This year, Dickinsonians were challenged to meet a simple goal: Help prepare more future global leaders through increased support for internships.
You answered the call and nearly doubled the funding available for students to pursue meaningful experiences that will help them launch successful careers upon graduation.
To learn more about our students’ internship experiences and to offer an internship or support Dickinson student interns, visit dickinson.edu/internships.
$577,539
COMMITTED TO INTERNSHIPS
THAT’S A 51% INCREASE IN INTERNSHIP GIFTS OVER LAST YEAR!
“Thank you for supporting my internship at the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. It made me realize I want to work in educational leadership while practicing educational policy. Your faith in Dickinson’s internship program made my experience successful and memorable.”
—AISHA JOHNSON ’20
“Thanks to a grant from the DTP ’80 Internship Fund, I worked in the Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs at USAID, where I compiled development news and news about partner and contracting organizations. This internship fueled my passion for international development.”
—MARY HINTON ’19
ZACH WAHL ’98, founder of Enterprise Knowledge, has hosted eight Dickinsonians as interns/externs and has hired several as well.
“That’s the kind of employee we seek out—lifelong learners with excellent written and oral communication skills, employees who have the ability to both lead and follow. These are the kind of skills fostered at Dickinson.”
79%
OF THE CLASS OF 2019
PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNSHIP AT LOCATIONS LIKE:
- Alzheimer's Association
- Audible
- Bank of America
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Embassy of Israel
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Franklin Institute
- Girls on the Run
- Institute of World Politics
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASDAQ
- National Portrait Gallery
- Prudential Financial
- Uber
- United Nations
- World Health Organization
“ The college years should be a time to explore many interests, and this should be true for internships as well. I am grateful for the opportunity to help future students.”
— DOROTHY “DEE DEE” KROPF SCARBOROUGH ’87
“Interning early helps you experience research and [what] the lives of medical scientists or Ph.D. students would be like. I worked directly with a leading expert in molecular and cellular pathology to research acute lung injuries in patients with respiratory issues. Medical schools and Ph.D. programs are looking for research experience.”
—TAO XU ’21
“When I learned that President Ensign wanted to bolster internship opportunities for students, the shoe fit. Internships offer several practical benefits to students. They are a means to verify or refute a career choice. Internships provide students with feedback from outside the academy and help refine the skills employers most value.”
—TOM WORK ’74