<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/shana-kay-hyde-internship.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/15/2026</pubDate><title>How a Charger Landed Her First Internship and What She Learned Along the Way</title><description>Computer science major Shana-Kay Hyde ’27 reflects on overcoming self-doubt, using campus resources, and finding confidence throughout the internship search process.</description><hide-description/><author>Shana-Kay Hyde ’27</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 15, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/general/2026/internship.jpg" alt="students at a career fair"/></image><image-caption>Chargers can take advantage of the Career Development Center's year-round events to get internship-ready.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>name-shana-kay-hyde</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>office-career-development-center</tag><tag>program-ug-computer-science</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>