Thank You to the Spring 2012 Interns
Welcome to the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center 2012 tour season! We are looking forward to the visitors of Chicago exploring sights and attractions in the Bronzeville community. We would like to thank the interns and students that participated with the Center this year. Our thanks to Google Education Department for connecting us to a great program! Here is a brief description of the program:
"Ad Words in the Curriculum provides high school students with a unique opportunity to learn about the online advertising industry in a formal high school course. Based on the specialized skills the students learn in this course, students from Skyline High School will work with your existing Grants account to optimize & create highly-targeted campaigns for your organization in order to maximize your potential in our program."
We asked the students for a description of the program that the were participating in and what their goals were. Our students are - Jeffery, Justine, Chris, and Dillion.
"We go to Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The business magnet program is a program our school offers to students who are interested in pursuing careers in business. We are able to get hands-on opportunities in the business world and take electives specifically catered to our interest in business during our sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school. Senior year, we are also able to get internships and work on a capstone project through the magnet program.
The next student that we are worked with this year was from DePaul University, Our intern, Deja Brown, who worked in our Business Outreach effort, and our GIS Mapping Team from class GEO242, led by Sungsoon (Julie) Hwang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Geography DePaul University was very effective and energetic. Our students for this year were Peter Collins, Claire Friloux, Joseph Nieciak, and Carl Sullivan.
