Career Services offers two summer funding opportunities: Swarthmore Future Entrepreneur Program (SFEP) to intern at local start-up companies and the new Career Services Summer Stipend to fund unpaid internships in industries that unable to obtain the funding for meaningful opportunities. Both opportunities award $6,000 for a 10-week opportunity.
Significant funding is also available for a variety of summer opportunities. Each summer, approximately 30% of current Swarthmore students receive funding from the College so that they can participate in these otherwise unpaid experiences. Learn more through the Beyond the Classroom’s (BTC) website. BTC is a committee of departments that work together for students to gain access to Swarthmore summer funding.
Winter Break – It’s the perfect time to develop your career experience. Take some time for your career exploration, professional skill building and making connections.
SwatWorks Micro-Internships are short-term, PAID, professional assignments taking place remotely during the Winter Break so …
By Kristie Beucler
Kristie BeuclerAssociate Director, Career Education
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 …
My summer internship at Ballard Hall Sales Group, a commercial and residential Real Estate Brokerage out of New Shoreham, Rhode Island, has been one of the most constructive and informative experiences of my life. Working directly with Gail Hall, the …
This program allows students to intern at local start up companies through a partnership with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Students can apply to posted …
My summer experience involved shadowing and volunteering at Bryn Mawr Hospital and Lankenau Medical Center, both of which are located outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I spent time in the Emergency Department at each hospital and in the operating rooms and …
