Co-ops, internships & clinicals build on academic and career interests through structured and supervised experiences in the workplace
Meet Our Students
Sid Iyer '20
Plastics Engineering
Sid Iyer has taken advantage of internships, research opportunities, the DifferenceMaker program and more to pursue his goal: a career in biomedical research and development.
Professor Nagarajan wants students to take responsibility for all aspects of a project and to think independently.
Kavi Oeur '27
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Marketing and Management Option
Kavi Oeur decided to major in the pharmaceutical sciences, marketing and management option to pursue a more business-related job in the pharmaceutical industry.
My co-op experience solidified my passion for the pharmaceutical field and erased any doubts that I was having.
Linda Barg '18
Finance & Marketing
A deep-rooted desire for financial independence drives everything that Linda Barg does.
If I’d taken any other path, I might not have been able to make a difference.
Shaila Bornstein '19
Criminal Justice, Political Science
A semester in Washington, D.C., interning with a nonprofit that trains women to run for political office galvanized Shaila Bornstein. As soon as she finishes at UML, she plans to return to Washington to gain political experience so she can run for president.
The opportunities I’ve already gotten here are above and beyond what I could have gotten anywhere else.
Kraig Scharn '20
Plastics Engineering
Thanks to his internship and co-op experiences, plastics engineering major Kraig Scharn ’20 discovered that sales was the right career path for him. He is now a junior technical service engineer for Entec Polymers in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It changed my mindset my senior year. I was able to tailor my classes more to the commercial side of the plastics industry, which was really nice.