Throughout the Corporate Social Responsibility Course, I plan to learn what corporate social responsibility is and how it affects me in my internship/ future job experiences, the people I work with, my peers, and the world.  During this course, I am excited about working with my group as we have selected “cancel culture” as our topic of discussion for our paper. I am excited to advance my public speaking skills as this is a very participation-heavy course. Throughout the course, we need to keep up with the assigned readings and assignments and be able to talk about them in class. One of the things that I am most excited about in this class is the debates that we will have. I love to hear different people’s opinions and approaches on an issue, and hearing from several slides personally helps me understand the issue better as a whole. 

 

In the Internship Seminar class, I am very interested in learning about how I can thrive and excel more not only in my summer internship but in any of my future jobs.​​ This is my first internship and first time being exposed to an actual work environment. I believe this class will help me be more prepared, increase my knowledge and confidence in a work setting, and help me achieve my goal of learning as much as I can in this internship. I am very excited to build my professionalism skills and how to be more confident in a work setting. I plan on using this class to my advantage as much as I can because it is here to help me succeed. I am excited to build my resume, advance my interview skills, and learn how to balance my internship with my two classes this summer.

 

At Lehigh, I have come to the conclusion that I plan on becoming a finance major. Because of that, I would like to have a finance internship in Milan. I am still in the beginning stages of the process, waiting to match up with a company, be put in contact with them, and go through the interview process. Personally, I am not picky about where I end up interning as I know I am fortunate enough to learn about finance at one of the finance capitals of the world. During my internship, I plan to learn the basics of finance and grow my knowledge about it. I have never had an internship before, so this will be my first time working in a professional office setting. I am very excited to learn from everyone that I work with at whatever company I end up at! 

 

As I am very excited to take classes and have an internship this summer, I would have to say that I am most excited to travel around Milan, Europe, and other countries. As of now, I am signed up for the two class trips to Lake Maggiore and the mountain retreat adventure. I am super interested in traveling to those cities as it will be my first time going there. I am also excited about going on these trips with other Lehigh students that I will meet in Milan. Professor Gupta talked about how, on the Milan trips in previous years, the students and teachers became like “a family” and were constantly doing stuff together. I can’t wait to see new places and to meet new people! I am not sure yet, but I plan on traveling to other countries throughout Europe and learning about their culture. I haven’t had the opportunity to travel to many countries in Europe so I am very excited to get the chance to and want to travel as much as I can.