This week in Professor Gupta’s corporate social responsibility class, we presented the final projects we had been working on for the summer. My group presented on public corporations and their environmental disasters. We enjoyed learning about different natural life disasters and brainstorming possible solutions. We think that our solutions, though they may be more complex to implement, should be thought about to truly stop these disasters in the future as they recur over and over. Also, I enjoyed learning about what other groups had spent time researching, specifically the group that presented on AI and the future. I am very interested in what AI will do, so seeing what a group thought was very insightful.
During the internship seminar with Professor Swain and Professor Gupta, we had the opportunity to interview each other and practice some common behavioral interview questions. I found this experience invaluable in relating the answers to some accomplishments from this summer. Not only this, but we got to present on the projects we had been working on for a couple of weeks now. My group and I enjoyed exploring Milan and learning about its sustainability practices. This enhanced our understanding of global environmental initiatives and allowed us to see firsthand the innovative approaches Milan is taking. Additionally, my group mates’ interactions with their friends and coworkers gave us a deeper insight into what Italian citizens think of sustainability initiatives.
During my internship, I improved our application process for business angels by adding automation that works for our family-style membership with differing prices from the standard and business models. This enhancement streamlined the workflow and reduced the time spent on manual entry, making the process more efficient and user-friendly. Following this, I wrote an algorithm that added the current daily metrics to a new column in a spreadsheet while maintaining the formatting. I’ve set this to run daily so they will always have a running list for each weekday of the year. This daily update ensures the team has accurate and up-to-date data for their analysis and decision-making processes, significantly improving our data management system. Ultimately, I have loved my internship with IAG and hope to stay in touch with all my colleagues in the future.
Finally, during our last week in Italy, we traveled to Split, Croatia. A big group of us decided we wanted to go to a beachy place on our previous weekend after visiting most of Italy’s iconic cities. It was a weekend to remember as we arrived from our 6 am flight at 8 am in Split and took a taxi to where our Airbnb was located. Since we couldn’t check in immediately, we went out for breakfast, where we found most of the standard American breakfast foods. It was interesting to see that difference from Italy. After breakfast, we settled in and headed to a beach club for the day to get into the ocean. It was a beautiful day, and the water did not disappoint. We spent most of the day there and then had a delicious steak dinner close to our Airbnb. The following day, we decided to go to a boat party, which was a lot of fun. We had a great time dancing and swimming in the ocean. After a long day, we had another steak dinner and eventually headed home at 8 am on Sunday. Overall, it was a great weekend trip to end the program.
