Internships
Real-World Experiences to Enhance Your Resume
Internships not only enrich your academic journey, but also allow you to immerse yourself in the day-to-day life of your field prior to entering the workforce. These short-term work experiences help you identify the careers and industries that best fit your distinctive talents and goals, while making you a more competitive applicant in the job market. You can even submit an application to for your internship experience.
Finding and Securing Opportunities
You can intern during the academic year or during your winter or summer breaks. Our Center for Career and Professional Development will help you discover and secure these positions, guiding you through the internship search, application, and interview processes, and facilitating connections with F&M alumni, parents and friends of the College for potential opportunities. Through F&M, you鈥檒l also have access to the True Blue Network, a career network platform exclusive to the F&M community. Here, you can connect with alumni and parents who have volunteered to support student F&M student success beyond the classroom.
Student Spotlight
鈥淢y conduct and diligence on the job is a marketable skill cherished anywhere, giving
me an advantage in the world of post-graduation job-hunting.鈥�
鈥淎s the estate鈥檚 newest research assistant and archivist, I鈥檓 entrusted with sifting
through its Revolutionary War documents, categorizing and organizing them, and overhauling
the mansion-turned-museum鈥檚 entirely pre-digital archives,鈥� Dockery said. 鈥淎lthough
I鈥檝e flexed my research muscle in the classroom, archival work is a new labyrinth
of challenges. My diligence and conduct on the job are not only valuable for the quality
of the research, but they are also marketable skills cherished everywhere, giving
me an advantage in the post-graduation job market.鈥�
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鈥淚nterning has opened doors for me that I never thought of before.鈥�
鈥淭he Career Center helped me succeed in applying for this internship by supporting
me in every step of the process,鈥� she said.
Feola said she鈥檚 excited to continue exploring the field of working dogs as a potential
career.
鈥淚nterning for the PVWDC has opened doors for me to explore the world of working dogs
and explore this new sector in dog training that I never thought of before,鈥� she said.
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鈥淭his practical experience I鈥檝e gained has proven to be crucial.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing to learn about judicial reasoning in the classroom, but another entirely
to see it applied in real time and in real cases,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his practical experience
I鈥檝e gained 鈥� by analyzing case patterns, drafting legal documents and understanding
court operations 鈥� has proven to be crucial in aiding my decision to apply to law
school.鈥�
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Summer Experience Funds
Your advisers can also direct you to generous donor funding that can help offset the financial burden of an unpaid or underpaid summer experience. These funds empower you to seek a wide variety of opportunities, giving you flexibility to choose internships that typically are unpaid or minimally paid.
See How Diplomats Are Exploring Their Passions
March 23, 2026
鈥楢 Natural Fit鈥�: Honing Career-Ready Skills in F&M鈥檚 Costume Shop
Among the fabric, thread, and sewing machines in F&M鈥檚 costume shop, Faustina Baffowaa Osei 鈥�28 found an enriching way to connect with the arts while honing versatile real-world skills. 鈥淚鈥檝e always been interested in fashion, creative spaces and collaborative environments, so working in the costume shop felt like a natural fit,鈥� she said.
March 19, 2026
The Human Connection: Balancing Psychology and Business in Student Philanthropy
For Gonzalo Gentou Arbizu 鈥�26, his on-campus job as student philanthropy coordinator is a masterclass in human connection. 鈥淭his role is all about building relationships with stakeholders. Fundraising is a community effort,鈥� he said.
March 4, 2026
A Peek Behind the Stacks: A Student鈥檚 Role in the College Library
Learning by doing is a hallmark of the Diplomat experience. For Abby Jones 鈥�28, this philosophy comes to life at the College Library in a role that blends her love of reading, writing, and stories. 鈥淚鈥檝e always loved libraries, and was excited to step into a job where I鈥檇 get to work with a lot of the books in a more hands-on way,鈥� she said.