AU Today - Student Stories
![Courtney Rickard](https://aurora.edu/_files/img/blog/au-today/courtney-rickard_800x600.jpg)
Rickard spent summer 2022 interning for Orange County Coastkeeper, a nonprofit, clean-water organization in Southern California. What did you do? I worked as a marine restoration intern and helped facilitate our “living shorelines” project. We created an eelgrass and oyster...
![Marco Antonio Olivera](https://aurora.edu/_files/img/blog/au-today/marco-antonio-oliveria_internship_800x600.jpg)
Olivera returned to his hometown to serve as a mentor in Beloit College’s Help Yourself Program, which helps prepare low-income, first-generation minority students go to college. How did you secure your internship? I learned about my internship opportunity because I participated in the...
![Angie Lopez](https://aurora.edu/_files/img/blog/au-today/angie_800x600.jpg)
While interning for the environmental underwriting team at Philadelphia Insurance Companies, Lopez was exposed to new career possibilities and gained a better understanding of what she can do with her majors. How did your internship help you discover career possibilities for your major? My...
![Meet Emily](https://aurora.edu/_files/img/blog/au-today/220413_Emily VB-46 copy_800x600.jpg)
“AU’s Hill Center for Student Success connected me to an internship and a job during my senior year. A career counselor also reviewed my résumé and cover letter, proofread my writing samples, and did a mock interview with me. My internship was with an...
![Owen Clayton '23 and Kaitlin Novak '23](https://aurora.edu/_files/img/blog/au-today/interns-in-dublin_800x600.jpeg)
Two students in Aurora University’s Master of Science in Athletic Training program received an opportunity of a lifetime through their internships at Northwestern University. Owen Clayton ’23 and Kaitlin Novak ’23 traveled with the Northwestern football team to...