Program Activities & Events
Over the course of the last three years, the CVP Career Academy interns have had the opportunity to participate in a number of activities and events.
State Street Building Ribbon Cutting
In 2014, the first cohort of CVP Career Academy interns attended was the ribbon cutting ceremony for State Street’s
new building on Iron Street. CV developed the state-of-the-art building and invited the students to the opening ceremony. The event was attended by many of
Boston’s leading business people, the media, and high profile politicians like Mayor Marty Walsh, Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry,
Representative Nick Collins, and Councilor Bill Linehan. Many of the students interacted with the political figures and expressed how excited they were to be part of the event. The interns experienced firsthand the culmination of years of development work and learned about the benefits it can bring to a business, its employees and the greater community.
Providence Development Site Visit
CV is in the process of developing a
state-of-the-art teaching space along
with dormitory facilities and a parking
garage for Brown University, Rhode
Island College and the University of
Rhode Island. This is the first time a
private,Ivy League university and a
public institution are collaborating on
such a project. In each of the last
three years, each cohort has visited
the site and spent the first half of the
day on a tour with the project manager
to learn about the redevelopment
process and the work required to make a highly technical public/private partnership successful.
Tour of the Aloft Boston Seaport and Element Hotel
After visiting the development site in Providence, the interns returned to Boston and spent the second half of the day at the Aloft Boston Seaport and Element Boston Seaport Hotels. They were treated to lunch and then took a tour of both hotel properties, led by Kevin Aravind, the CVP Career Academy intern placed there. He guided the students through guest rooms, meeting rooms, amenity spaces and back of house areas to show his fellow interns how a hotel runs and how the team all works together to present the best possible experience to the guest.
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City officials and Interns at Ribbon Cutting
Interns tour development site in Providence, RI.