Student Spotlight: Sruthi Rayaprolu

Topics of Interest: Marketing, Finance, Internship, Healthcare 

Sruthi Rayaprolu is a first-year student at the University of Texas at Austin in the Canfield Business Honors Program. Her intent is to declare finance as a second major and she’s excited to go down the investment banking route when she recruits in her later college years. When she’s not crushing it as a Canfield BHPeer, Rayaprolu is the customer relations manager at a company called KIIO. Keep reading to learn more about her title and how she balances her internship with her classwork! Continue reading

HBA + CBHP Ethics Board Canned Food Drive

CBHP Students at Food Drive

CBHP Students at Canned Food Drive

Every year, the Canfield Business Honors Program celebrates Good Deeds Week, during which CBHP students and faculty alike come together to spend time with each other and share some random acts of kindness. One event that was hosted during Good Deeds Week this year was a canned food drive for the Central Texas Food Bank. This drive was hosted by the Honors Business Association and the CBHP Ethics Board, which both play a big part in bringing the Canfield BHP community together throughout the school year. 

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Student Spotlight: Rishi Niranjan

Rishi Niranjan

Topics of Interest: Finance, Stock Basics, Beginning-Level Investing

Meet Rishi Niranjan: a freshman in the Canfield Business Honors program dedicated to spreading stock market education at the high school level. He started the Community of Aspiring Shareholders Club Corp. – better known as CASH – as a 501(c)(3) organization when he was in high school, and under his leadership, the organization has expanded to include guest speakers and branches in over 50 schools.

Keep reading to learn more about Rishi’s background in finance!

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Internship Spotlight: Tejas Mehta at Slack

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Tejas Mehta

Topics of Interest: Software Writing, Slack, Texas CSB, Internships, Product Management, Ownership

Internships offer students an excellent opportunity to explore their interests, pursue individual goals, and cultivate long-lasting relationships on a professional and personal level. Tejas Mehta was able to accomplish all of this at Slack this past summer, where he leveraged his experience writing software to improve Slack’s user experience. “What really surprised me is how much they trust interns,” said Tejas when asked about what was shocking to him about his experience. “It surprised me initially, but then it started to make sense because you learn most with the ownership being given to you.”

Tejas Mehta is a junior student studying in the Texas CSB Program, and since high school, he has been interested in the intersection of technology and business. Tejas enjoys building software that will be used to help people, and he hopes to continue doing this throughout his professional career. Tejas also emphasizes the importance of exploring your interests, and he suggests that students do everything they can to figure out what they are most passionate about.

This past summer, Tejas worked as an intern with Slack. Read on to find out more about his experiences and some of his advice to succeed!

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Student Spotlight: Kevin Qi

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Kevin Qi

Topics of Interest: Texas CSB, CSBA, Computer Science, Business, Student Involvement, Career Orientation

As the business world evolves and incorporates more and more tech, it’s essential that programs exist, like Texas CSB (Texas Honors Computer Science and Business), an integrated honors dual-degree program between the Canfield Business Honors Program and the Department of Computer Science.

We caught up with junior Kevin Qi, the current president of the Computer Science Business Association, a student organization led by Texas CSBers, to learn about the organization and what’s new. Keep reading to learn more about his experience leading the club!

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