2018 Summer Internship
13 undergraduate ASA student employees work full-time during summer session 2018 to develop a presentation that communicate, from their perspective, the ASA student employee experience. These students work with a variety of ASA departments including Human Resources, Marketing, Dining, Finance, Facilities, Business Development and IT.
From left to right: Darian Chen, Carson Barnes, Lazaro Rivera, Lasandra Mitchell,
Torrin Faison, T'Kheya Yisrael, Eddie Gallagher, William Zhu, Claudio Concepcion,
Marquis Sampson, Pat Murray
ASA Interns receiving their certificates for the work they completed this summer
ASA Interns receiving their certificates with their managers for the work they completed
this summer
Meet the Interns
Darian Chen
Department:HR/Ceridian Conversion Team
Major: Economics
Academic Year: Senior
“Working within the Human Resources Department for this internship has given me the opportunity to make more connections throughout West Campus, University Hospital and the Long Island State Veterans Home. I have enjoyed working on the conversion project from ADP to Ceridian.”
Lazaro Rivera
Department:Marketing
Major: Double Major (Psychology and English)
Academic Year: Junior
“I applied to the ASA summer internship for a second time because I truly enjoyed being a Marketing and Communications intern last year. It is an awesome experience, and I work on projects that are truly important to me such as sustainability initiatives. As chair of the Undergraduate Student Government Sustainability Committee, this is a great opportunity to combine my involvement to make Stony Brook a greener campus. I have diversified my skills through a job that is multifaceted as I work on creating social media posts, research information for stories that we publish, improve my computer proficiency using Microsoft programs and Google Apps, explore public speaking opportunities by educating incoming students about all the services that the ASA provides such as meal plans and buying books, and I even had the opportunity to aid in the transition between food providers last summer.”
Torrin Faison
Department:Finance
Major: Applied Math and Statistics
Academic Year: Senior
“I’ve learned a lot from this finance internship, such as how to better manage my finances, how to analyze trends within reports, how to communicate with higher management in a effective way, and how to be a better team player. These are skills I believe will benefit me when it comes to applying for full-time positions before I graduate.”
Eddie Gallagher
Department:Facilities
Major: Sustainability Studies
Academic Year: Graduated, May 2018
Claudio Concepcion
Department:Dining
Major: Economics
Academic Year: Junior
Jaideep Taneja
Department:Finance
Major: Double Major (Business Management/Finance and Economics)
Academic Year: Senior
Izuchukwu Egonu
Department:Finance
Major: Physics
Academic Year: Senior
Carson Barnes
Department:HR/Ceridian Conversion Team
Major: Asian Studies/Spanish
Academic Year: Junior
Lasandra Mitchell
Department:Dining
Major: Double Major (Health Science & Biology)
Academic Year: Senior
T'Kheya Yisrael
Department:Marketing
Major: Double Major (Bio Chem and Sociology)
Academic Year: Senior
“Being able to work with and learn from professionals in so many different areas across campus has helped me to feel more career-ready and confident in myself. I’ve been able to create a more welcoming environment for students at Stony Brook through collaborating with the Career Center to arm them with the tools to be more well-rounded professionals. I’ve helped them navigate college just a little bit better with information tables at summer orientations for first-year students. Coming back to the internship for a second year as a Marketing and Communications Intern, I feel better equipped to play a more active role in ASA’s events and operations and more poised to voice my own ideas and take initiatives on projects. I’ve been able to make real and lasting connections with people and cultivate a lot of transferable skills that I know will help me as I move forward in my own career.”
William Zhu
Department:Facilities/Business Development
Major: Mechanical Engineer
Academic Year: Sophomore
“This internship has given me access to a lot of opportunities that I otherwise might not have. I have learned so much about the logistics and operations of a construction project and the specific steps needed for a project idea to go into the actual construction phase.”
Marquis Sampson
Department:HR/Ceridian Conversion Team
Major: Computer Engineering
Academic Year: Senior
Brian Kondracki
Department:IT
Major: Computer Science
Academic Year: Second Year Grad Student