Kevin Zheng

My internship experience at The Franklin Institute has been wonderful. I learned a lot and I loved how everything that I learned in the MIS courses has prepared me for the work that I do at the internship. I’ve met many other intelligent interns as well as the superiors who have taught me significant amount of things. I thought it was pretty cool…[Read more]

Something that I couldn’t learn from the classroom or from any textbook is experience. I believe that most things you learn in the classroom is important but the most important thing is to actually understanding how things are/work and applying it outside the classroom. Some people learn, take the exam, and forget. Yes you can learn a lot in…[Read more]

What have I learned in the classroom that I leveraged in my internship? I would say the Excel class, MIS 3501, and learning how to use Dreamweaver in CIS 0835. Almost every day, I work within Excel to organize data and put them into various different tables and graphs. MIS 3501 has taught and strengthen my coding experience. Sometimes at work, my…[Read more]

It all comes down to good time management. It’s already hard enough to balance school work and internship. You just really have to pick out what’s really important to you and set your priorities straight. I would suggest making a weekly schedule and just plan everything out ahead of time so you know what direction are you heading. I see school and…[Read more]

Communication is key. At The Franklin Institute, I work closely with not only just my manager and the other intern, but also other departments as well. Everyday, different apartments send their web-edit requests to our team and we have to get it done in a quick and efficient manner. If their requests are vague, we have to follow up with them to…[Read more]

Something that I picked up on my first day at The Franklin Institute is that everyone is friendly. When I first got there, someone from HR sent me on a two hour scavenger hunt around the museum just so I know where all the things (bathrooms, cafe, break rooms, exhibitions, etc) are. I thought this was important because if I have to leave my office…[Read more]

During this semester, I will be interning at The Franklin Institute. I will be working as a Digital Media Intern.

During the internship, I will be assisting with website initiatives such as managing a digital calendar, editing or writing copy for digital efforts, tracking and analyzing competitors digital campaigns, creating interactive PDFs,…[Read more]