During our last two classes, we presented our projects. At first, I was nervous about presenting, but I ended up really enjoying sharing our research and answering questions. I was very passionate about our topic and learned a lot about cancel culture and its implications. Working with Hannah and Victoria was a pleasure! Additionally, listening to my peers’ presentations was very interesting, and I thought everyone did a fantastic job. As we wrapped up classes, I became sad, realizing our time in Milan was coming to an end. This class has been a great experience, offering me many new perspectives on corporate social responsibility and the inner workings of corporations. I feel like I have developed many new skills and am excited to take them back to Lehigh!
In our Internship Seminar, we also presented our projects. In the beginning, we talked about interviewing skills, which I found very helpful. I definitely have to practice my interview skills as I will be applying for internships soon. I am looking forward to coming back to Lehigh so I can work on my resume and interview skills more in-depth and polish them off with Professor Gupta. I also thought the presentations in our seminar were interesting, but I did find them to be a little repetitive as many of us chose the same topic. I can definitely say I am more knowledgeable about sustainability in Italy.
My internship is still going well! I am sad that for the past two weeks I have not been in the office. My bosses have had many meetings in Florence and will not be in Milan for much of July, which means I will not get to say goodbye in person. We are meeting over Zoom on Thursday to look at my work, which I am nervous about! I wish we could have met earlier so that, if need be, I could have more time to make changes. However, I know I have limited time, and I will try to fix as much as I can and give them a great final product.
For our last weekend, we went to Split, Croatia. This was by far my favorite trip! On our first day there, we went to a beach club. The water was beautiful and we also jumped off some of the cliffs near the beach club. I was really nervous about jumping and only did it once, but overall had a lot of fun. The next day, we went on a six-hour booze cruise. It was really hot out, and there were a lot of people on the boat. I had a lot of fun, but six hours was far too long. The boat took two stops so we could jump off and swim. They had a slide and Vic did a back flip off of the boat. That night, some of us stayed in, and we played card games all night (I won most of the time).
