Sunday, January 19, 2014

New Internship at Aspire

For spring 2014, I am still working as an research intern in another company called Aspire. 

Here is an introduction about myself. My name is Qi Yu, but usually people call me Vicky because Qi Yu is too hard to pronounce. Coming from China in 2012, I am enrolled in the Master of Public Administration in ASU downtown campus. My concentration in this program is nonprofit administration because I am really interested in bring what I have learnt here back to China in the nonprofit sector. I am going to graduate in May 2014.

Maybe you will be confused. If I am interested in nonprofit why do I work with a company as an intern? The reason is that I am interested in the collaboration between nonprofit and private sector and I want to see how the skill set developed in a company environment can be used in nonprofit organizations. After I graduate, I would like to work with an international nonprofit and bring impacts to local communities using my research and marketing skills. 

My three goals for this internship is 
1, further develop my research skills
2, learn how Aspire provide service to nonprofit organizations
3, become part of the group in the company and make contributions to its growth.