DURHAM – Over the summer, several Duke women’s soccer team members once again had the opportunity to serve as interns with different companies to give them experience in the field prior to graduating. Below is an inside look at the student-athletes’ opportunities they had.
Baleigh Bruster
Senior
Atlanta, Ga.
CAPE (Collegiate Athlete Premedical Experience) Summer Internship at Duke Hospital in Durham, N.C.
Job Duties: For six weeks, I shadowed a different surgeon or physician and get to witness a day in the life of their specialty. I spend some days in the operating room watching surgeries and others I spend in clinic talking to patients and looking at imaging.
On my Experience: “CAPE has allowed me an invaluable opportunity to watch the best of the best in action and also insightful exposure to the wide range of specialties that medicine offers. I get to learn from world renowned doctors and simultaneously take a step closer to finding what type of medicine appeals to me and my attributes the most. Seeing patients in these environments also gives me a new perspective and appreciation for life.”
Nicky Chico
Graduate Student
Wyckoff, N.J.
ABC Intern
Title: Disney Advertising Sales Intern in New York, N.Y.
Job Duties: This summer, I had the opportunity to work at The Walt Disney Company on the Advertising Sales team in New York City.
Disney Advertising is responsible for advertising sales and integrated marketing for The Walt Disney Company’s entertainment and sports offerings through linear, digital, social, audio and ad-supported streaming businesses. This includes ABC, ABC News, Disney+, Disney Channels Worldwide, Disney Digital, ESPN Networks, ESPN+, Freeform, FX, National Geographic, Hulu, and its eight ABC-owned local stations.
During my time, I gained exposure to how Disney helps craft the digital entertainment and marketing space by learning the complexities of the sales ecosystem. Through attending weekly team meetings and client calls, I was able to interact with different business units to help understand how Disney executed those advertising buys. In addition, I put together and sent weekly newsletters with company, client, and agency content for the team to view, with the intention of informing them with not only what is going on in their business, but also their…
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