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
April 4, 2014 by
(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 […]
Eric Petry ’14 promotes civil liberties
March 28, 2014 by
Eric Petry ’14 (an economics major and political science minor from Worthington, Ohio) spent last summer working for the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild (NLG) with the help of APEX funding. The NLG, an organization that promotes civil liberties and helps individuals connect with legal resources, was a perfect place for Eric […]
Christina Haupt ’14 organizes TEDx events with the help of Entrepreneurship
March 24, 2014 by
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
March 3, 2014 by
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
March 3, 2014 by
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, […]
Brittany Cook ’15 lives and works with high-achieving students
February 28, 2014 by
Brittany Cook ’15 spent the summer of 2013 working with high-achieving, low-income high school students at Higher Achievement Summer School in Alabama. HASS, founded in 2011 by Wooster alumni Justin Younker ‘10, helps its students become first generation college students through preparatory classes. Brittany taught an SAT/ACT vocabulary class and a novel study class to a […]