Thinking big helped Darius Darling, who will be a May 2014 graduate with a degree in business administration-management, land a position as a promotions intern with the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n
In a human resources class taught by Dr. Jeff Walls, Darling was given an assignment to interview someone in a human resources department. When he couldn\u2019t find one in Fort Wayne that really interested him, Walls advised him to \u201cgo big or go home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI took it as go home to go big, and that’s how I landed my internship with the Detroit Tigers,\u201d Darling said. \u201cI interviewed them and was in turn encouraged to apply for an internship and next thing I knew, I was reporting for my interview and a few days after, I began working as the promotions intern for the Detroit Tigers specifically coordinating the events, promotion and database for the Detroit Tigers Kids Club while working on in-game promotions.\u201d<\/p>\n
While awaiting the internship interview, Darling took a leap of faith and decided to complete his final semester online so that he could move home to Detroit and be ready to take the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been involved in the planning of many different events and the execution of others. My job is focused on the Detroit Tigers Kids Club, which is a revenue generator for the team bringing in approximately $170,000 in membership funds. During this entire process, I have been under the leadership of two project directors, my department head, and the director of marketing. I have been responsible for presenting all information as it relates to the Detroit Tigers Kids Club.\u201d<\/p>\n
The internship began in January continues through October, including the postseason if the Tigers make it into the playoffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cBalancing time and all of my business courses have been beneficial to my continued growth and road to success while serving as an intern with the Detroit Tigers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-798","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n