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of the classroom, whether that means par-
ticipating in local community service proj-
ects, going on student exchange programs to
destinations like Asia and Africa, or taking
part in any number of other programs. The
school’s Entrepreneur Institute annually in-
volves more than a dozen students who ful-
fill summer long internships at various com-
panies. The initiative allows them to shadow
a CEO and actually fulfill a role by taking
on some of the work of the company. Jude
Gingo, a senior recognized as one of Univer-
sity School’s top scholars (and top player on
the soccer team too) recently completed an
internship for a tech-start-up called “Quid.”
Gingo calls the company’s creation of a vir-
tual market place as something that is a cross
between Ebay and Craig’s List. Conceding
that he has “always had a passion for busi-
ness,” Gingo says the program gave him the
opportunity to assist in creating the website,
perform comparative analytics of other web
platforms, participate in sales meeting, and
perform a variety of business-related tasks.
He actually plans to return toQuid this sum-
mer. Otherwise, Gingo is currently weighing
