NYU Prague Student Blog
Ela Kulkarni: Organization for Aid to Refugees “Organizing a Holi event for the kids and watching them decorate bags, color and get their face painted!” Parker Powers: NYU Prague Now! “Putting together the Jazz Week articles! My article on jazz venues has been a culmination of different nights I’ve had in Prague. I’m excited to … Continue reading Student Spotlights: Prague Internship Reflections
By Alice La When my internship with the Institute of Documentary Film was first confirmed in October, I had no idea what to expect. Communication had started even before I left New York, and everything I knew about the organization was drawn from their carefully curated website and the enthusiastic emails I exchanged with my … Continue reading Internship at the Institute of Documentary Film
By Jackson Beer A striking and immersive show which was like nothing I had seen before; the opening performance of the festival was Extinction Room by Sergiu Matis. The show had the audience on their feet walking around a black box theatre as performers embodied the movements and sounds of extinct birds and recited monologues … Continue reading Bazaar Festival: an Internship to Remember
by Anagha Mahesh When I went abroad, I knew that I wanted to gain some experience working at a local company. At the non-credit internship fair, I came to realize that there were not many internships overtly available for a business student like myself, but after speaking with the representatives there, decided to apply. I … Continue reading Intern Intel: My Transitions Business Internship
by Sofia Molina Throughout this semester, I have been working with Project Syndicate as a communications and media research intern. Project Syndicate is an international media organization that publishes and syndicates commentary and analysis on a variety of important global topics. The opinion pieces are all published on their website and are also distributed … Continue reading Intern Intel: Project Syndicate
by Sofia Molina The 23rd annual conference produced by the Forum 2000 Foundation paid homage to the promising ideology that existed during 1989 during the Czech Republic’s Velvet Revolution. Topics covered a broad range of global perspectives and were even held in different languages with experts, journalists, political representatives, and academics participating from around … Continue reading An Experience from my Forum 2000 Internship
by Fernando Navarro Working as an English tutor at the Czech Technical University for the International Student Club (ISC) has been a rewarding experience. ISC is a student organization whose purpose is to create an environment where foreign and Czech students can meet and learn from each other’s culture. It is a very … Continue reading Intern Intel: Teaching English at the Czech Technical University
by Audrey Romjue This semester in Prague, I am working with the Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU). OPU is a non-profit and non-governmental humanitarian organization based in the Czech Republic. They provide refugees with legal and social counseling, training programs, educational programs and integration programs. They also have initiatives to fight xenophobia … Continue reading Intern Intel: Organization for Aid to Refugees
by Pamela Pan The East Doc Platform is part of the Institute of Documentary Films, an influential and award-winning nonprofit organization in Eastern and Central Europe. Every year, East Doc hosts a series of networking, screening and workshop events on the One World Human Rights Film Festival, becoming the meeting point for over 100 … Continue reading Intern Intel: East Doc Platform
by Nandini Kochar I have the pleasure of interning at ROMEA, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of the Czech Republic’s marginalized Roma population. As part of the internship, my friend Vitoria and I recently had the opportunity to spend a weekend in the small town of Rumburk with Romani high school … Continue reading Rumburk with ROMEA: A Weekend with Romani Students from Across the Czech Republic