Experience Matters - Grand Valley State University

Social Media and Marketing

McKenzie
Major: Advertising & Public Relations -Assist in managing social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter -Create, publish and distribute social media content -Monitor and engage with the community by responding to comments/messages -Contribute to the planning, and execution of marketing campaigns to promote upcoming events. -Work closely with the marketing team to brainstorm ideas, and contribute to campaign planning. -Assist with scheduling of volunteers and communicate the responsibilities and duties - Faciliate various administrative tasks related to marketing and communications

AmeriCorps Internship!

Victoria
Major: Criminal Justice My primary task in volunteer services is to provide additional support to all programs and clients. I work with community partners, individual donors/volunteers and case managers to secure services and material goods for clients. I also do other community engagement tasks, such as grant writing and event planning.

BI Internship at VanData Consulting

Grace
Major: Computer Science a)VanData Blog: Spearheaded the development of the VanData Blog, establishing it as a prominent platform for sharing industry insights, thought leadership, and innovative solutions in the field of data science and analytics. b)VanData Onboarding Platform: Led the initiative to develop a new platform for streamlining the onboarding process of new interns and employees. Implemented a user-friendly interface and comprehensive resources to facilitate smooth integration into the company culture and workflows, ensuring a positive and productive start for newcomers. c)Database Migration and Warehousing for clients of VanData Consulting specializing in cold chain packaging and industrial insulation. d)Business Intelligence Training: Conducted comprehensive training sessions to equip new interns and employees with essential skills and knowledge in business intelligence tools and methodologies. These sessions covered topics such as data analysis, report generation, and dashboard development, empowering interns to contribute effectively to projects and initiatives within the organization. e)Onboarding New Employees and Interns: Led the onboarding process for incoming employees and interns, overseeing orientation sessions and providing guidance on company policies, procedures, and culture. Implemented strategies to ensure seamless integration into teams and projects, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment conducive to professional growth and development.

Salem Athletics Intern

Ryan
Major: Sport Management One of the projects that I did was on a program called GoFan. This program allows you to track rosters, scheduling for teams, player eligibility etc. The main task that I did on here was update rosters transfer them onto the website. Another task that I did involved pay to play. All families must pay a couple hundred dollars to have a student athlete play a sport for the school. I checked, updated, and contacted the families who had not payed on time.

My Experience in Club Sports

Brendan
Major: Sport Management I was an event supervisor so I was in charge of helping run events to make sure that setup, scoring, and takedown all went smoothly. This is my 2nd year with Club Sports so I also helped in training our new workers on how these events are run. I also helped out anywhere I could in the office.

Student-Athlete Welfare & Development and Athletic Compliance Student Assistant

Scott
Major: Sport Management During this internship I helped manage the compliance of 650 student-athletes, made sure all Name, Image, and Likeness deals were compliant with NCAA, GVSU, and State of Michigan bylaws, keep the websites up to date, and helped students find resources to land a job or internship.

Intern At Howie's Hockey Tape

Tyler
Major: Sport Management Cold calling, finding and adding new prospects, emailing/texting with prospects, trying to make sales to new prospects, continuing to check up on new customers, managing over 1000 prospects.

Student Assistant

Matthew
Major: Sport Management Help run scout team for the defense and any task that our Director of football Operations needs.

Ride-alongs at MSP

Jordan
Major: Criminal Justice This internship was more of an observational one. I didn't really complete any tasks or projects but I witnessed them being completed. During the ride-alongs, we made traffic stops, helped with crashes, tagged abandoned vehicles, made arrests, transported prisoners to jails, and attended to wellbeing checks, suicide calls, and domestic violence/disturbance calls.

Data Analyst

Catherine
Major: Computer Science My primary responsibilities include curating research papers, developing a user-friendly AIchatbot, enhancing its functionality with NLP techniques, integrating it into our data analysis workflow, leading the development of an in-house data analysis system, collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting user training sessions, and continually improving both the chatbot and data analysis system based on user feedback.

Cascade Hills Country Club Outdoor Operations

Drew
Major: Sport Management I was involved with everything related to Golf. Managing the range, operating various golf course equipment, leading efforts in the bag room and cart garage, organizing weekly men's and women's leagues, overseeing invitationals and tournaments, and communicating with every level of the organization were some of the primary tasks I was assigned with throughout the summer.

ETS Performance Summer Internship

Matthew
Major: Communications As a coach and an intern, it was my responsibility to train the athletes on proper strength and speed mechanics, in order to enhance their athleticism. Additionally, it was vital for me to utilize my communication skills in order to build relationships with all of the athletes, in order for them to trust my coaching and feel comfortable around me. It was important for me to motivate the athletes day in and day out to push themselves to their limits, especially with the correct, mindful training. It was also essential that I contributed to the high energy, motivating and inspiring environment that ETS is supposed to provide in order for the athletes to reach their highest potential.

Grand Rapids Gold

William
Major: Sport Management Promote and represent the Grand Rapids Gold, to the Grand Rapids community through community events. Provide giveaways, promotional and ticket information to community members. Execute set-up and tear down of events. Collect and input data into Salesforce and make calls to both individual and groups for potential ticket sales. Coordinate calendar for events.

Digital Marketing Internship

Zoë
Major: Multimedia Journalism At this internship, I was in charge of running the social media for the company while I was there. I also helped with Graphic Design elements, technological skills, and compiling analytics.

American Dunes Golf Club

Tyler
Major: Sport Management At American Dunes, I have had the privilege to assist in over a dozen golf events. I have also been tasked with assisting in managing the golf shop, online sales, and reservations.

Small Town, Big Job

Matthew
Major: Sport Management I supervised and helped run the soccer season in the month of May and Early June. Late June was a lot of preparation and remote work for the summer camps. Now in July, I am on my 3rd week of running the youth summer program as a director. I am still in the process of grant writing to get some more baseball equipment. This was an excellent internship from an administrative perspective because it required hard work on and off the field. A true management experience.

Midland Country Club-Golf Operations

Luke
Major: Sport Management Some of my tasks I do on a daily basis include: Manage and organize tee sheet, help coordinate outside staff, coordinate/assist with all of our leagues, coordinate/assist with all of our club events(ex. member/guest, member/member), assist/coordinate all all of our clinics, assist/coordinate with our Jr. League and Jr. Camps, coordinate/assist with the Great Lakes Bay Invitational Pro-Am.

YMCA David D. Hunting Internship

Tim
Major: Sport Management As an intern at the YMCA David D. Hunting location I worked a variety of tasks for two seperate areas. The first was for the Ted Rasberry youth baseball league and the second one was daily operations at the wellness desk. The tasks I completed for the youth league include: - Organizing team and coaching apparel - Helped organize team practices and games - Empired and coached As for the wellness desk part I learned: - Scheduled appointments for personal training, racquetball, and basketball trainings - Customer service - How to properly and safely use all the weight/ sports training equipment

Rec Sports Intern

Dylan
Major: Sport Management I am responsible for facility clean up, management, and maintenance to keep the Volleyball and softball ball leagues operating at a high standard. My main priorities are keeping the playing surfaces up to standard and fixing/cleaning any problems around the facility. I also act as a supervisor and scorekeeper for a Volleyball league.

Lean Leadership

Matthew
Major: Integrative Studies I spent the majority of my time working in each department with the department heads. Learning from numerous people and their leadership styles. I created a procedural booklet for each department and put together a lean binder for classes the company can use moving forward. The overall goal was to put information on paper so that the company can use this information to improve productivity and workflow through the shop.

Ticket Sales Intern

Brett
Major: Sport Management I have participated in group sales, individual sales, coordinating with clients, operations, special events, and much more.

Student Recreation Internship

Evan
Major: Sport Management Part of my internship was helping oversee the day to day operations of the Student Recreation Center and the student employees. Some of the tasks included: Sell membership passes and program registrations, operate various computer applications, perform periodic inspections of sports equipment and facilities, assist with the set up and take down of equipment and events, and work special events such as facility rentals and parties.

Sponsorship Sales Internship

Andrew
Major: Sport Management This role involves developing and presenting innovative sponsorship and ticket sales ideas to potential prospects. The main responsibilities include researching and identifying potential companies for Ferris State's sponsor network and season ticket holders, assisting in creating proposals and contracts, utilizing the Zoomifier presentation platform for client presentations, building and maintaining relationships with sponsors, compiling proof of performance reports, managing the Pipedrive CRM platform for tracking leads, and creating marketing packages with creative ideas. The picture shows Ferris State fulfilling their sponsorship agreement with Buffalo Wild Wings by installing in-lay logos at the ice hockey arena.

DATA ANALYTICS $ BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER

Grace
Major: Computer Science · Assist with data collection, processing, and analysis using various data tools and software · Help develop data models and visualizations to support business intelligence reporting and analysis · Collaborate with development team to create crystal reports, BI and SSRS reports for clients · Conduct research and data analysis to create and support business decisions · Collaborate with team members to identify areas for improvement in data analysis and reporting · Participate in team meetings and provide input on project progress and status updates

Game-Day Intern

Joeb
Major: Sport Management We were tasked with the preparation and carrying out of in-game tasks such as promotions, give aways, mopping court, assisting home and visitor benches, and the setup and tear down of advertising banners.