Sponsored Internships
Wellesley-Sponsored Internships
Internships can confirm a professional interest or lead to a surprising new path. They help translate theory into practice and get your foot in the door. While seeing your lecture come to life on the legislative floor is exciting, and securing a job as a result of a previous internship experience is fabulous, we know — and our students discover — that an internship provides so much more than that. Inevitably, internships help our students fully understand themselves and grow academically, professionally, and personally.
Internship Resource Toolkit
This document provides valuable guidance and resources to help plan your summer and navigate your internship environment. Covering an array of important topics including budgeting, accommodations, travel, health, and safety, this guide is a central resource for all internship students.
Fall 2021
October
- 1: Application opens for the following summer internship opportunities: Signature Internships, Wellesley in Washington, German Department Internships in Dresden, and Glenstone Museum.
- 13-15: Tanner Summit. Volunteer to share your summer experience and learn about your classmates' experiences!
November
- 1: Applications close for Signature Internships, Wellesley in Washington, German Department Internships in Dresden, and Glenstone Museum.
- 25-26: Thanksgiving Break
December
- 1: Notification of Signature Internships application results
- 6: Notification of German Dept Internships application results
Spring 2022
January
- 15: Signature Internships nominees notified of intern selections
February
- 1: Applications open for Career Education Grants Program and Academic Department Summer Internships
March
- 1: Applications close for Career Education Grants Program and Academic Department Summer Internships
- 28: Notification of Grants Program application results
April
- 4: Summer Internship Credit application opens
- 8: Early deadline for Grants Program awardees to confirm their internship opportunities with Career Education. Students who submit the required documents by this date will receive their stipends in early May.
May
- 1: Final deadline for Grants Program awardees to confirm their internship opportunities with Career Education. Students who submit the required documents by this date will receive their stipends in early June.
July
- 1: Summer Internship Credit application closes
Contacts
Wellesley in Washington Summer Internship Program
The Wellesley in Washington Summer Internship Program currently provides an opportunity for 20 funded summer internships in Washington, DC. Students seek placements from a wide array of government offices, public-interest groups, media, cultural, scientific, and medical institutions, and research centers in Washington, DC. Interns — who must be in their junior year — are selected without regard to academic major.
Glenstone Museum Summer Internships
The goal of the internship program at Glenstone is to cultivate the next generation of museum professionals by exposing interns to various professional pathways in the museum world. In collaboration with their department, interns can expect to gain professional experience supporting specific departmental and museum-wide initiatives and projects. Interns are encouraged to connect with fellow team members throughout the organization to gain knowledge and build lasting relationships.
Making the Most of a Virtual Internship or Project
Virtual internships and projects — experiences for which all of the work is done online from a remote location (e.g., your home) instead of on-site at the workplace - come with their own benefits (no commute!) and their own challenges (how to get to know colleagues?). This document will help you to identify and strategize for some of the benefits and challenges of a virtual experience in advance, so you’ll be ready to make the most of your summer experience.
