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Category: Career Development

Scholar Stories

Leadership Lessons from Bangkok: Jade Robinson’s Transformative Summer 

The following blog post is adapted from Jade Robinson’s reflections from a PR internship experience in Thailand. Supported by a grant from Live Like Raija, a nonprofit [..]

News

Leading the Next Generation of Black Journalists

What does it mean to step into a role where your voice carries the weight of history? For Sydney Goitia-Doran, a sophomore journalism major at Howard University, it means sei[..]

News

A Summer Abroad Expands Jamila Abdilahi’s World View

As a junior in the chemistry and pre-med program at Pomona College in California, Jamila Abdilahi (Cohort 15) knew a traditional study abroad program wouldn’t be possible w[..]

Career Development

Crucial Connections Solidify a Career Path

As Hieu Tran (Cohort 14) entered his senior year at Lakeside School, he began homing in on his possible career paths. While he enjoyed his economics courses, he wondered what[..]

News

The Importance of Internships

By Sarah Sisay (Cohort 19), Rainier Scholars Advancement Team Intern Every summer, around 100 high school and college Rainier Scholars explore different careers through in[..]

Career Development

Informing Architectural Design through Lived Experiences

Leslie E. Diaz de Leon Flores has spent the summer interning at Seattle’s SMR Architects, whose mission is to design, preserve, and advocate for affordable housing. In [..]

Career Development

Empowerment and Representation through the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

What would it feel like to walk into a room with everyone looking like you, identifying as your ethnicity, and comes from a similar upbringing?   Talk to Adriana Hernande[..]

News

The Crucial Role of Internships in Shaping Future Careers

This summer, nearly 100 high school and college scholars explored different passions and career paths through internships. We connected with a few scholars to learn about thei[..]

Career Development

Supporting BIPOC Young Professionals in the Workplace: an Intern’s Perspective

by Zoe Hardwick Internships have become crucial to Rainier Scholars’ career development and in many cases, they are required for a student to advance in their desired[..]

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