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业务 学生 Turn Summer 实习 Into Their Own Field of Dreams
Samantha Fickett and Morgan White are spending their summer gaining leadership experience as interns for the Portland Sea Dogs
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从票房到露天看台， 缅因州商学院 students are spending their summer maximizing the fan experience at Hadlock Field as interns for the Portland Sea Dogs.
体育领导与管理学位 students Samantha Fickett ’24 and Morgan White ’25 are applying the 技能 they’ve learned in 正规澳门赌场网络商学院 用它们来管理吉祥物, 促销活动, 销售, social media for the minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
“This internship has been a great experience in putting what I’ve learned into action, making the fans a priority and giving them the best possible experience that they can have,怀特说, who this summer has overseen game day activities of the team’s mascot, 重击者. “我是强击的眼睛, 耳朵, 当他需要我的时候, so I provide that extra sense of security while making sure the fans get the best interactions they can.”
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A typical day for White includes managing the mascot’s schedule, 球迷的问候, 以及海狗队体育场周围的活动. She is also responsible for filming 重击者’s signature dance moves, 给孩子们分发纪念品, keeping fans engaged in between innings.
Fickett has served an equally important internship as a ticket office associate, ensuring fans have a smooth entry into the stadium on game day. 为她, the job has been all about building relationships with ticketholders and getting Portlanders excited about attending games through various promotional events.
“作为一个 体育领导与管理专业, what we learn in the classroom definitely correlates to the hands-on experience that we get (in our internships),”她说。. “在课堂上, we tend to learn the importance of building relationships with customers … it’s nice to be able to take what we learn in class, 拿过来, 并实际看到它的作用.”
That kind of hands-on learning is a hallmark of 正规澳门赌场网络商学院, 成立于2023年, designed to engage business students in enriching experiences that prepare them for leadership positions in some of Maine’s and the nation’s largest employers, including professional sports organizations like the Portland Sea Dogs, 缅因州的水手, 和更多的.
走进波特兰的幕后, Maine’s professional baseball organization with UNE business students Samantha Fickett and Morgan White.
Such experiences are helping Fickett and White gain early entry into their 体育领导职业 through industry connections and early access to resources.
“Working at the Sea Dogs has made a lot of connections for me, 什么对我的未来有益,怀特说, who said she hopes to earn a master’s degree following graduation next year.
顺时针，从左上开始: Morgan White runs across the field after the team's mascot, 重击者; Samantha Fickett combs through materials at the stadium’s ticket office; White films 重击者 on her phone; White poses with 重击者; and Fickett and White manage customer 销售.
Fickett, who will graduate this December, had a similar sentiment.
“My internship here is definitely helping me toward what I want to do in the future,”她说。, noting that she wants to work her way up the 销售 ladder. “This being the first step in that area definitely gets my foot in the door and builds the connections with people to succeed in the industry.”
为她, the internship experience hits home — and out of the park.
“我小的时候, 我从小就看海狗队的比赛, so it's kind of surreal to be able to work for them now” for a second year, 她说. “I definitely think it's going to help me build that foundation moving forward in the industry, 所以我很期待会发生什么.”