Research and Internships
Jobs and Internships for IT & CS students
Networking with the President
Glenn Roth, an Information Technology POE, interned in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Department of the Treasury at the Tax and Trade Bureau.a Domain Administrator, he was responsible for managing users and computers on the bureau's network. In addition to his network administrative duties Glenn was also an administrator of Citrix servers, an emerging network technology that increases reliability of computer applications over a networked environment. During his internship, Glenn had the opportunity to meet President George W. Bush.
Glenn recently accepted a full-time position with a technology consulting firm in Washington D.C and will primarily be working on contracts with the federal government.
The Competitive Edge
Rebecca Jankowski, an Information Technology with Criminal Justice POE, took advantage of the Analyst Notebook course at Juniata, which is not offered by many colleges and universities. This course made her overall skill set much more marketable in the work place. Rebecca was able to apply her knowledge of Analyst Notebook at the Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Charitable Organizations, Special Investigations Unit as a Special Investigations Intern.
Rebecca has accepted an Information Systems Engineer position at Vanguard near Philadelphia, PA.
Live from New York
Matthew Newman, an Information Technology POE, completed an internship with NBC Universal in New York City. Matt worked with the Systems Development Group to develop a 32-channel cable orientation facility with over 1,032 unique devices. This system, now in operation, fully broadcasts all content from NBC Universal cable properties such as CNBC, Bravo, and USA. Matt met NBC personalities like Matt Lauer, Jane Pauley, and Tina Fey.
Matt also completed 2 additional internships with the General Electric Company, where Matt received one of five individual awards out of 150 interns, "The Most Likely to Become the Next CEO of GE".
Matt has accepted a full-time position in NBC's exclusive technology & business leadership program located in New York City and Los Angeles.
Creating History
Joe Cardinale, an Information Technology POE, completed an internship with the Office of the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in Harrisburg, PA. During the summer of 2005, Joe was solely in charge of developing a video documentary on legislators. The specific purpose of the video was to increase the total number of women in the PA House of Representatives. Joe's video was aired on the Pennsylvania Cable Network.
Joe is attending Thomas Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI.
A Sweet Summer
Hershey, Pennsylvania was a little bit sweeter this past summer for Lindsey Lang, Information Technology with Criminal Justice. Lindsey completed an internship with the Information Technology Department of Hershey Entertainment. She was continuously troubleshooting issues with their computer hardware and software systems. With the numerous programs and programming languages Lindsey had been required to learn at Juniata, learning new programs on the job was second nature to her.
Lindsey has accepted a full-time position at Tyco Electronics in Harrisburg, PA.
Research Possibilities
In the summer of 2005, three Computer Science POEs, Adam Bergstein, Joe Chura, and Duane Bougher interned for Datatel Inc in Fairfax, Virginia. As web developers, they were responsible for coding applications in PHP, Java, JavaScript, and a relatively new language called AJAX. Adam and Joe's experience with AJAX translated into a full-year Computer Science Honors Research Thesis. Adam described the internship as irreplaceable.
Adam has accepted a full-time position with the Link Computer Corporation in Altoona, PA while Joe and Duane have accepted full-time Software Engineer positions with Minitab in State College, PA.