“They say that doing is the best way to learn. So for 10 weeks, 44 college students have had a chance experience how their education can be applied to real-world settings.
The Berkshire Business Interns, winnowed from more than 500 applications this past spring, worked in 20 different organizations, businesses and municipalities throughout the county this summer. About two-thirds hail from the Berkshires.
For Steven Luciano of Boston, who is studying international business at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, it was a chance to learn how to “cohesively” connect, communicate and work together with a diversified work force at LTI Smart Glass; for Jade Schnauber of Pittsfield, entering her senior year at MCLA, it was an opportunity to the last two summers to work behind the scenes at Lever Inc., the catalyst for the BBI program and numerous other local economic initiatives and startups.
Not only an opportunity but a promotion: When Schnauber returns next year, she’ll be running the BBI program.”
Berkshire Business Interns Recognized for Summer Efforts was published Sunday, August 11, 2019 on iBerkshires.com