Freeman Foundation International Internship

Summer 2024 Internship Locations:
Seoul, South Korea and
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Freeman Foundation International Internship

Scholarships for Summer 2024 Academic Internships in Seoul, South Korea
and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saint Michael’s College is pleased to announce the annual Global Citizenship International Internship Program, supported by a grant from the Freeman Foundation. The College is now accepting applications for scholarships to fund an academic internship in Seoul, South Korea and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (May – July, 2024). These scholarships will help offset the cost of internship placement, professional development support, travel, and housing in Seoul and Ho Chi Minh City. In addition to the time spent at the internship sites, students will have the opportunity to participate in a range of cultural and networking events organized by our local partners in South Korea and Vietnam. This international placement will count for a four-credit academic internship, which will include the completion of academic assignments submitted to the faculty supervisor, and Saint Michael’s will waive the summer tuition for a four-credit course.

Eligibility Requirements:

3.0 GPA or Higher
Open to All Majors
Current Sophomore or Junior Status (Class of 2025 or 2026)

Summer 2024 Application Deadline:

Friday, November 3, 2023

Those interested in applying for this scholarship must provide:

1) Freeman Scholarship application form
2) An updated resume
3) Names of two faculty references

Questions? Contact

Jeffrey Ayres, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Global Engagement
802.654.2680
jayres@smcvt.edu

Behind the Scenes

Summer 2023 Seoul, South Korea and
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Summer 2022 Seoul, South Korea

Freeman Foundation Grant History

Seoul, South Korea and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Summer 2023

Freeman Foundation International Internship Placements - Seoul, South Korea

Student Name		Company Placement	Brief Description of Duties
Braden Dwinell ‘24 Anthropology, History & Education Studies		Saint Paul American Scholars (SPAS) https://www.stpaulscholars.com/ Saint Paul American Scholars (SPAS) began in the summer of 2015 as a small English immersion school offering an American-style education. SPAS provide K-12 American based education to students and helps teach young people to become responsible citizens and prepare students for college.	• Assist the teachers with class preparation, student management • Assist the marketing team with video editing and photography as well as brochure design
Anyssa Logan ‘24 Media Studies, Journalism, and Digital Arts		Minglecon http://www.minglecon.com/en/ Minglecon Co., Ltd. provides Gamified and Proven Customized English Language Instructional Content for English Language Learners. Types of recommended content: mobile app content, VR app content, web content, Minglebot Unplugged Computing, etc. and we also train EDU CREW for quality content development and distribution.	• Advertising Minglebot through the social medias (Facebook, Google Play store, App store, YouTube, podcasting, blogging, Branding) • Client Development • Event Management • Monitor media • Comment/like to increase activity • Proofreading & editing for marketing the products • Produce & edit Minglebot & Minglecon PR video clips • Assist the staff as required
Max Noddings ‘24 Computer Science & Mathematics		Minglecon http://www.minglecon.com/en/ Minglecon Co., Ltd. provides Gamified and Proven Customized English Language Instructional Content for English Language Learners. Types of recommended content: mobile app content, VR app content, web content, Minglebot Unplugged Computing, etc. and we also train EDU CREW for quality content development and distribution.	• MingleBot landing page development • CSS, Html, Java script coding skill required • Web calendar development • UX/UI development • Maintenance
Isabella Paredes ‘24 Business Administration & Media Studies, Journalism, and Digital Arts		Let's Korea http://letskor.com/ Let's Korea is a company dedicated to Korean language education for all people who like Korea and want to learn Korean, as well as to experience various contents and services to experience Korea. Our company aims to provide the best language education through a variety of learning methods combined with new technologies. Starting with Korean language education, we also plan to develop various cultural contents such as studying in Korea, residence, travel, and community activities that will become new global experiences for people.	• Social Media Management (uploading ads and creating posts) • Content Creator (Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok) • Video editor • Marketing Assistance (on-offline) • Editing English Contents (Writing, Proofreading) • Assist with clerical duties (Mailings foreign customers, maintaining files, organizing documents, taking memos) • Assisting staff as required

Freeman Foundation International Internship Placements - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Student Name		Company Placement	Brief Description of Duties
Julia Callini ‘24 Elementary Education & Psychology		Survival Skills Social Enterprise (SSVN) https://survivalskills.vn/en/ SSVN Survival Skills is a social enterprise with the mission to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in Vietnam via first aid training to international standards. Since 2014, SSVN has provided first aid education to approximately 90.000 Vietnamese, who have helped thousands of people in need of first aid. SSVN’s wish is that every family in Vietnam soon has at least 1 person who knows how to do accurate first aid. Besides that, SSVN also partners with Surf Life Saving Australia to provide water safety and water rescue training for swimmers and professional rescuers. In 2022, SSVN expands our education to mental health/wellbeing to public groups and companies as one of our new core products in addition to first aid and water rescue programs. After Covid, the number of people suffering from depression increased and thus mental health awareness is needed much more than before. SSVN is also in the progress of developing nutrition related products. Currently, SSVN offers three core training courses to individuals, enterprises and communities in these areas mentioned above. We have education programs to raise awareness, training programs to enhance the skills. For first aid, we have already developed various products including offline in-class training courses, blended training, e-learning, YouTube, TikTok and a first aid guidance app in Vietnamese for free download. We have lots of resources for community learning, especially for people in remote areas and vulnerable communities. We also recently developed the Hazard Awareness programs for schools with the aim to prevent accidents from happening in the first place, which we are happy to offer free to schools. SSVN team include passionate people and volunteers who are committed with great efforts to alleviate avoidable suffering, disabilities and mortalities. We at SSVN are well aware that we cannot do this alone. In this journey, SSVN needs various resources and contributions. And we truly appreciate each of your support in realizing these meaningful and essential knowledge and skills across Vietnam and furthermore in South East Asia in the near future.	Main responsibility of this post is to assist the SSVN team to develop some concrete Mental Health related products including research, develop contents, create activities, create communication materials to raise awareness of Vietnamese about the importance of mental health/well-being and practical connect activities and programs for various aged groups. • Support in social media posts such as infographics about international evidence about importance of mental health/wellbeing, videos, etc. • Research related effective and sustainable community approaches for mental health/well-being, in particular depressions at various aged groups with similar socio-economic background/context and development. • Adopt approaches that may be suitable with the context of Vietnam. • Design, create and graphics content/videos with multiple formats for different mediums including website, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, etc. • Support in development and implementation of SSVN’s communication strategies related to mental health to tell the stories of SSVN on international channels.
Mia Cooper ‘24 Public Health & Psychology		Psychological Research and Consulting Institute - Hoa Sen University https://www.facebook.com/tamlyungdungHSU/ The Psychological Research and Consulting Institute at Hoa Sen University was established with the aim of helping professors, staff and students de-stress and provide a space to talk about personal struggles in daily life. The center’s staff includes psychologists, experts, and specialized teachers who are well-trained and qualified in supporting, counseling and psychotherapy. The Psychological Research and Consulting Institute has offered a variety of services including psychological counseling, mental health assessments, personal development, and training for pupils who desire to study and are passionate about the field of psychology.	• Assists the Project Coordinator • Provides input to the project conceptualization, implementation, evaluation and action planning • Conducts initial review of project documents for final review of the Project Coordinator • Participates in the conduct of music therapy and other project-related activities.
Elizabeth Crotty ‘24 Biology		Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, VNU-HCM, University of Science http://www.mbl.hcmus.edu.vn/en/ Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory using knowledge of Molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry to solve environmental problems, to create new products that can be applied in industry, agriculture and medicine. Major activities: Expressing and producing recombinant proteins, applying bioinformatics in biology, studying genetic disease on Drosophila Melanogaster model, scanning for valuable gene sources from wild-type bacteria such as cellulase from Actinomycetes, producing kit that can detect food-poisoning bacteria, undergraduate and graduate education, international collaboration.	Purpose: Studying the effect of heavy metal exposure on Parkinson’s disease by Drosophila melanogaster model. • Evaluating the development time and hatching rate. • Investigating life span (survival assay). • Evaluating the effect on the size, weight, and food intake. • Evaluating some PD phenotypes
Tallis Diehn ‘24 Economics		One4One https://one4one.vn/ One4One is a social enterprise, aiming to participate in creating a new economic form, built on fullness, fulfillment and gratitude. One4One's products combine 4 values: Local - Natural - Humane & Sustainable.	Project title: Spread the circular economy model that One4One is developing via the construction of refill stations to the expats community in Vietnam Project introduction: Our ideal candidate will be trusted to dive right in, take the lead, use initiative, and help build brands that help to deliver the project to the target market. Project outcomes: • Implement at least one station for the expats community in Vietnam • Spread out the mission, One4One’s model • Organize an event to promote this model with the expats in Vietnam
Reagan Dufresne ‘24 Psychology		Survival Skills Social Enterprise (SSVN) https://survivalskills.vn/en/ SSVN Survival Skills is a social enterprise with the mission to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in Vietnam via first aid training to international standards. Since 2014, SSVN has provided first aid education to approximately 90.000 Vietnamese, who have helped thousands of people in need of first aid. SSVN’s wish is that every family in Vietnam soon has at least 1 person who knows how to do accurate first aid. Besides that, SSVN also partners with Surf Life Saving Australia to provide water safety and water rescue training for swimmers and professional rescuers. In 2022, SSVN expands our education to mental health/wellbeing to public groups and companies as one of our new core products in addition to first aid and water rescue programs. After Covid, the number of people suffering from depression increased and thus mental health awareness is needed much more than before. SSVN is also in the progress of developing nutrition related products. Currently, SSVN offers three core training courses to individuals, enterprises and communities in these areas mentioned above. We have education programs to raise awareness, training programs to enhance the skills. For first aid, we have already developed various products including offline in-class training courses, blended training, e-learning, YouTube, TikTok and a first aid guidance app in Vietnamese for free download. We have lots of resources for community learning, especially for people in remote areas and vulnerable communities. We also recently developed the Hazard Awareness programs for schools with the aim to prevent accidents from happening in the first place, which we are happy to offer free to schools. SSVN team include passionate people and volunteers who are committed with great efforts to alleviate avoidable suffering, disabilities and mortalities. We at SSVN are well aware that we cannot do this alone. In this journey, SSVN needs various resources and contributions. And we truly appreciate each of your support in realizing these meaningful and essential knowledge and skills across Vietnam and furthermore in South East Asia in the near future.	Main responsibility of this post is to assist the SSVN team to develop some concrete Mental Health related products including research, develop contents, create activities, create communication materials to raise awareness of Vietnamese about the importance of mental health/well-being and practical connect activities and programs for various aged groups. • Support in social media posts such as infographics about international evidence about importance of mental health/wellbeing, videos, etc. • Research related effective and sustainable community approaches for mental health/well-being, in particular depressions at various aged groups with similar socio-economic background/context and development. • Adopt approaches that may be suitable with the context of Vietnam. • Design, create and graphics content/videos with multiple formats for different mediums including website, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, etc. • Support in development and implementation of SSVN’s communication strategies related to mental health to tell the stories of SSVN on international channels.
Rachel Gavin ‘24 Environmental Science & Elementary Education		Sylvan Learning Vietnam http://sylvanlearning.edu.vn/ Sylvan Learning Vietnam is an educational brand founded in Portland, Oregon, USA in 1979. Over 40 years of development, Sylvan Learning owns a system of 800 centers across the US states and countries around the world such as Canada, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Guam, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. In Vietnam, Sylvan Learning Vietnam currently has 5 centers throughout Ho Chi Minh City, offering English - STEM – Math –Test Prep programs for students aged 4-18 years with the goal of building knowledge base, nurturing confidence and joy of learning on their future’s journey. Sylvan Learning Vietnam is a business member under VIG (Vietnam Investments Group) portfolio – the fund that has invested in well-known companies and brands in education, F&B, travel agents and entertainment in Vietnam.	• Participate in training to prepare for teaching responsibilities and observe professional teaching staff to develop a stronger understanding of the practice of teaching at Sylvan. • Become familiar with Sylvan workplace and resources, including programs and technology resources utilized by students, teachers and staff to prepare for teaching duties. • Meet with new and current students as part of their supported learning sessions and individual advising sessions. • Assist exploratory students with identifying interests, skills, and abilities while exploring potential competency. • Refer and/or connect students with needed resources to overcome academic and/or personal challenges in order to promote academic success. • Develop and enhance advising best practices including counseling skills for advising, record keeping, navigation of difficult conversations, and administrative processes.
Gregory Hurter ‘24 Public Health & Equity Studies		International University, Research Center for Infectious Diseases) https://rcid.hcmiu.edu.vn/ In the short term, Research Center for Infectious Disease will become one of the leading research centers on infectious diseases in Vietnam, contributing to developing high-quality human resources for the locality and the whole country. In the long term, the Center aims to develop into a Center of excellent research on Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia, capable of creating and providing technological solutions and services in response to the epidemic diseases that may develop in our society.	• In this project, the intern student is expected to go to the farms with other members of the research team for sampling, then transport the obtained samples to the laboratory for bacterial isolation, culture and identification using microbiological and molecular techniques. • Morphological traits, antimicrobial susceptibility profile and other phenotypic features are also studied, recorded and analyzed by the intern student. • Methods to be trained include basic microbiological techniques, PCR, AST, sequencing, data analysis and other soft skills.
Swapnil Jhajharia ‘24 Psychology & Statistics		SENBOX https://www.senbox.org/ SENBOX is an Education centre for children with severe learning disabilities and ASD. We are Evidence Practice-Based and build our own Educational Framework / Learning program for children with Special Education Needs (SEND/ALN). Their mission is to provide an affordable and effective, structured framework of special education learning tools for Vietnam and other countries. SENBOX Centre supports children and their families from a variety of areas in Ho Chi Minh City with high-quality facilities. We support local teachers with evidence-based teaching resources, tools, hands-on teaching experience, and professional development.	• Read and follow the teaching staff handbook; understand and follow the policies. • Remove the danger proactively to keep students safe at all times. • Be able to demonstrate responsibility and interest in your work, learn & perform EBP • Ask questions and discuss your ideas about student cases respecting the decisions made by the team • Take responsibility for student safety. Be aware of any dangers or wrongdoing and report them to the admin office • Able to work under supervision with students in groups of 1:1 and 2:1 and flow student schedules, routines, and activities • Learn about the student's NC and IEP goals • Learn and practice recording data & evidence • Organize and return Teaching Activities that are not needed • Keep students safe and, according to Children’s Protection Act, report injuries immediately • Participants are offered the opportunity to join their efforts by working on lesson plans, student reports, and procedure documents, (this is optional depending on candidate’s experience level and not required as part of the internship).
Virginia Kelsey ‘24 Anthropology/Sociology & Psychology		Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance (UEF) https://www.uef.edu.vn/tttvtl_htpl/gioi-thieu/chuc-nang-nhiem-vu-16139/ The Center for psychological counseling and legal support has the function of organizing and implementing activities in the field of legal advice; preventing, supporting and intervening psychological difficulties in students; learning and life; building a safe, healthy and friendly educational environment. The main activities of Center include: a) Advising students on legal issues arising in the process of studying, researching and living; b) Taking care of students' mental health, including: consulting solutions for problems in family relationships and other social relationships; training communication skills; preventing school violence…; c) Psychological counseling and legal advising for individuals outside the school.	• Assist in teaching Social Psychology with 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks (3 lectures per session) • Organize a series of academic exchange workshops with Psychology students of UEF and students from other schools (3 sessions are expected) on the following topics: Experience in scientific research, practice of psychological counseling skills, development trends in psychology in Vietnam and the world, etc. Students are encouraged to suggest other topics. This activity is managed by the Psychology Club TOUCH of UEF • Participate in a field trip for a subject • Participate in writing an academic paper
Nika Mitchell ‘25 Education & Art and Design		STEMax Education Joint Stock Company http://stemax.vn/ STEMax is an education agency focus on organizing learning programs and assessing programs for STEM education that aims to develop learners with ability in defining, solving problems and making decisions as well as narrowing the gaps between learning and future career. The word STEMax stands for: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and the "ax" at the end paired with the letter M to form the letter Max in maximum. We chose this name because we want to provide students maximum opportunities to grab knowledge, develop their skills in science, technology, engineering, math and the 21st century with a focus on creativity, problem solving, self – learning. For STEMax, education is both for a human development and the society development. Therefore, it should be applicable and beside schools, business, academic sector, community, family are also the important keys that contribute to the success education. We identify us as the one who connect these sectors to supports STEM but also STEAM education.	• Work with other STEM program designers and mentors to revise the courses/activities for students. • Work with the Senior STEM Mentors in STEMax to deliver STEM courses to students. • Assess students' performance with a guide from senior STEM mentors. • Give feedback and revise the delivery process
Lesley Rivera ‘25 Political Science, Sociology & Equity Studies		Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance https://www.uef.edu.vn/fir The Faculty of International Relations comes from the Department of International Relations, under the Faculty of Law & International Relations, University of Economics and Finance, Ho Chi Minh City. The International Relations program focuses on training students with a global citizen's necessary skills and basic knowledge. With the motto of training with practice, the training program focuses on linking teaching theory with practical forms such as simulation, negotiation, presentation, foreign professional practice, etc. From 2021, the Faculty of International Relations has developed and includes 04 narrow majors: Diplomatic Operations, International Journalism, Politics - Diplomacy; Sustainable Development.	Teaching Assistant: Course: Human security and Academic English in International Relations • Help Lecturers with lesson preparation, including collecting materials and setting up class activities • Review lessons with students in small groups • Supervise students in class, between classes and during recreation periods and field trips • Track attendance, grading assignments and calculating grades • Give extra help to students who need special accommodations or are struggling with a concept • Assist students with special learning requirements, including English as a second language students Research assistant (depending on researching fields of the intern) • Conduct literature reviews • Collect and analyze data • Supervise undergraduate students working on the research project (maintaining records on assignment completion, acting as liaison/mediator between the undergraduate students and the faculty researcher) • Attend project meetings • Assisting in student service learning activities or projects.

Seoul, South Korea, Summer 2022

Freeman Foundation International Internship Placements

Student Name		Company Name	Brief Description of Duties
Marisa Butzirus ‘23 International Relations		MINEIS Internship Placement Title: Problem Solver Intern Mine.is an online consignment/thrift store in South Korea. Mine.is a online consignment store where you can buy and sell high-quality secondhand clothes. Thred up in the US is our largest benchmark.	• Improve efficiency in Distribution Center; clothing inspection, fulfillment and logistics • Marketing toward buyers; especially those in the age between 20-35. • Hands on inspection work on clothing at the distribution center. • Help CEO figuring out best cultural practice to provide safe and happy working environment to co-workers. • Open mind set to embrace Korean Culture • Clear, professional, and friendly communication skills. • Ready to solve any problem within business, operation, marketing and etc.
Scott Czerwinski ‘23 Economics/Political Science		South-North Love School Internship Placement Title: Non-profit Administration Intern South-North Love School which is a Christian alternative school for North Korean resettler students and the children of North Korean refugees.	• English teaching for kids who are mostly born in South Korea as a second generation of North Korean refugees • English teaching for North Korean resettler students and the teenager children of North Korean refugees, some of whom are preparing to enter colleges in South Korea next year. • Participating in Quiet time in the morning, church service in Wednesday morning, and Bible English class. Sometimes sing a praise song by solo or duet. Also sometimes witness your faith story. • Write letters to ask for sponsor for our school to foundations and mission organizations in the States. • Assist team members as requested
Joshua Doubiago ‘23 Music		Adventure Korea Internship Placement Title: English Tour Guide and Marketing Since 2000 Adventure Korea has played an important role in many people lives in Korea. Adventure Korea provides great trips and outdoor activities to foreigners from all over the world as well as any Koreans who want to meet and interact with foreigners for cultural exchange. They provide a meaningful trip to make friends from all over the world.	• Attending the farm village experience tour, festival tour and tourist attraction tours. • Attending out-door education program as a tour guide for foreign school and international school • Supporting main tour guide (checking name list. helping guest. preparing or order meal for tourists) • Helping tour package development and trip coordination. • Researching and develop a new touring programs • Learning tourism marketing and consulting skill for tour packages. • Other duties as discussed in your interview
Adrien Harwood ‘23 International Relations/ Criminology		Handal.us Internship Placement Title: Marketing Handal.us is a vibrant community platform where people record and share their practices and interest such as reading, working out, and studying. All members have a horizontal relationship and they communicate positively by exchanging warm support for each member's growth. Handal.us pursues people to have a bright and positive energy by supporting each other out and it motivates members to reach their goals a step closer.	• Media Contents Maker for acquisition and retention of Community • Make and publish text-based content to the handal.us community channel(expected as Discord) • To increase user acquisition and retention by supplying content to the community. • Contents Planning • Research • Contents making • Publish (Discord channel) • Assist team as requested
Madison Laquerre ‘24 Secondary Education/ French		Rolling Korea Internship Placement Title: Education and Marketing Intern Rolling Korea was founded in 2012 to teach Korean to foreigners professionally. Since then, we have been developing unique educational contents and activities to provide the best experience for the students. Not only we concentrate on language education but also help our students to have broader understandings of Korea. Our curriculum makes studying Korean enjoyable and helps students to pursue a successful learning experience in Korea.	• Create English contents for marketing the products • Edit English contents and materials • Korean Food / Culture / Place reviews for blogs and YouTube. • Support Korean teachers to create new activity contents. • Brain storming / Ideas as a Korean studying student’s perspective • Support staffs to prepare regularly events, such as: Language Exchange / Monthly Party/ Year party / Special event party. • Staff Back Office support • Prepare materials / Maintenance / Excel & Email Updates -Monitor media (Facebook, Twitter, Website) and comment/like to increase activity. • Webpage UX – To provide better UX for our homepage visitors • Draft press releases and other materials for external consumption • Assist the supervisor and team members as requested
Enzo (Jeson) Li ‘23 Political Science/ History		Nuriplan Internship Placement Title: Market Reasearch Intern Founded in 1992, Nuriplan has contributed to the growth of the Korean construction industry based on endless technological innovation. The Construction Business Department has carried out numerous projects by linking facilities for human and plays a key role in realizing the vision.	• Market & competitor analysis • Potential global supplier searching • Company introduction updating task in English version • US market penetration & communication • Other tasks according to his capability and company’s need
Frank Loveland ‘24 International Relations		Korea Road Association Internship Placement Title: Administration Assistant Coordinator Intern Founded in 1992, Nuriplan has contributed to the growth of the Korean construction industry based on endless technological innovation. The Construction Business Department has carried out numerous projects by linking facilities for human and plays a key role in realizing the vision.	• Market & competitor analysis • Potential global supplier searching • Company introduction updating task in English version • US market penetration & communication • Other tasks according to his capability and company’s need
Paulius Macijauskas ‘23 Business Administration/ Economics		Trustkey Internship Placement Title: Marketing Material Intern We design and manufacture FIDO authenticators, also called USB security keys, to provide the next-generation login mechanism.	• Review and proofread the materials and website contents such as marketing, deployment cases, user guides, and documents written in Englis • Research market analysis for cryptocurrency-related login authentication trends. • We are in the middle of developing a wallet service for Crypto coins such as BTC, ETH. However we are more interested in NFT (Non-fungible Token) for many applications, but specifically for the entertainment industry. Research for marketing trends and associated analyses for this new project. • Create some user case documents. Experience our systems and come up with user case documents so that people can easily follow them • Assist team as requested
Joshua Marshall ‘23 Political Science/ Philosophy		Korea-America Association Internship Placement Title: Non-profit Administration Intern The Association aims to promote friendship and understanding between the peoples of Korea and the United States and to strengthen cultural, economic and other relations between the two countries.	• Administrative tasks including secretarial support (greet guests, phone calls, etc.) • Event management assistance (board meetings, luncheon meetings, other special events) • Webpage management (updates) • Develop and publish materials (flyers, brochures, weekly & quarterly publications) • English-Korean translation • Assist team as requested
Sydney Nelson ‘23 Elementary Education/ French		Promomkinder Internship Placement Title: TESOL Intern We are an English play school located in large department stores, hotels, and malls around South Korea. We provide an English-speaking environment for kids aging from 3 to 8 years old.	• to assist with activities related to English education such as worksheet, book reading, play, games, special worksheet, arts and crafts, 1:1 tutoring • to create English speaking environment for the kids naturally to exposed to English • to assist in developing contents regarding English program for specific days • to assist the teachers and staff as requested
Emmett O’Connell ‘23 Business Administration		Webudding Internship Placement Title: Marketing/Business Intern Noutecompany Corp. offers the largest digital stationery service, “WeBudding”, for diaries, planners, notebooks and stickers that are used on tablet writing apps	• Posting & managing official corporate SNS account • SNS event organization & operation (North America) • Service development & operation (North America) • Identify potential customer/market/partnership (North America) • Translate public relations material & service introduction etc. • Strategize North American market penetration
Carson O’Neil ‘23 Public Health/ French		The Space Friends Co. Internship Placement Title: Intern A social enterprise that creates an educational culture for multicultural children and adolescents to grow together as friends.	• Basically, we teach multicultural children. • The center actively teaches Korean language learning and several subjects to children who visit in person. • We also teach English to third world children abroad online, and I think he can help them effectively. • In addition, we are also making Korean language education contents for multicultural children, and we expect to hear a lot of feedback on the perspective of foreigners in producing this education program.
Willow Schaefer ‘24 Secondary Education		Promomkinder Internship Placement Title: TESOL Intern We are an English play school located in large department stores, hotels, and malls around South Korea. We provide an English-speaking environment for kids aging from 3 to 8 years old.	• to assist with activities related to English education such as worksheet, book reading, play, games, special worksheet, arts and crafts, 1:1 tutoring • to create English speaking environment for the kids naturally to exposed to English • to assist in developing contents regarding English program for specific days • to assist the teachers and staff as requested.
Nikolas Selvaag ‘24 Business Administration / Economics		ENCOR Internship Placement Title: Operation Team Intern It is a rapidly growing company under the mission of “Creating a Korea where foreigners want to live," an IT startup that builds and provides service infrastructure for foreigners. It currently operates enkor.kr, a mid- to long-term residential and community platform for foreigners.	• Take a survey after listening to suggestions from students living in a Korean sharehouse. • CS manual production with CS Team • Participated in the YouTube video shoot • Assist team as requested

Hong Kong, Summer 2019

Freeman Foundation International Internship Placements

Student Name		Company Name	Brief Description of Duties
Diego Calderon '20 Business		Anywhere Networks Internship Industry: High-Tech startup Anywhere Networks is a leading wireless mesh technology company offering flexible and expandable network solutions for high bandwidth applications. Our products are the key enabler for extending network reach, multiplying network capacities, and add-in redundancy measures in large scale critical infrastructures seen in large-scale enterprises, smart cities, and municipalities around the world.	• Research programs, review loan agreements, calculate balances, and assist with a variety of types of general office work. • Conduct extensive financial research for the company
Sophie DeFries ‘20 Biochemistry		University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Internship Industry: Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine or LKS Faculty of Medicine, formerly known as the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, is a medical school which comprises several schools and departments that provide an array of tertiary programmes in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and chinese medicine.	• Conduct lab research and testing into the relationship between HIV and cardiovascular disease. • Collaborate with lab technicians, faculty and scientists on research projects.
Rachael DeVeau ‘20 Economics		A&A Limited Internship Industry: Digital Business and Consulting Company Working together with our other group companies, Echelon and AA Digital, we share the vision of providing our clients with the most transformative services to realize their business aspirations and take each client’s business to its utmost potential.	• Primary duties focused on research and development. • Research and publish articles on the company website, including topics such as digital transformation, e-commerce and chatbots. • Employ data analysis and visualization techniques in a creative setting.
Victoria Gray ‘20 Business		PAKT Smart Wardrobe Internship Industry: Clothing and Fashion Industry Digitise your wardrobe and get on-demand access to your securely stored items. Archive specialty garments and collectibles. Rotate and style your seasonal clothes with ease.	• Focus on photo-shopping images of clothes. • Research the major land developers. • Read newspaper clippings to create a content library with important statistics and industry information.
Matthew McGlynn ‘21 Economics		A&A Limited Internship Industry: Digital Business and Consulting Company Working together with our other group companies, Echelon and AA Digital, we share the vision of providing our clients with the most transformative services to realize their business aspirations and take each client’s business to its utmost potential.	• Primary duties focused on research and development. • Research and publish articles on the company website, including topics such as digital transformation, e-commerce and chatbots. • Employ data analysis and visualization techniques in a creative setting.
Matthew Mosher ‘20 Neuroscience		Hong Kong BioTek Internship Industry: Nutrition, Health and Wellness HK BioTek Ltd is a leading health testing provider in Hong Kong: Food allergy, sensitivities, heavy metals, nutrients, hormones, DNA, and more	• Help advisor and nutritionist with research and marketing projects. • Research articles on gut-brain axis. • Develop pamphlets, newsletters, informational graphs. • Help boost and brand the company through social media accounts. • Conduct research on effectiveness and validity of food testing.
Claire Mutty ‘20 Business		The Wave Internship Industry: Co-Working and Event Space The Wave is an integrated business platform incorporating event spaces, co-working spaces, serviced offices, pop-up stores and F&B floors all under one roof. The Wave’s mission goal is to help the next wave of passionate entrepreneurs and SMEs to realize their dreams and grow their businesses beyond limits.	• Create social media content. • Edit English-language version of website. • Write promotional campaigns for external websites. • Write blog posts about current customers. • Help reformulate The Wave’s brand in English. • Help business development department in new ideation project for new business matching program.
Ryan Ramos '20 Business		Lion and Lion Digital Agency Internship Industry: Digital Marketing Agency We are growth creators, who partner with brands to drive consumer actions in Southeast Asia through creative digital-first solutions.	• Conduct research on TikTok as an advertising platform. • Research influencers in the cryptocurrency market. • Locate 7-10 potential EPr platforms per week, and find contact information, hyperlink and use a program called SEMrush to fine analytical information. • Trained to use the SEMrush program. • Provide client social media reach.
Patrick Richards ‘20 History		Boötes Limited Internship Industry: Art and Cultural Education We are a group of architects, urban planners, engineers, designers, economists and scientists – setting our minds out to make a difference. By origin we are an architectural design office, but we do much more than just designing buildings... Everything we do is always focused on improving the built environment and promoting a cohesive society.	• Research various programs that Bootes could collaborate with/on projects or programs. • Conduct monthly expense reports, as well as reimbursement paperwork for Bootes. • Filing for Visas, as Bootes worked as an intermediary for students coming to Hong Kong to study art.
Katlyn Smith ‘21 Business		Centre-O Connect Internship Industry: Finance CENTRE-O is a one-stop centre for all business admin needs. From incorporating business to visa applications, we have specialists, tools and connections cater to your needs. Our mission is to help entrepreneures and businesses to focus on growing their businesses without getting distracted.	• Collaborate with company accountant. • Assist with bookkeeping and accounting assignments for various clients. • Prepare financial statements and reports for clients.
Keyana Smith ‘20 English		Association of Professional Lifespan Development and Educational Research for Youth Internship Industry: Educational Non Profit	• Provide Englilsh educational tutoring services to students with special needs.

Hong Kong, Summer 2018

Freeman Foundation International Internship Placements

Student Name		Company Name	Brief Description of Duties
Aaron Kalat ‘19 Media, Journalism and Digital Arts		MEME PR Internship Industry: Marketing MemePR is an intelligent marketing platform that helps brands to grow business locally and globally with no hassle in the Greater China and Southeast Asia. We have independent entities in Hong Kong, Taipei & Shenzhen. MEMEPR is a team combining the content & digital marketers and software engineers. We have a partner network connecting 1000+ media and event management partners in over 10+ countries.	• Participate in brand Ucommune’s marketing strategy planning, support video production design for their website and marketing material write-ups • Client meeting and follow-up for business customers such as HKV online press, TFI video streaming tech, etc.
Alex Otten ‘19 International Relations		Asia Care Group Internship Industry: Helthcare Consulting Asia Care Group enables change in healthcare systems throughtout Asia. We do this through the integration of key services, as we recognize that complex problems often require more than one area of expertise. Our approach is widely regarded in the healthcare community, and we count some of the region’s largest health insurers, health providers and Governments as our clients.	• Support healthcare client engagements by providing support to team members in the area of analysis, data-collection, primary and secondary research. • Use critical thinking skills to understand client issues and work with the team to develop relevant solutions. • Perform analysis of data –both financial, clinical and operational • Help develop new business and support team members in business development activities.
Asah Whalen '19 Political Science		Heroes Too Foundation Internship Industry: Environmental Charity/NGO HeroesToo promotes sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles amongst the local population via awareness campaigns and eco-design competitions. Our aim was to change peoples attitude towards climate change. In order to make long-lasting impact, the team of HeroesToo recognised that their focus needed to be on creating real change-makers, which are the young generations of students, by providing them with the right tools to make a big difference.	• Contribute to the creation of user interface design of our APP. • Demonstrate good interpersonal and diplomacy in dealing with collaborating partners and other interns. • Reformulate in-classroom environmental educational program. • Collaborate with partners in fundraising. • Research on the subject of water potential and potential sponsors and partners.
Dagmar Lee Wright ‘19 International Relations		Association of Professional Lifespan Development and Educational Research for Youth Internship Industry: Education	• Voluntary English tutor travelling to many different schools across HongKong including new territories. • Assists and creates teaching materials for English summer courses. • Mentoring, advising and teaching children who are from underprivileged families