Champlain Today

Some International Business (IB) students strengthened their résumés this summer while getting their feet wet in the field. Nicole Jakobeit '02 of South Burlington, Vt., worked in the International Department of the famous ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. As an International Project Coordinator, she assisted with the annual One World One Heart festival, international research projects, and development of Ben & Jerry's 2003 marketing plan.

"Ben & Jerry's gave me a great experience as an intern. I had many different projects that were always challenging and fun," Jakobeit said. "I got to meet great people including marketing managers from various countries."

Her classmate Asta Petkeviciute '03 of Kaunas, Lithuania, spent the summer with the Hugh Wilkinson Consulting Company, which specializes in international development projects. She traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Procurement Workshop "How to do business with the IDB." During the same week, she visited the World Bank.

She also spent time in New York City, where she participated in the International Aid & Trade Conference and rubbed elbows with many different business and government professionals.

"When I look back on those three months I can say that I did a lot of research for different projects and I got hands-on experience with making presentations to other businesses," Petkeviciute said. "I even participated in an e-forum on corporate social responsibility where my manager was the moderator."