A program we spotlighted to help college students find internships online is changing lives.
SO MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS LOSTOUT ON INTERNSHIPS THIS SUMMERDUE TO THE PANDEMIC.IN OURREBOUND MILWAUKEE SERIES,JULIA FELLO UPDATES US ON APROGRAM HELPING STUDENTS GAINEXPERIENCE IN A DIFFERENT WAYDURING THIS HEALTH CRISIS.UW-MADISON SOPHOMORE ISAACWELLS HAD THE WORLD AT HISFINGERTIPS.HE WAS READY TOSTART TWO INTERNSHIPS RELATEDTO HIS MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDEGREE - WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT- AND THEY WERE BOTH CANCELED.THEN HIS DORM SHUT DOWN.(áSOTá) ISAAC WELLS/UW-MADISON11:07we had to leave and weweren't able to go back HISHOPES WERE NOT BROKEN, THANKSTO A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMCALLED "ALL IN MILWAUKEE."THEORGANIZATION CONNECTED HIM TOA VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMCREATED BY "THE COMMONS"(áSOTá) Maggie Dauss/TheCommons DIRECTOR4:30 so theycan feel they're still gettingsome real world hands on work319:27 in the past we haveworked with companies likekohls manpower group briggsand stratton ISAAC SAYS HE'SBEEN ABLE TO LEARN ABOUTMARKETING AND ADVERTISING,WHICH HE CAN USE IN THEFUTURE, EVEN IN AN ENGINEERINGFIELD.(áSOTá) ISAAC WELLS/UW-MADISON6:36 you have to beable to work with people andget your ideas across40 butalso not suppressing othersideas NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVEBEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THELEADERS AT "ALL IN MILWAUKEE"WHO RAISED 40-thousand dollarsFOR 15 STUDENTS includingISAAC TO TAKE PART IN THISVIRTUAL INTERNSHIP.(áSOTá)Tiffany Tardy/All-In Milwaukee17:41 he's incrediblyinquisitive he is so committedto this college journey so itwas a no brainer (áSOTá)ALLISON WAGNER/All-In Milwaukee4:33 and that is how webelieve we can change our cityone student at a time we canchange their trajectory we canchange their familiestrajectory and we think we canchange our community.BY THEEND OF THE SUMMER -- ISAAC AND14 OTHER SCHOLARS SPONSORED BY"ALL-IN" WILL EARN 3 CREDITSAND 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS FROMTHIS áPAIDá INTERNSHIP.(áSOTá)ALLISON WAGNER/All-In Milwaukee2:30 our students are 100percent limited incomestudents of color but they arealso the best and thebrightest our students have tooffer(áSOTá) ISAAC WELLS/UW-MADISON21:08 other people havefamilies that need a lot ofhelp especially at a time likethis(áSOTá) ISAAC WELLS/UW-MADISON21:16 you're able toafford to help your family andyourself and forming yourcareer path (áART VERSIONá)here's your REBOUND RUNDOWN-PIVOT TO VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPLIKE "THE COMMONS"-RE-SCHEDULE INTERNSHIP TOFOLLOWING SEMESTER- WORK WITHYOUR PROFESSOR, they may haveconnections to help you!JULIAFELLO TMJ4 NEWSTO LEARN MORE ABOUT THECOMMONS VIRUTAL INTERNSHIPPROGRAM...OR TO DONATE TO ALLMILWAUKEE, HEAD TO TMJ4 DOTCOM SLASH REBOUND AND CLICK ONMANAGING THE PRESSURE
The coronavirus pandemic changed plans for many college students who were banking on getting experience through summer internships,..