Adopt-A-Team

Students today must enter the workforce with job-ready skill sets gained from applied experiences. Corporate connections and network savviness are essential to succeeding and thriving. Mentorship from seasoned professionals can be essential to choices benefitting students' career paths.

Adopt-a-Team, offered by the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University, provides leadership and professional development experiences for undergraduates through team- and project-based work with corporate partners. The field-based program prepares sophomore-, junior- and senior-level students for successful entry into the workforce.

Corporate partners select team members from a group of qualified student applicants. Team members may work on the following activities:

• Project execution
• Corporate or agency site visit
• Career fair event and hosting Power lunch and workshops
• Corporate Day (professional development, lectures and roundtable resume building)
• Interviews for internships Social, event and spot branding.

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