Students in The Citadel School of Business Administration are already enhancing their resumes with upcoming internships this spring and summer. Steven Good and Gerry Ogier, who both serve on the school's Advisory Board, agreed to accept students as interns to explore their respective fields.
Good, chairman and CEO of Sheldon Good & Company, recently welcomed Chase Tarkenton to Chicago, IL. to experience the real estate world. Sheldon Good is at the forefront of the real estate auction industry, offering auctions, brokerage, consulting and financing. Tarkenton spent a week with the company in April.
This summer, Taylor Senter and Rainer Cooke will spend eight weeks working with ContraVest, a construction, management and development firm in Lake Mary, Fla. founded by Ogier who is owner and chairman. The company has successfully developed units in Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, Texas and South Carolina. ContraVest recently broke the $1 billion mark in cumulative development and construction.
Dr. Earl Walker, dean of The Citadel School of Business Administration, said this is part of a three-pronged goal for each and every student in the school.
"We have three dreams for all our students," Walker said. "That they will have a mentor, that they will have a school-related trip, and that they will have an internship. The internships provided by Steven Good and Gerry Ogier at ContraVest are models of the types of opportunities that we want to provide to our students. We are hopeful that other Citadel graduates and stakeholders will provide such opportunities."
