Muhlenberg athletes are spending the summer of 2025 enjoying fantastic experiences on campus, in their hometowns, and across the country.

Rising junior baseball pitcher Luke Foley, a double major in accounting and finance, gained important experience and got to talk to people all over the world in his summer internship with Johnson & Johnson.

I am a Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine supply chain finance intern for the summer, working on a project that deals with charges within teams at J&J. My goal this summer is to make the process more efficient and save time for my team throughout the year.

I chose to do this internship for the real-world experience and to understand the work ethic and routine of work life: up early, out of the house all day, and then doing it all again five days a week. I enjoy the routine I have gotten into; it has kept me on task and made me get so much more done.

I also chose this internship because I get to learn from some amazing people within J&J. It is such a welcoming community, and my team has taught me so much. I feel I learn a technical finance skill and a communication skill every day when I step into the building.

J&J is a global company, so I have had conversations with people from Italy, Ireland, Belgium, and many others places. It is really cool connecting with people from around the world, and it opens my eyes to the vast company that I am lucky enough to be a part of.

This internship will help my career in so many ways. First, it locks me in for an interview for a full-time position come the end of my senior year. J&J runs a development program that guarantees you three-plus years of experience in the company post college full-time. It would be amazing to become a part of this program, and this internship gives me the opportunity to do that. Secondly, I have met so many people and made connections that I hope to keep throughout the school year and into the future.

Lastly, I learned that finance is a storytelling business. Yes, numbers are involved, but the biggest part is understanding how to tell the story of the numbers and frame them in the right way.

I would like to thank Trevor Knox, Ellen Rackas, and the whole Muhlenberg accounting department, who helped me build my resume and did multiple mock interviews going into the interview process for this internship. That helped me a ton stand out throughout the process and get the job. I also want to thank Coach [Tod] Gross and Coach [Pete] Violante, who continue to make me a better person on and off the field. They were very supportive of me trying to get work experience this summer.

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