Areta Gjicali
SMBS Inc. Scholarship Recipient 2010
Dear SMBS Inc.,
I spend thirty minutes looking at the Stephanie Marie Burgos Scholarship blog and I realized I’ve come such a long way with academics, social encounters and life experiences in general. I finished my third year and after this summer, I’m going to wrap up my undergraduate experience. I cannot believe it’s been three years since I received my award from the Stephanie Maries Burgos Organization. This year, I learned so much- more than I can express on a blog that’s limited in word count.
This past year, I studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain, where I met incredible people filled with joy, compassion and sincerity. I met students from Holland, Taiwan, Germany and various parts of Spain. Although my abroad experience was short, I was able to learn that Spanish airports are slow, basic resources don’t come easy and there are truly incredible people out there.
After my international journey, I got the incredible opportunity to intern at MTV Networks under their Advertising Sales division. This experience taught me about the sales industry, helped me uncover some new skills and reminded me that with hard work, motivation and a little bit of luck- people can achieve anything.
At last, after my internship at MTV, I received a summer internship at Seventeen magazine- in their Publishing department. This internship has been everything I hoped it would be. I manage blogs, run errands, assist with tabbing on various advertisements, sit in on meetings and sales calls and receive free stuff. This internship helped me discover where I want to establish myself after graduation; the print industry. Although I know you’re going to say “print is dying” (I get it all the time, I don’t think that will ever happen- or if it does, I’ll deal with it when I get there.
Thank you so much for everything.
I think Stephanie would be proud.
Best,
Areta Gjicali
Senior at City College of New York
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