Summer Opportunities

We encourage all students to think broadly about using the summer to expand their academic horizons. Possible experiences can fall into three types:

• Academic - an opportunity to apply your chosen academic discipline in a work or research setting
• Exploratory Academic - an opportunity to look for connections between your discipline and career fields of interest, including summer research opportunities
• Exploratory Career - an opportunity that may not connect directly to academics, but helps the student clarify her career goals

Note that these listings include internships, volunteer/service actitivites, and research projects -- and that any one of these opportunities has the potential to become a 295 or 395P in the following fall semester.

This Web site can help you in three ways:

1. PLANNING what you want to do.
2. FINDING the opportunity that is right for you. Use this link to get ideas and begin planning your summer experience.
3. FUNDING the opportunity that is right for you. Many of the opportunities listed in the previous section will come with their own funding. However, the College has various sources of funds for student projects. Your connection to most of the funding sources available from the College is the Universal Application Form.

Connect here if you are a student wishing to access the Universal Application Form, which will be available for on-line submissions from now through 5 p.m. on March 3, 2008.  Good luck!

Click here if you are a faculty member submitting a recommendation for a student in support of a request submitted through the Universal Application Form.  Note that recommendation letters are also due no later than 5 p.m. on March 3, 2008.