Students of Dickinson gathered in the HUB Social Hall on Thursday, Sept. 15 to share their summer internship experiences at the sixth annual Internship Showcase.  From 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. students were able to walk around the Social Hall and talk to the interns about their summer experiences.

Nyree Addison ’17, who worked in Washington, D.C. for D.C. School Reform NOW, was particularly interested in seeing what her friends had done over the summer.

“I came in earlier to set up so I took a lap around just to see…I just had no idea that they were doing these cool things… it was really nice to see all of the other [students] working in education fields…I really like to see what they were doing as well.”  Addison had spent the summer helping families in poverty stricken areas of D.C. complete applications to elite schools.

Also in attendance was Anthony Del Vecchio ’17 who had worked this summer for the US Department of Homeland Security, Cyber Policy Office.  “I did a lot of reports, a lot of research,” said Vecchio of his duties at the Department of Homeland Security.  The application for the internship was intensive.

“Basically they ask you all your personal information; who have you known for the last several years, where have you traveled in the last seven years, who can they contact to verify that you exist.”

Caly McCarthy ’17 also worked in the D.C. area at The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, studying Mail-Order Brides.  She was eager to “…share what I found in a relatable, accessible way.”  She created a website to share her research (www.postalmuseum.si.edu/mail-orderbrides,) and encouraged attendees to “…actually come up and ask questions… it’s really neat to say, ‘you live down my hall!  I didn’t know you did that.  Tell me about that!  And so it can be a really great way to…network.”

Savanna Riley ’17 was also pleased to have the opportunity to share her work with the Dickinson community.  Riley worked for Dickinson alumni Judge Edward Guido ’72 in the Cumberland County Courthouse, just down the street from Dickinson in downtown Carlisle.

“Blogging is great, but I wanted people to know that this wasn’t just a coffee errand internship and that if you ask for substantive work, you can definitely get it.” Riley was particularly grateful for the role Associate Professor of Political Science Douglas Edlin played in her application for the internship.  “He [Edlin] is a wonderful man and incredibly helpful…” she said.   “Not a lot of judges actually have interns, which is why I was really lucky to be able to do substantive work.”

The internship showcase was hosted by the Career Center. According to Amity Fox, 200 people participated in the Internship Notation Program this summer.