Internships
In the Summer of 2023, three NEIA students opportunity of a lifetime this summer to travel to Taipei, Taiwan, and work in MIT’s Media Lab. Lily Fu, Head of Collaborations & Strategic Partnerships, used her real-world connections to set up this partnership with Taipei Tech in Taiwan. If this opportunity wasn’t cool enough already, our innovators were the only high-school-aged students in a lab filled with college graduate students.
This summer experience turned into a year-round internship for one of our students, further developing his projects on AI and Urban Design at MIT in Boston. This student is taking advantage of NEIA’s helpful 7-day schedule (in place of a standard, daily schedule), to fill his free blocks with these projects that he is passionate about.
Real-World Speaker Series
The “What’s Your Story?” Speaker Series are exciting monthly events held on our campus. It seeks to connect students with a diverse array of professionals who have chartered unique paths to success, encouraging them to dream big, embrace their potential, and envision their own trajectories toward achievement. This is part of a broader strategy to connect our students with as many professionals, from as many different fields, as possible.
Real-World Modules
An essential aspect of our Well-being curriculum is Life Skills. We’re preparing our students to enter fields and offices with the skills they need to thrive. We teach important life skills like:
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication
- Active Listening
- Effective Speaking
- Interview Practice
- Building Personal Brand Identity
- Network Building
We want our students set up to succeed both during internships and after graduation. The Real-World modules culminate with “Shadow Days,” where they go to a real place of business (like Worchester Art Museum). Shadow Days give students a vital peak at all the life skills they’ve learned being put into action.
Real-World Experiences
Marlborough Public Library’s Makerspace: An Innovation Studio Project
Math Teacher Tells NEIA Students a Story of Engineering
NEIA 11th-Graders Work Alongside Grad Students in MIT Media Lab in Taipei
Real-World Speaker Series: October Edition
NEIA Partners with Loft Design & Rollerblade — 12th-Graders Visit Providence
Babson College Partners With NEIA to Offer Entrepreneurship Education to Young Innovators
Vicki Grisanti, Director of Marketing & Communications
Vicki is a strategic marketing and communications leader with a proven record of creating compelling campaigns and building community. She’s spent her career advancing student interest and access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
Whatever a student's passion is, we're going to do everything we can to help them make it a reality.