5 Tips for a Successful Summer Internship Experience

An internship is a great way to expand your knowledge and apply what you’ve learned during your studies. It’s also a great way to gain real-world experience, boost your resume, and strengthen your skill set. Below, you’ll find advice on …

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Summer 2025 Funding Opportunities from Career Services

Career Services is offering two opportunities to obtain summer funding:

1. Swarthmore Future Entrepreneurship Program (SFEP)

This program allows students to intern at local start up companies through a partnership with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Students can apply to posted …

By Pattie Kim-Keefer
Pattie Kim-Keefer Associate Director, Assessments & Technology
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An Unforgettable Summer in Ecuador

The highlight of my second “Swarthmore summer” was the research trip to Ecuador that I took with a few fellow members of the Swarthmore Conservation Biology lab. We started our trip doing field work at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, located deep …

By Laura Wentzel
Laura Wentzel
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Summer Experience with the Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s (LASP) Chester County Division – Jordan Jackson

I had the pleasure of spending my summer interning for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s (LASP) Chester County Division, located in West Chester, PA. Most of my summer was devoted to the Chester County Mobile Home Tax Reassessment Project: an …

By Yeimely Garcia
Yeimely Garcia Employer Relations Intern
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Research at Swat: All About Undergrads

One of the driving factors behind my decision to attend a small liberal arts college was my desire to enjoy a more personalized academic experience—one where I could form close relationships with my professors and not have to compete with …

By Laura Wentzel
Laura Wentzel
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Employer & Interview Insights

Vault Guide to Top Internships, 2024 Edition

The Vault Guide to Top Internships rates more than 100 internship programs. Based on a survey of more than 12,000 …

Swarthmore & External Resources

Beyond the Classroom

Experiential Learning provides you with choices of how to live into your mission—that is, internships, research fellowships, and projects offer …

Funding Resource – CIL: Center for Innovation and Leadership

Design and Development Fund (DDF) 

Fund Information Brochure 

AY 25-26

This brochure will provide you with all the details, criteria, …

Swarthmore Summer Funding – Navigation Tree

Are you looking ahead for funding for a summer opportunity, but not sure what’s available? (Hint, there’s lots of options!) …

Alumni Connections

  • Account Executive Goosehead Insurance Agency, LLC.
Meet Nicole
  • Analyst Praescient Analytics
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  • Managing Director and Co-Founder The Counsly Group
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  • Associate Boston Consulting Group
Meet Sandy

Contact & Location

Phone
(610) 328–8352
Address

500 College Ave.
Parrish Hall 135
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Career Service Hours

Monday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Office closed daily from 12–1pm for lunch.