Kevin Hoban, ’24

I migrate profiles between site platforms on the SJU Outcomes site to best reflect the stories of alumnae.

This position is for academic credit, so I work one day per week in person at the office, and one remotely. Most days I am reviewing profiles of Alumni, seeing what is missing, what needs to be updated, and then migrating them to the updated site platform where all of SJU's site pages exist currently.

I applied for the IDEAL Learning Program, an Initiative in the Political Science Department that allows students to gain internship experience in different offices around campus. I was selected for the position available in the Office of Marketing and Communications and I could not be more happy with how the semester long experience turned out!

I have been able to develop my digital technology skills as majority of this work is done on the back end of SJU's site platform. I have also applied written communication skills to document progress and write reports to my supervisor on the progress being made.

By getting to know my professors and actually showing active interest in their classes, I have been able to create so many connections with members of the SJU community. In our IDEAL Learning sequence, we talk about professionalism and the ways inclusive leadership is essential to all leadership opportunities. I have worked to apply inclusive leadership and professionalism in my internship position as well as other activities I am involved in on campus.

If you aren't sure what you are looking to do professionally, say yes to as many opportunities as you can. You never know where something might lead. Talk to your professors because they want to support you. Make as many on campus connections as you can to build professional networking skills during undergrad years and then be ready to apply them outside of SJU when you graduate.