Brandon Goodson interns at the Aspen Institute during summer 2016

2016 Jul 26

The sea of influential people from around the world that Brandon Goodson has seen or met this summer is too full to even begin to name them all...but here's a sampling: Steve Case, founder of AOL; Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks; Secretary of State John Kerry; former presidential nominee Mitt Romney; former First Lady Laura Bush; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Dr. Bennet Omalu, who first discovered and published research about traumatic brain injuries suffered by football players...and the list goes on.

The Aspen Institute internships aren't only about meeting celebrities and world influencers. They're also learning skills that will carry them from their college careers into their professional careers or graduate school.

Brandon Goodson, a member of the class of 2017, was one of three Wofford seniors interning at the Aspen Institute this summer.

Goodson, who is working in the information technology department "dealing with all technology involved in the institute," that means learning more about IT, mobile app service, communication, how to inventory, and "of course, time management with the crazy schedules we have to work during events."

Goodson is majoring in computer science with a minor in accounting.