The Paul B. Beal and Mona Phillips Beal Internship
This fund has been established to encourage and facilitate practical learning experiences that will help Wellesley College students better define their career choices and develop a more informed understanding of the challenges and rewards of such choices. It is hoped that as a result of internship participation, students also will make more effective course selections at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, learn more from those courses because of the perspective and experience they have acquired in their internship work, and become more competitive candidates for future opportunities in their chosen career paths. Preference for award given to pre-professional students with demonstrated financial need.
The Harold B. Black and Barbara J. Sherlock '72 Pacific Rim Endowed Internship Fund
This fund supports student internships in and about the Pacific Ocean and Pacific Rim cities, islands, nations, and peoples. Preference is given to students receiving financial aid.
Blessing Way Summer Public Service 1993 Internship
This internship supports a Wellesley College student committed to making a difference in her community. The internship will support a student who is interested in working with a nonprofit or a public organization and in building a long-term commitment to service. The internship also supports students who show leadership potential in this area or in past service work. The project can focus on any important issue affecting a community, including youth, environment, education, healthcare, and the arts.
Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship
The Carolyn Shaw Bell Internship encourages and supports sophomores and juniors seeking internship experience in business or economics. This program provides stipends for internships in nonprofit or for-profit organizations.
Class of 1989 10th Reunion Fund
This fund supports one student each summer to experiment in her career choice and gain valuable work experience in either a nonprofit or for-profit organization.
Wei Fong Chu Chao Endowed Fund
This fund supports a Wellesley College student pursuing a summer internship opportunity outside of the United States in for-profit and nonprofit organizations, with preference given to an internship in Asia.
The Kathryn Wasserman Davis '28 Endowed Fund for International Internships
This endowed fund supports Wellesley students pursuing internships with an international focus, with a preference for those with experiences outside of the United States.
Audrey Freedman '51 Endowed Fund for Students in Economics
This fund encourages and supports Wellesley College students who are interested in the study of economics. The internship supports students seeking experience in the field of domestic or international economics during the summer. This award is available in alternating years.
Margaret C. Gordon Law and Education Public Service Award
This fund supports a Wellesley College student committed to serving disadvantaged communities through an unpaid summer internship in public interest law and/or with an urban public school reform or support program. The stipend will enable a student to take an unpaid internship in order to learn more about the legal and educational issues surrounding disadvantaged urban communities.
The Raquet Family Foundation Gift
This gift supports Wellesley College students pursuing internships in the nonprofit, for-profit, and public sectors in the United States.
Susan Todd Horton 1910 Internship Fund
This fund supports Wellesley College students who are U.S. Citizens interested in seeking summer internship experiences in nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
Susan Rappaport Knafel '52 Internship Fund
This fund supports Wellesley College students pursuing summer internship opportunities outside of the United States in nonprofit or for-profit organizations.
The Sherley Heidenberg Koteen ’40 Endowed Internship Fund for Jewish Studies at Wellesley College
This fund provides support for either international or United States internships that encourage students to examine the many facets of Jewish civilization through interdisciplinary study of Jewish religion, history, philosophy, art, literature, social and political institutions and cultural patterns.
The Mollie Green Lumpkin '25 Fund for Experiential Learning in Latin America
This fund supports Wellesley College students seeking summer internships in Latin American countries. Preference will be given to those students interested in working in the area of environmental protection and preservation.
The Emily Cohen MacFarquhar ’59 Internship for International Journalism
This internship was established to encourage and support Wellesley College students who have demonstrated an interest in journalism or photojournalism. The stipend provides the recipients with the opportunity to learn about journalism through an internship at an international news organization or to travel in order to document a foreign culture outside the United States. (Note: This internship does not apply to creative writing.)
The Lois Juliber ‘71 Global Internship MasterCard Fund
This fund supports internships focused in the following areas: microfinance, poverty alleviation, financial literacy programs, community-based programs that promote financial empowerment, and youth learning.
Parents' Internship Program
This fund supports unpaid summer career development internships in nonprofit or for-profit organizations with a focus on the career development and exploration of the applicants. Emphasis is placed on first-time experiences within an industry and/or organization.
Elizabeth S. Pforzheimer '59 Fund for Humanities Summer Internships
Created to celebrate the value of humanities fields, the Pforzheimer fund supports internships for two students each summer. The spirit of the award is a commitment to developing one's individual talents, creativity, and self-exploration, allowing humanities majors to explore a wide variety of opportunities where they can translate their liberal arts education into practice. Inaugurated in 2014, this fund supports internships in the humanities for two students each summer at $3,500 each.
The Barbara Scott Preiskel '45 Endowed Fund for Internships
This fund encourages and supports a student seeking internship experience to develop her career goals. This program provides a stipend for any internship that is unpaid, full-time, and meets the career interests of the applicant. The internship may be with a nonprofit, for-profit, or public service organization in the United States. Awards are available for both summer ($4,000) and wintersession internships ($1,000).
Lucas Public Service Internship Fund
This fund encourages and enables Wellesley College students to use their talents and skills in public service. The Lucas Public Service Internship Fund supports students each summer to perform full-time jobs for nonprofit organizations that could not otherwise employ them. Priority is given to applicants whose work relates to young children and their families, particularly those who are economically or otherwise disadvantaged.
Beth K. Smith Internship in Public Service
This award provides students the opportunity to experience work in the nonprofit sector, with the hope that they will continue in this field. In addition, it supports two placements with Social Accountability International in New York City.
The Helen Wallace Health Sciences Internship Fund
This fund supports an unpaid summer career development internship in the health professions with preference for those interested in the maternal and child health field.
The Wellesley College Internship Grant Program
Established through the ongoing support of several alumnae and their families, this program provides funds to students working with domestic and international organizations across nonprofit, for-profit, and public sectors. Awards are given to those demonstrating how they will apply their academic experiences at Wellesley in furthering the goals of those organizations, as well as their own career plans.
