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On Interning at Island Press: Not Your Typical Intern

In this week's installment, Sales and Marketing Intern Nashé Wainright discusses the importance of expanding your horizons in the working world. I’m an English major at George Mason University with a concentration in Creative Writing. Who would have thought I would be the Sales and Marketing intern here at Island Press? Surely, not the folks who assume every English major wants to be a teacher.  Admittedly, my career plans did go astray after I had transferred and considered teaching abroad.
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On Interning at Island Press: Looking Forward to the Annual Report

In this installment, Development Intern Grace Nelson shares how her favorite task lead to some exciting news that shows interns can have a big impact. Every day starts the same: walk in, make a bowl of my Trader Joe’s instant oatmeal, turn on my computer, and open my email. That’s where the monotony of my day usually ends--when I actually began to do my work.
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On Interning at Island Press: Corpse Flowers and Mythical Creatures

In this installment Web and Social Media Intern Jennifer Chow discusses how the summer's biggest trends helped her promote Island Press' media pages. Summer 2013 will always be remembered as the summer of the blooming Corpse Flower in the Smithsonian Botanical Gardens, the rumors of the extinct Megalodon, and days at Island Press filled with Tweets about breaking environmental news. All of this laid the perfect platform for witty tweets and Facebook and our Island Press Field Notes blog headlines.
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On Interning at Island Press: 248

In this installment Production Intern Mary Sollosi recaps on her first week at Island Press and why she will never forget the magical number of 248. Six months ago, in my very first week as a production intern at Island Press, I made the castoff for a book called The Hidden Potential of Sustainable Neighborhoods, by Harrison Fraker.

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