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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X I X D E C E M B E R 1 1 , 2 0 1 7 24 H R / R E C R U I T M E N T F O C U S Looking forward Bates College's $300 million capi- tal campaign launched in May has already raised $176 million, includ- ing a $50 million gift from Michael Bonney, class of 1980 and a retired CEO of Cubist Pharmaceuticals. Of the four priorities to be funded by that campaign, $65 million, or 22% of the overall goal, is to be set aside for programs identified as "catalyzing student success." Purposeful Work already is mak- ing its mark as one of those programs, says Spencer. Achieving the overall $300 million goal, she says, would enable the college to endow the pro- gram going forward and maintain its momentum without diverting funds from other college priorities after its start-up funding dries up. "It's a huge selling point," she says of the program's appeal to would-be donors. "It's looking at the bridge between college and the rest of each student's life. So there is a very natural interest in the program." James McCarthy, Mainebiz digital editor, can be reached at jmccarthy @ mainebiz.biz A valuable internship in Maine D anielle Fournier, a senior majoring in economics, is from Sugar Land, Texas, just out of Houston. She interned at UNUM in Portland during the summer of 2016. "I wanted to work for a Fortune 500 company and I wanted to stay in Maine," she says "I knew I was interested in data and analytics. I wanted to understand the internal workings of a big company." Her UNUM internship gave her the opportunity to do just that, as she worked with a UNUM team that was assess- ing the company's internal systems and communications to make sure they were working smoothly. She conducted informational interviews with employees to gain what she describes as more of a "ground view" of UNUM's operations. "I was the only intern on the team," she says. "The next youngest person on the team was in their mid-40s. I was the fresh set of eyes on the team." As insightful and meaningful as her internship at UNUM proved to be, Fournier says she learned something about herself that led her to seek out a different kind of internship this past summer, this time working at a smaller insurance company doing analytics. "It definitely wasn't a waste for me to intern there," she says of the UNUM experience. "The learning experiences of working with a large company and all the technical skills I gained working at UNUM really helped me figure out the type of jobs I want to pursue after I graduate. It just wasn't the right fit for my skill-set." Rebecca Fraser-Thill, director of faculty engagement and outreach for Purposeful Work, says the program encourages students to be reflective about their experiences and to real- ize that their life's journey isn't likely to be a straight path. "We tell our students you need to be resilient, to be reflective, to be able to create a life that is conscious and aware," she says. "Frustration, oftentimes, is the starting point of creativity. That's one thing we've seen through this Purposeful Work initiative: Students appreciate what they're learning when the stakes are real." She adds: "If that next step in their journey involves choos- ing to stay in Maine, all the better. They've already picked Maine when they chose to come to Bates. We're hoping to give them another reason to stay here." » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E these are my people I N V E S T M E N T M A N A G E M E N T T R U S T S E R V I C E S F I N A N C I A L A D V I C E E S T A T E P L A N N I N G N O R WAY S AV I N G S A S S E T M A N AG E M E N T G R O U P • Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value PORTLAND 207. 482.7920 | AUBURN 207. 791.2110 | NorwaySavings.bank P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y B AT E S C O L L E G E Danielle Fournier, Class of 2018, whose family lives in Sugar Land, Texas, near Houston, used two summer internships to hone her general interest in economics into the field of analytics.

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