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Major: Psychology
BDP Certificate: Ethics & Leadership
Graduation Year: Spring 2024

Interning with Kids Tooth Team Outreach allowed Ethics & Leadership in Health Care BDP student Alyssa Nunn to gain experience in non-profit healthcare.

"My participation in this Connecting Experience has helped to reinforce my passion for achieving a more equitable healthcare system."
Major: Biology: Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
BDP Certificate: Museum Studies
Graduation Year: Spring 2025

Through a research assistantship with the UT Insect Collection Museum Studies BDP student Abby Jones was able to support the collection and develop lesson plans designed to engage elementary and middle school students in a variety of insect biology topics.

"I feel more confident in my choice to pursue a career in science education because I enjoyed this Connecting Experience so much."
Major: Psychology
Graduation Year: Spring 2023
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Major: Psychology
BDP Certificate: Children & Society
Graduation Year: Fall 2015

Courtney Wiesepape is a clinical psychology research position at Indiana University School of Medicine, currently working with a team developing a therapy for individuals diagnosed with first episode psychosis that targets internalized stigma.

"Participating in BDP helped me to begin to think about things from an interdisciplinary approach, which allows me to be thoughtful in my interactions with my team and value different perspectives. "
Major: Advertising
BDP Certificate: Digital Arts & Media
Graduation Year: Spring 2017

Stephanie Cree is UX Engineer and Design Thinking Coach with IBM in Austin, TX.

"I most value the support I had from my BDP mentors and professors. They were able to show me that the career path I wanted was achievable."
Major: Finance
BDP Certificate: Smart Cities
Graduation Year: Spring 2023

Smart Cities BDP student Grant Shaffer interned with JLL Technologies where he was able to gain experience in real estate technology.

"This experience confirmed that I'd like to work at the forefront of technology and urban development."
Major: Business Honors
BDP Certificate: Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits
Graduation Year: Spring 2022

Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits BDP student Ceinna Little was able to explore non-profits and their role in affordable housing through an independent research project.

"The most rewarding aspect of my Connecting Experience was being able to produce a piece of research that I could showcase and display my skills to graduate schools and future employers."
Major: Economics
BDP Certificate: Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits
Graduation Year: Spring 2023

Through a research assistantship in cooperation with the non-profit Project Schoolhouse, Social Entrepreneurship & Non-profits BDP student Cecilia Guerra aided in the development of a monitored rainwater collections and filtration system for a Nicaraguan community.

"Working with people from different majors, and being surrounded by different disciplines, is really fulfilling."
Major: Biology
BDP Certificate: Digital Arts & Media
Graduation Year: Spring 2022

For her Creative Project, Hannah Barnes wanted to combine the skills she had gained as a Biology major and Digital Arts & Media student. In combining the arts with sciences, she was able to create a partially animated and navigable poster that defined common laboratory procedures under an overarching project known as the Purple Protein Project.

"I gained a sense of fulfillment in being able to convey scientific concepts to my friends, parents, and grandparents in a way that was both educational and fun."