Professional Development
My professional development experience comprises of attending events organised by student organisations and companies as well as hosting them as part of the leadership of student organisations such as the National Society of Black Engineers and American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
These include:
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Hosting the semesterly professor mixer for AIChE which connects students to peers and professors in Chemical Engineering
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Hosting and organising the end of year corporate mixer for NSBE which hosted representatives from companies such as Ernst and Young, Accenture, Deloitte, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Bristol Myers Squibb.
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Hosting workshops on cover letters, interviewing best practices, resumes and elevator pitches
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Conferences and career fairs
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The creating of the NSBE resume book which has the purpose of providing minority students to opportunities.
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Summer Undergraduate Research
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Joining BlackGen Capital which is a minority-owned student investment fund where I learned various real world applications of Finance and attended corporate events.
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Developed winning stock pitch on Eli Lily for NYU which competed with other universities such Cornell, Columbia, University of Michigan etc. in the BlackGen conference in the Fall.
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Developed winning stock pitch for NXP Semiconductors which competed against other universities in the BlackGen Capital Conference hosted at Jeffries.
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Working as a teaching assistant
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Participation in Vertically Integrated Projects
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Future Labs x GLASS Internship Program with Washington Square Angels which is led by Zac Geinzer and Mike Montero, a collective of NYU alumni who invest in and support promising startups at NYU.
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In 2023, NSBE has worked corporate partnerships with HSBC, Jane Street, Intuit and Morgan Stanley. We have also hosted a BlackTech Panel featuring the following companies: Amazon, Adobe, Apple, and Google.
