Launch Platform | Drew University

What is Launch?

Drew recognizes that personal networks, community engagement, transferable skills, and relevant experiences are just as essential to college as they are to career. Recent research backs us up: Networking leads to 85% of jobs. Transferable skills—like critical thinking and interpersonal communication—are among the competencies most valued by employers and graduate school. And candidates with meaningful experiences are the preferred hires of 94% of employers and are more successful graduate and professional school applicants. Launch ensures that every Drew student graduates connected, cultivated and capable for today’s workplace. Your world is diverse, so your community connections are diverse.

Essential Elements of Launch

Career CommunitiesThis is the go-to hub for networking with others and connecting with events, resources and opportunities in 10 broad career areas. Who will you meet here? A career-focused crew of students, alumnx, faculty and more.
Identity / Affinity CommunitiesOur curated online spaces bring together people with a shared life path, helping them to create diverse, supportive networks of empathy and opportunity. And everyone—students, alumnx, faculty and more—is welcome.
Network of MentorsAbout 85% of jobs today are filled via networking. Launch gives students a competitive edge, guiding them in the development of a diverse network of mentors while still in college. (Build it at Drew; take it with you.)
Immersive ExperiencesAt least two career-building immersions—we’re talking internships, research, study abroad and more—are guaranteed in Launch. Our students leave Drew with the meaningful experience preferred by 94% of employers hiring new college grads.
Transferable SkillsOur students learn a set of sought-after workplace skills that flex across life and career. That’s key for today’s generation, who can expect to change jobs (and even industries) about 12 times in their working careers.
Launch PlanThis exclusive online space allows Drew students to create (and refine) an action plan connecting their purpose with life and career paths to achieve it. Guided, along the way, by a network of advisers,instructors, and mentors.

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Drew’s Fall Dance Show 2019, Conflict and Chaos!

November 20, 2019

Run, don’t walk to see Drew University’s Fall Dance show 2019, Conflict and Chaos!

November 21–22 | 7:30 p.m.
November 23 | 2 p.m.

“Performed through powerful movements created by Drew student choreographers, the theme of the fall dance show is Conflict …

Posted by Yasmin Acosta

Internships of the Week: Social Impact, Education, Law & Government

November 19, 2019

American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has posted for numerous internship opportunities in its New York City headquarters, including the ACLU Center For Liberty’s Women’s Rights Project. This is a paid spring internship for sophomores, juniors, …

Posted by Greg Townsend

Internships of the Week: Exploratory

November 19, 2019

Check out this exciting networking opportunity in NYC!

The Human UPtions Leadership & Career Forum Transitioning from Classroom to Boardroom. For more information, including Tickets + Agenda, go to humanUPtions.com

NJPAC is seeking a Business Administration Spring Intern

Business Administration …

Posted by Carolyn Parelli

Internships of the week: International Opportunties

November 19, 2019

London Semester

Develop career-ready, transferable workplace skills and a global mentorship network through the London Semester Internship. Student interns work under the guidance of a direct supervisor, in the small-to medium-sized companies and organizations shown to best deliver meaningful, hands-on …

Posted by Hannah Faustmann

Internships of the Week: Arts, Communication & Languages

November 19, 2019

Internships with SiriusXM

S iriusXM has posted nine different Spring 2020 internship opportunities on Handshake, including a Public Relations internship where you will support the SiriusXM PR staff in the preparation of press materials, daily media inquiries, tracking of press …

Posted by Yasmin Acosta

Internships of the Week: Medicine and Health Professions

November 19, 2019

Merck 2020 Chemistry Future Talent Program

The Future Talent Program features co-ops that last up to six months and include one or more projects. These opportunities in Merck’s research labs can provide great personal development and a chance to see …

Posted by Dunstanette Macauley-Dukuly