31 Jan HU Grad Working for the Super Bowl

Nick Kight, Huntington University Class of 2012

Cassie Screeton sat at her computer looking for companies seeking applicants. It had been a tedious process, and graduation was drawing near.

After spending a few hours perusing various websites, Screeton found a not-for-profit organization seeking a graduate intern to assist in donor relations. Three days after her interview, she was offered the position. For the course of the 2011 year, Screeton was all football, all the time.

In her position, Screeton, a 2011 economics and finance graduate with a minor in public relations, assists in overseeing 125 donor relationships who pledged to invest money in the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee in Indianapolis. So far, Screeton has helped to plan and organize a large donor breakfast, has worked with different committees of volunteers, and has written the weekly donor update newsletter.

“My résumé listed my experience interning with the Huntington County Community Foundation,” she said. “I previously worked with donors for them, and the committee saw that, and I think I just happened to be who they needed.”