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An immersive internship experience that prepares you to face the challenge of what comes next. Now run hybrid!
Learn MoreC21@Microsoft
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UW Arts & Sciences majors can explore where liberal arts and the tech world intersect in this program working with Microsoft employee mentors.
Learn MoreC21@Amazon
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Matching Amazon employee mentors with University of Washington undergraduate students for an introduction to the diversity of work at Seattle's largest employer...
Learn More"It was a big help to me in realizing that while I may start out in one career, that through putting myself out there and taking risks I might end up doing something completely different but so rewarding." Student, C21@Amazon Externship, Winter 2019
"I'm really glad I was able to participate in this program. Not only did it help me become more aware of what I should be doing to prepare for my future, but it also forced me in a sense to think about topics that I'd subconsciously been avoiding because they just seemed to add onto my stress." Student, C21@Microsoft Externship, Autumn 2018
There’s a job for that degree…any degree
Here are three real jobs held by three real UW alumni: Director of Business Strategy at Microsoft Marketing Project Manager at Nordstrom Principal Program Manager at Amazon The three alumni all have the same UW... Read More
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Spotlight: Alex Chen, C21 Media Scholar
Over the past year, C21 has mentored Media Production Scholars to practice professional skills while producing media for the C21 Career Channel. Here, Media Scholar and Art Major Alex Chen writes about his... Read More
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Finding insight and connection in Amazon Mentors
One day I was checking my email and the next I was sitting in the Amazon building mesmerized by the amount of knowledge and wisdom one woman could hold. To say the Amazon Mentors Program was helpful would be an... Read More
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With tough love, C21 prepares students for employment
“What if we could give students a first job experience, where they could make common first-job mistakes and learn from them, before they graduate?” The result is the C21 Story Institute, introduced this summer. Read More
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Video features 2017 Ideathon
This year's weekend-long Ideathon brought together Arts & Sciences students across several different majors to workshop the challenge of making innovation inclusive to all majors and students. Read More
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