INTERNSHIPS GET CANCELED OR GO VIRTUAL BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC

Yadeen Rashid was flying high in February. He’d just earned stellar grades in his latest semester at Virginia Tech university, where he’s in his third year double majoring in economics and political science. And he’d just landed a summer internship at a data analysis company.

Then the pandemic hit, triggering lockdown restrictions and pushing the U.S. economy into recession. Many companies canceled their internships programs and rescinded job offers - including NTT Data, where Rashid was set to intern.

“I was really upset, not just because finding an internship is hard, but because