- Grace Coburn interned at Project Syndicate from September 22, 2015 to December 3, 2015. Her internship focused on marketing, managing social media, market research, and brand development. - Her mentor evaluated her as having excellent verbal and written communication skills, critical thinking, dependability, adaptability, and a positive attitude. Areas for improvement included further developing confidence and experience with quantitative analysis. - The mentor highly recommended Grace and said she was exceptional, reliable, responsible, and proactive in seeking new challenges. The mentor would accept another intern from Grace's program.

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Internship Student Evaluation
Student Name: _____________________________________________________________________
Mentor Name: ______________________________________________________________________
Mentor’s Title: _____________________________________________________________________
Employer /Company: _________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________
Internship title: _______________________________________ Total Hours Worked: _____________
Start Date: _______________________________ End Date: ____________________________
A. General questions about internship (To be completed by Mentor; attach additional pages as needed)
1. Assignments
What were the tasks required of this position?
Was the intern able to complete these tasks successfully? Yes No
If no, please explain:
2. Skill Set
What were the skills required of this position?
Did the intern have the requisite skills? Yes No
If no, please explain:
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Grace Coburn
Mary Healy
Head of Communication
Project Syndicate
Lazarska 8, 5th Floor
Marketing and Social Media 102
September 22, 2015 December 3, 2015
Position was focused on helping with marketing, managing our social media presence, analysis and report creation for
advertisers, market research and brand development. Grace also managed projects for our public relations and
contributor relations efforts.
Writing skills, organization, attention to detail, research skills, ability to summarize large amounts of information and highlight the most
important aspects. Interpersonal communication skills and the ability to coordinate with other interns and managers was also required.
Technical skills were required for managing social media platforms.

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3. Please evaluate the intern’s areas of strength:
4. Please evaluate the intern’s areas for improvement:
B. Specific questions relating to intern
1. Please evaluate your intern’s performance on the following characteristics:
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1. Verbal communication
2. Written communication
3. Active listening
4. Critical thinking
5. Dependability
6. Adaptability
7. Self-awareness
8. Positive attitude
9. Willingness to ask for guidance
10. Quality of work
11. Professional behavior
12. Professional attire
13. Punctuality
14. Efficiency
15. Ability to follow instructions
16. Ability to solve problems
17. Ability to think conceptually
18 Ability to work independently
19 Ability to complete tasks
20. Ability to work with peers
21. Ability to work with supervisors
22. Ability to work on a team
23. Ability to accept criticism
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1.) Grace is highly self-aware, especially for someone of her experience level. She "gets it" - she innately picks up on nuances. She
can assess a situation/interaction and quickly determine a productive role to play. 2.) Grace is very proactive and was never afraid to
ask to be part of projects. She's very driven and looked for learning opportunities - she always jumped in when she saw one.3.)
Critical and conceptual thinker - When Grace understood the objectives, she delivered against those vs. just following directions.
As Grace learns more, she will develop more confidence and be able to speak with a stronger voice. In her next internships and jobs,
she should look for opportunities that allow room for her to assert herself to further develop this. Grace also worked on a couple
projects that required strong attention to numbers and their analysis. While she still has the opprotunity, she should consider taking a
statistics or quantitative methods course to get more experience in this area. The more experience she can get through courses or
internships at this stage of her career/education, the better she will be in any marketing/branding position.

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2. Will you accept another intern from CIEE? Yes No
3. Additional comments or feedback on your interns:
Mentor Signature: _____________________________________ Date: ___________________
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All of the interns from CIEE have been exceptional.
I would give Grace a grade of 98. She was fantastic to have in the office helping with/managing some of our marketing/social media
projects for this semester.
Honestly, I have a hard time thinking of ways she could improve as an intern. She got along with everyone in the office, was
responsible (always letting me know if there was a conflict on a given day and personally providing an alternate day/time for that week),
reliable and finished every project she committed to. She was also proactive in asking for new projects and, even sought the
opportunity to join our inaugral brand workshop. Very few interns would have the confidence to do that. She wasn't intimidated and she
contributed to the group discussions. Again, this is pretty rare for an intern and she was the only one from this semester who requested
to be involved (in a group of 3 interns who were all interested in marketing careers).