{"id":25,"date":"2023-12-12T13:27:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/blog\/points\/ibit-mentorship-program\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:27:31","slug":"ibit-mentorship-program","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/points\/ibit-mentorship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"IBIT Mentorship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of 2023, I had the privilege of being selected to participate in the IBIT mentorship program. I was paired with Mr. Rich Rivara, the Chief Executive Officer of Wave6, a Salesforce consulting firm. By aligning my professional interests, Rich and I had insightful discussions with professionals from his team during our meetings. His advice significantly influenced my decision-making process when selecting an internship for the summer of 2024. Rich extended the offer to remain connected after the mentorship program.<\/p>\n<p>The program gave me the opportunity to network and gain insights into the day-to-day activities of the professionals he introduced me to. <span data-contrast=\"none\">It also gave me a mentor, Rich, who was a great role model to discuss coursework, internship opportunities, and industry news with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Through this mentorship, <span data-contrast=\"none\">I built a great professional relationship with my mentor and feel confident that I can continue to stay in touch with Rich and he will be there to help me<\/span>. I am assured that his continued support and guidance will be an asset as I continue my professional journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/ckrieger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}