of positive change.
of assistance and further complicate the
MAXINE HIRSCHLER ’12
Long Island Cardiovascular Imaging Consultants, P.C. | Manhasset, NY
Universal WOW Recipient
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ology, endocrinology, and pulmonology.
By interning alongside my supervisor, I
For 9 weeks, I sat in on doctor-patient observed a doctor who possesses an invisits, talked to patients about medical describable level of passion for his choconcerns, visited patients during hospi- sen career. His success is not measured
tal rotations and assisted the doctor in by the number of patients he treats in
reviewing patients’ medical histories.
a day, but by how he is able to connect
with them and make them feel as though
I began each morning by someone is listening. His compassion
reminding myself why I and understanding forced me to look
was there: to understand within myself and evaluate whether I
could provide that same level of care.
a doctor – the long hours of studying,
the extra years of school. Now I know
that studying is only a small part of what
it takes to become a good doctor; one
must also be able to connect with her
patients to provide them with the best
possible care.
Prior to my internship, my focus was
on the work that went into becoming
...I learned what it takes to
become a great doctor.
myself better and determine whether a medical career could be in my future.
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political centers of Buenavista del Cayo,
Xunantunich, and the hinterland areas in
between.
I worked alongside a doctoral student
from the University of Pennsylvania on
excavating at a minor ceremonial center
site. My responsibilities at the site were
to supervise two pairs of local workers by instructing them on where and
how to excavate, writing up information
about the excavations, and drawing plans
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Almost every day I was faced with new
challenges. I was able to apply skills I had
ship, class and independent research, and
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be using the skills I have developed to
research and write an honors thesis in
the department of Anthropology, likely
an analysis of a Mesoamerican artifact
collection.
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The work I did over the summer gives
me a second season of excavation experience, as well as more insight on what I
would like to research in a graduate program. Experience and a research focus
are integral when looking for graduate
programs, and making contacts through
UTSA and other institutions provides
even more assistance. I hope to use the
experience I have, and the experience I
will attain, to be accepted and start in
one year.
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doorsteps of 4.5 million disadvantaged people, living in over 1,500 slums spread across India and Cambodia. This
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four basic rights: food, home, healthcare, and education. I also learned that the key to ending health disparities lies
in working together as a group, being cooperative and willing to work with one another regardless of economic or
educational background.
NUSRATH YUSUF ’13 | Social Justice WOW Recipient
Operation ASHA | New Delhi, India
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DARA ROSENKRANTZ ’12
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center | El Paso, TX
Social Justice WOW Recipient
'(provides crucial legal services to indigent clients from more than
70 countries around the globe. Many of
the clients that Las Americas represents
are applying for asylum, visas for victims
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promote and advocate for human rights
on a local and global scale.
might be available to them. I learned a
great deal about immigration law by preparing immigration applications for clients; conducting legal and human rights
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research for cases; and serving as an in ! ! terpreter for a non-Spanish-speaking at torney.
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surpassed
them.
interesting to see the kinds of cases Las
Because Las Americas relies heavily on
the work of volunteers, this summer I I never could have anticipated the Americas has worked on over the years.
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As I read and sorted, I
and tasks. I continued to work on my constantly felt challenged. The managSpanish skills by translating documents ing attorney and other staff members came across the case of a
ranging from news articles and legal dec- made a concerted effort to actively en- Jewish family from Odessa,
! courage my learning by explaining cases Ukraine, the same city my
decrees daily, and speaking with clients and paradigms, but they also presented
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followed the testimony in Spanish with responsibility was stressful, I appreciated the pogroms. Las Americas
the court interpreter.
the trust that they placed in my work and had won their asylum case.
learned more than I believe I would have
I also interviewed current and potential
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been able to elsewhere.
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JASON
SUGARMAN
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Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY
Social Justice WOW Recipient
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the United States and one in Jerusalem.
research capabilities from various assign
qish in my work place, and the resulting
work product impressed my superiors.
tism and bigotry, my personal goal was to learn how
tred. I learned that hatred
stems from ignorance, and
hatred is with education.
a professional setting before, I was fortunate that
I had an excellent set
a writing sample for graduate school apWorking in the Legal Affairs Depart- plications. I spent more than two weeks
This summer I conducted research on a ment of the Civil Rights Division, I researching the topic, reading court caswide range of topics, providing detailed was able to immerse myself in legal af- es and articles on academic freedom. I
reports on issues like voter ID legisla- fairs and see that it is really something took a tremendous amount of material
tion, and proposed op-eds of interest to that interests me. Whether I go to law #
the ADL. I also provided policy recom- school immediately, or take a break after #
mendations to the ADL on topics that I & The ADL is a great place to begin your
researched.
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to be a professional. I went from search institution on extremism, cyber
being nervous and uptight, to re- bullying and cyber hate. It caters to so
laxed and in control of my work. many different interests that someone
From an academic standpoint, I was able
% to apply my classroom knowledge to my I was most proud of an in-depth legal work environment. My legal knowledge and policy analysis and case study of
from legal studies classes, as well as my academic freedom, which I may use as
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WAJIDA SYED ’12
Interfaith Worker Justice | Boston, MA
Social Justice WOW Recipient
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campaigns that will improve wages, ben ers. IWJ works closely with many unions,
worker’s centers, houses of worship, and
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sit-in is still a human being.
I deeply respect IWJ for their commitment to these values. Unlike some
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nents, IWJ aggressively challenges them
and asks them to hold their company
to a higher standard. Seeing this made
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general IWJ activities such as attending truly changing the world
campaign meetings, writing theological
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be self-driven and motivated, as
all about building relation- the internship is not strictly structured.
ships, truly and actively lis- You are given free rein and a lot of room
tening to the people with to know your strengths, be willing
whom you are trying to have
to take some risks, and set goals for your
connect.
own time.
The end goal is not always to secure an
event, meeting or sponsorship. Rather, it
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genuine relationship, even if it means
building such a relationship over the
course of a long period of time.
Second, you must learn how and when to
give yourself a break. Community orga#
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and bitter because of the thankless and
grueling nature of the work. At other
times, you are so emotionally invested in
the movement that every setback leaves
This holistic approach greatly decreases
you feeling drained.
the politics of hierarchy that too often
crop up between directors, staff and or- After meeting a worker from a meat
# - packing factory and learning of the aping their movement altogether. It also palling conditions and their effects on
calls for a radical empathy and hospital- his health and family, I found it frustratity towards the people with whom you’re ing to see that the work I was doing was
working, as well as the people you’re not changing his life instantly. Keep in
challenging. At the end of the day, the mind the lives you do affect, and don’t
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bear the entire burden of the labor
movement upon your shoulders (as it
is often easy to do). This mental, spiritual and emotional balance is incredibly
important; make sure you take care of
yourself! Live for those few moments
that make it all worthwhile.
MARISA
TURESKY
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Share Our Strength | Washington, DC
Social Justice WOW Recipient
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My notions and ethics around capitalism
connected have taught me a great deal
As part of the expansion division with- about hunger in politics but also about % I found out that the large corporations
in the Community Investments team, my own capabilities in the workplace.
I had been lobbying against at Brandeis
I conducted research on members of
Congress and legislation related to child My work at SOS beauti- were our biggest donors at Share Our
nutrition, hunger, and domestic poverty; fully supplements my food Strength.
updated fact sheets describing the state
After many discussions with co-workers,
activism at Brandeis.
of hunger across the country; wrote
I was forced to take a step back and unabout our work on the No Kid Hungry We have already begun planning our
derstand why the support of big organiBlog; attended Congressional hearings campaign for more sustainable food in
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tics support for state campaign launch Share Our Strength’s successful tactics
we need to work with the corporations
events, receptions, lobby days, and pre- and apply them to our work at Brandeis.
who have the most power and are willsentations; and assisted with grants by When SOS targets legislators, we would
ing to donate funds, even if that means
preparing correspondence, and pulling look to administrators for support. I at
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information from grants databases.
tended team meetings and helped plan and ethical purchasing.
our launch events, and...
Working on Share Our
Strength’s No Kid Hungry
campaign gave me great
insight into the nonprofit world and strategies to
achieve long-term goals in
the work place.
I learned so much about our country’s
poor distribution and publicity of food
for low-income families. I can apply this
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Brandeis, thus increasing our tactics for
effective change.
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department. I will have to write many
grant applications in upcoming years so
working with the director of grants to
review applications helped me under
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support, build excitement
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DIANA
WANG
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Brandeis University Health Psychology Laboratory | Waltham, MA
Universal WOW Recipient
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Lab conducts research on the pathways
between certain psychosocial states and
health outcomes.
this summer. There were some tasks
with which I had a year’s worth of experience, so I was able to impart some
tips and tricks to fellow interns and was
relied upon for trouble-shooting by labThis summer, I worked on a large study mates.
to determine how individual stress responses can predict health throughout I also learned to write concisely and acthe aging process. I recruited, screened, curately in helping with the manuscript,
and ran participants for this study; I pro- and this skill will carry over to all my
cessed blood, saliva samples, and heart classes. Finally, I’ve honed my skills in
%‘ & pipetting and working in sterile environassisted in performing assays to measure q
‘ & worker.
assisted in isolating RNA from blood for
analysis; and I worked on a manuscript For those who are interwith a post-doctoral student and other &
lab members.
advise them to identify and
At the beginning of the summer, I shadowed a graduate student while she ex
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was a daunting task. There was a lot of
room for mistakes that have serious consequences, and the process was more
complex than anything I had done in the
lab before. I assisted her each time we
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small side tasks, and eventually, with the
main steps.
articulate their interests
and goals so that others can
help them achieve them.
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work that is not so “glamorous,” but it is
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hard work do pay off.
In the Brandeis Health Psychology lab
cial to everyone for interns to be asserBy the end of the summer I was able to tive and creative. Because the lab is very
work on my own samples alongside her! team-oriented, taking initiative and volunteering to help is very much appreciThrough this experience, I ated and rewarded.
learned that with enough
practice, mastery of even
the toughest techniques is
achievable.
Most importantly, ask questions! On a
smaller scale, if there is even the slightest
bit of misunderstanding or uncertainty
in an assignment, it is better to have clarity earlier than later. On a larger scale,
I have also developed a deeper under- ˆstanding of how important teamwork is tioning. If a question has already been
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I also took on more of a leadership role knowledge.
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University Photographer
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I’m leaving my internship at Human Rights in China
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CHRIS LAU ’12 | Social Justice WOW Recipient
Human Rights in China | Hong Kong, China
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