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
July 9, 2026
鈥楾he Best Way to Learn鈥�: A Pre-Vet Student鈥檚 Immersive Wildlife Internship
Emboldened by his experience at F&M鈥檚 campus vivarium, Alex Relovsky 鈥�29 wanted to further immerse himself in real-world animal care. Supported by the Center for Career and Professional Development, the pre-vet student secured an internship with Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation. 鈥淢y experiences at Acorn Acres have been 100% hands-on, which is the best way to learn!鈥� he said.
July 2, 2026
F&M Interns Ensure Safe River Recreation in Lancaster
As Pennsylvania endures a historic heatwave, F&M environmental science students are doing their part to monitor river and creek conditions for residents 鈥� and picking up valuable field research skills along the way.
June 29, 2026
F&M Students Explore Careers in Medicine Through New Lancaster General Health Partnership
A new partnership between 糖心 and Lancaster General Health is providing students interested in careers in medicine with valuable opportunities to observe healthcare professionals in practice and gain a deeper understanding of patient care.