Area students complete Mediacom Communications summer internships
| 23 Aug 2016 | 01:03
Provided photo Members of the 2016 Mediacom intern class are pictured with Mediacom's Founder and CEO Rocco B. Commisso, at Mediacom Park, the company's corporate headquarters in Blooming Grove. Beginning in the top row, from left to right, are: Sean Pitterson of Newburgh, Cornell University; Adam Laubach of Marlboro, Syracuse University; Steven Tartaglia of Wayne, N.J., Ramapo College of New Jersey; Vaughn Dweck of Cortlandt Manor, SUNY Plattsburgh; Steven Athanassopoulos of Fort Lee, N.J., Rutgers University; James Hall of Monroe, SUNY New Paltz; Ian Rough of Poughquag, Dutchess Community College; Matt Spendley of Lagrangeville, Siena College; and Tyler Craven of Monroe, University of Buffalo. And in front, from left to right, are: Jake Hayden of Goshen, University of Central Florida; Ryan Stadtlander of Clifton Park, Rochester Institute of Technology; Colleen Walsh of Goshen, Lehigh University; Ariana Peralo of Rock Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Rocco Commisso, founder and CEO of Mediacom; Malyssa Peterson of Wappingers Falls, Mount Saint Mary College; Lauren Fountain of Monroe, SUNY New Paltz; Matthew Velasquez of Hopewell Junction, Marist College; Adam Cohler of Cherry Hills, N.J., Ramapo College of New Jersey; Dhanvinder Singh of Poughkeepsie, SUNY New Paltz; and Jomarie Tucci, senior manager of Production for Mediacom's On Media Division
BLOOMING GROVE — Eighteen area students have successfully completed the Mediacom Communications' 2016 summer internship program. The 10-week program exposed the interns to real work experience in their respective fields of study.
Established in 2003, Mediacom’s internship program provides college and graduate level students with practical experience in a professional corporate environment.
100 interns, 17 employees
In addition, the program helps develop a talent rich workforce for the Hudson Valley.Since its inception, more than 100 interns have participated in the program and 17 have gone on to work in full-time positions at Mediacom.
Case in point
Amanda Gebert, for example, began her career at Mediacom as an intern during the summer of 2014. After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree, concentrated in marketing and management from SUNY Albany, she joined Mediacom’s marketing department as an analyst in August 2015.In her professional role, Gebert generates sales forecasts and makes appropriate recommendations based on her findings. She also prepares and provides daily, weekly, and monthly metric reports.
“The internship program at Mediacom taught me so much in just three short months, and it really prepared me for a full time position,” Gebert said. “The program provided me with real-life experience I couldn’t find in my classroom. After I graduated, I was lucky enough to return home to work with the same marketing team I had the pleasure of working with the summer before.”
Essential information
More information about Mediacom is available at http://www.mediacomcc.com.