Where Are They Now? Alumni Report
By Janet Hrezo, Brevard Center
Students never really leave CIP. What they learn here goes with them and they always remain in our hearts. When Jarrett Suhr first came to the Brevard Center, we knew we had some work to do but, in the end, Jarrett met the challenge and triumphed.
Where Are They Now? Alumni Report
By Dan McManmon, College Internship Program National Office
This month we will briefly catch up with Berkshire Center Alumni Brian Plushanski. Brian left the Berkshire Center in the Spring of 2009. He now lives in central New Jersey, where he works with his father at ABM Self Storage, BP Construction Company and a new Recycling Company he is starting.
When Brian first came to CIP, he struggled with his reading course at Berkshire Community College. He then took advantage of the Career Skills Training and Employment Program (C-STEP) in conjunction with CIP’s in-house classes and training modules at the Berkshire Center. The staff at Berkshire had many good things to say about Brian….
By Adria Nassim, Bloomington Center student
I can’t believe it’s time already for me to start packing up and saying “See ya sooner than later!” Before I came to CIP, life was very different. I was away at college suffering from severe anxiety and depression which eventually lead to sporadic psychogenic seizure due to trauma.
Although I’ve always been known to be academically contentious, I could no longer focus in school and was faced with the idea of having to take a semester off due to illness. That’s when my parents and I discovered CIP.
By Mendy Kossmann, Bloomington Academic Coordinator, and Alex Wiser
Alex Wiser graduated from Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, IN on May 15, 2009 with an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Technology.
Alex came to The Bloomington Center in 2006, he was 19 years old. Before coming to CIP, he attended the Community College DeAnza and took General Studies classes near his home in San Jose, California. Alex had been having a difficult time because he would start classes strong, but eventually lost interest.
CIP Graduate Takes Alternative to College
By Katrina Karro-Gassner, Berkshire Center Graduate
Over the years I have learned a great deal from all my friends, staff and coworkers. I look back and remember my first year when I had some difficult times. When I first came to the College Internship Program (CIP), I was afraid to try new things and was not ready to get a job, I refused to try an internship because I had no experience and it was hard for me to do things on my own.
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How the People at CIP Changed My Life
By Travis Toor, Brevard Center Student
When I first came to the College Internship Program, I felt like it was a going to be a prison sentence. I didn’t know anyone and, to be honest, I was scared. My roommate and now best friend, Andrew, made me feel a little better the first day we met. He was, and is always, willing to help me out with anything I need.
By Jeff Wheeler, Berkshire Center Academic Coordinator
It is a magnificent late spring afternoon at Tanglewood in the Berkshire hills. The sky is heartbreakingly blue and a gentle breeze wafts a heady mixture of fragrance from the blooms of lilacs, peonies, and irises through the air. The temperature is a perfect 72 degrees. The ancient oak and ash trees are resplendent with their fresh translucent leaves filtering the sunlight and giving the day a surreal greenish tint.
Alumni Student is…. “Recycling Maaaan!”
This Berkshire Center alumni student is becoming quite a hit at the Reading, Pennsylvania Philli’s baseball games. Known as “Recycling Man”, his mission is help fans recycle their paper and plastic items into the correct bins, thus saving valuable recyclable resources for future use.
Where Are They Now? CIP Alumni Report
Analia Billings, Berkshire Center Alumni
After graduating from the Berkshire Center in Lee, Massachusetts in 2006, Analia Billings traveled back to Bermuda to be with her family. Analia is currently employed at Hamilton Princess Hotel where she works as a front desk attendant.
Analia loves her job and is hopeful that, with time, she can move into a similar position which is a little less stationary. She is currently happily involved a relationship. In her free time, she enjoys meeting new people, being social with friends, reading, walking and shopping (or anything that has to do with spending money!)
Where Are They Now? CIP Alumni Report
Interview with Sam Smith, Berkshire Center Alumni
I graduated in Spring, 2008.
I am living in Silver Springs, Maryland working as an independently contracted personal trainer at LA Fitness as well as an ice hockey trainer at Cabin John and Wheaton ice rink.
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Where Are They Now? Alumni Report
Interview with Chris Rogers, Berkshire Center
When did you leave CIP?
After completing a 3 year course from Mildred Elley Business School in 2007 I moved back to Florida.
What are you up to now?
I currently live in warm Florida, not far from Orlando! I am a full time employee at a 5 star resort called The Club at Hammock Beach. I currently live with my parents and I am the process of constructing our in-ground heated pool & hot tub in our backyard.
Where Are They Now? Alumni Report
Interview with Tim Caltagirone, Berkshire Center Alumni
What year did you leave CIP?
I left Berkshire after the Fall semester of 2006.
Where did you live after graduation?
I went back home and I commute back and forth from Kutztown University.
Where are you up to now?
Currently attending Kutztown as a Speech Communication major and PR minor.
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