![MFJS Perspectives Newsletter graphic](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/marcomm_mfjs_newsletter_590x476.jpg)
Every year MFJS students set off into the world for internships. This quarter Mia and Mackenzie were able to put the skills they have developed as graduate students to use at very different organizations.
![Nina Petrovic](/sites/default/files/marcomm_nina_300x242.jpg)
Nina Petrovic is a fourth-year journalism major who has spent the last year as an editorial intern and freelance writer at Denver's Westword.
![Barbara Urzua found inspiration writing a story about murals in support of front line workers, by artist Austin Zucchini-Fowler (who is also a swimming coach at DU) for her internship at 303 Magazine](/sites/default/files/marcomm_barbara_urzua_300x242_0.jpg)
College life, especially spring quarter at DU, is difficult even in a normal year. This spring, students have also had to learn to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic while juggling school, home, and work responsibilities.
![Kathryn McCauley](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/kathryn-mccauley-590x476.jpg)
Kathryn McCauley, a second-year MA student in DU’s International and Intercultural Communication (IIC) program, is taking her passion for agriculture to South Korea as a Boren Fellow in 2020.