Spanish and psychology, the two things that senior Rachel Dietz is passionate about, were combined with the help of APEX (Academic Planning and Experiential Learning) at The College of Wooster. Rachel studied abroad in Spain last semester and couldn’t wait to go back.
Navee Chandran ’15 assists students from the Registrar’s office
(Navee, center, helps out with Senior I.S. preparations in the Registrar’s office) Navee Chandran ’15 (a biochemistry major from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a student employee in the registrar’s office. In her time working there, she has come to understand that the registrar’s office is helpful to students in many “behind-the-scenes” ways. Navee explains that […]
Maddy Swoy ’15 pursues environmental and poverty solutions
Maddy Swoy ’15 (a political science major from San Diego, California) spent last summer working for Plant with Purpose. The organization works with rural farmers in 6 developing countries to reconcile poverty issues with sustainable farming practices. Maddy’s internship took place in San Diego, where she worked in marketing and outreach for Plant with Purpose. […]
Aidan Conley ’16 applies Entrepreneurship skills to a summer internship
(Aidan Conley, right, helped organize Launch’s student entrepreneurship competition) Aidan Conley ’16 (a business economics major from Fairway, Kansas) first got involved in entrepreneurship when he heard APEX’s Director for Entrepreneurship Peter Abramo give a presentation at a meeting of the investment club. Since then, Aidan has gone on to become the treasurer of Launch, Wooster’s student […]
Daniel Cohen ’14 works toward campaign finance reform
Daniel Cohen ’14 (a political science and communications major from Beavercreek, Ohio) knew before last summer that he wanted to work to reform campaign finance laws. When he found an internship with an organization called Public Citizen, which is working toward a constitutional amendment to limit corporate campaign donations, he jumped at the opportunity to […]
Christina Haupt ’14 organizes TEDx events with the help of Entrepreneurship
Christina Haupt ’14 (a philosophy and studio art major from Rüschlikon, Zurich Switzerland) first came to APEX in a moment of desperation. She had been working to plan a TEDx event (an independently organized version of a TED conference, usually focused on a specific theme) on Wooster’s campus, but was struggling to find support for […]
Jonathan Allotey ’15 creates a marketplace for Wooster students
Jonathan Allotey ’15 (a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Accra, Ghana) recently decided to start exploring entrepreneurship. He started with an idea: he wanted to build a marketplace for College of Wooster students to buy and sell items, such as books and furniture, from each other. Jonathan hoped that this idea would help […]
Sunny Mitra ’16 explores microfinance at Grameen Bank
Sunny Mitra ’16 (an economics and mathematics double major with a minor in political science from Kolkata, India) spent last summer working on microfinance in Bangladesh. His two-part internship, funded in part by an APEX Fellowship, was with the Grameen Bank and the Grameen Trust, two sister companies. During the first part of his internship, […]
Fahim Aziz ’15 gets a jumpstart from Entrepreneurship
(Photo from Fahim’s internship with Grameen Bank, which was funded by the Center for Entrepreneurship) Fahim Aziz ’15 (an economics and mathematics major from Dhaka, Bangladesh) first started working with APEX before it was even called APEX. In 2011, Fahim worked with the Center for Entrepreneurship to get help with an internship with Grameen […]
Blogs by APEX Fellows
Take a few minutes and read some of the blogs created by the APEX Fellows this summer! Nileema Khan’s (2013) blog, “On the Fields: Channel i Internship” represents her experience as an APEX Fellow of the College of Wooster at Channel i, Bangladesh. Brittany Cook (2015) recently completed her APEX Fellowship in Birmingham, Alabama. She […]
David combines Entrepreneurship and AMRE
David Brew ’14, a student with no previous connection to the Entrepreneurship Office, was invited to attend an informal discussion hosted by the E-Club with visiting speaker, Howard Putnam. This session was held in the afternoon in APEX. After that meeting, David became interested in entrepreneurship and began to attend some E-Club meetings. His interest […]
Bailey Explores Entrepreneurship
Bailey Connor ’15 joined the E-Club at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year. At the same time she came to Peter Abramo, the Director of Entrepreneurship, and said she was trying to figure out what her major should be. She had been discussing possibilities with her advisor and with other APEX staff members. She […]