These four IU South Bend students valued the unexpected benefits of their internships, and so did their employers. Carrington Boyd, Krista Schilling, Heather Hayes and Leslie Lestinsky recently participated in internships that really made a difference.
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Student Playwright and Actor
Brad Pontius is a senior and he has spent his four years at IU South Bend immersed in the Theatre Department in the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. “Theatre and anything on the stage is my passion,” he said. He proved it by becoming the first student to write the screenplay for the annual “Michele’s Little Hearts Theatre Presentation” where thousands of local school kids come to IU South Bend to watch a play.
Continue readingAlum // CEO // Video Game Developer
Nathaniel Green (BS ’13) is not your typical accountant. After graduating from the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics with an accounting degree, Green and his childhood friend, Auston Montville, co-founded the Seattle-based indie video games studio TOO DX. “While I was at IU South Bend, I had some amazing professors who championed the work I was doing."
Read moreBiking Through Northern Vietnam
After a spectacular and dramatic three-week solo bicycle vacation in northern Vietnam last summer, Alison Stankrauff, IU South Bend associate librarian and archivist, is eager to return. “The beauty of the landscape, and the friendliness of the people was incredible,” she said. “Vietnam was unlike any other place that I’ve been in my life.”
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