Create, Collaborate, and Connect with MiddCORE Mentors in the Summer Intern Lab
For two hours a week in June-July, join 30+ mentors from the MiddCORE community to build critical skills for professional success. Each Tuesday night, you will be joined by distinguished MiddCORE Mentors to dive into interactive skill-building sessions and gain real-world insights (see mentors joining this summer). In addition, the program will feature alumni panel discussions, cohort reflections, and access to our new career-specific Slack channels. Realize your potential this summer and deepen your connections within the Middlebury community.
MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab is designed to complement your summer experience, from anywhere!
As recognition for completing the MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab, you will receive a $250 professional development award for attending all sessions.
Invest in yourself this summer
Apply Now! Final Application Deadline April 15
In collaboration with CCI and Compass
MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab applications are due 4/15 – don’t miss the deadline!
What our Alumni are saying about MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab
For two hours a week in June-July, join 30+ mentors from the MiddCORE community to build critical skills for professional success. Each Tuesday night, you will be joined by young alumni and distinguished MiddCORE Mentors to dive into interactive skill-building sessions and gain real-world insights. Each week is designed to build on the next. Realize your potential this summer and deepen your connections within the Middlebury community.
MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab is designed to complement your summer experience, from anywhere!
As recognition for completing the MiddCORE Summer Intern Lab, you will receive a $250 professional development award for attending all sessions.
Invest in yourself this summer
Apply Now! Applications Due April 15
Internship Funding Deadline April 7! Help with your Internship Search!
April 7 – Deadline to apply for funding for your unpaid summer internship!
- CCI’s competitive internship funding application deadline: April 7!
- Must have secured an unpaid summer internship and have a CCI approved resume to apply for funding.
- Details, FAQs, and instructions for CCI’s competitive funding: go/summerfunding.
- Apply for funding using CCI’s: Quick Guide: CCI Summer Funding.
Late breaking internships funded by CCI (note some with deadline on Sunday night 4/2)!)
Sports Innovation Lab in Boston – Sports and data science! (Deadline: 4/2)
Team4Tech in Uganda – Remote work, then travel to Uganda with Midd cohort (Deadline: 4/2)
Virtual China Cohort – Intern virtually with a Chinese company (Deadline: 4/2)
Middlebury Social Impact Corps Internship – 5 weeks in Monterey, CA (Deadline: 4/2)
One Tree Planted – Burlington based org focused on global reforestation (Deadline extended to: 4/9)
Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – A research internship related to concussion and brain trauma honoring Matthew Benedict ’15 (Deadline: 4/9)
Need help with an internship or other summer plans?
- Drop into Quick Questions for help from a Peer Career Advisor with resume approval, internship searches, navigating Handshake, and more.
- Visit go/Handshake to schedule an appointment with a Career and Internship Advisor in your interest area or choose an Exploratory appointment. Handshake>Career Center>Appointments.
- Still lots of paid and unpaid internships in Handshake (use keyword searches or search by industry filters).
- Visit CCI’s Find an Internship page for tips on finding or creating an internship.
- Find and Fund Your Summer Internship information session.
- More internships and info on CCI’s Career Path Pages (see News and Top Resources tabs).
UpNext: Careers in Climate Solutions coming March 30-31. If you are interested in a career in climate solutions, don’t miss this chance to meet Midd alumni working in the field!
Climate Change touches everything, but it can be hard to know how to match your interests, skills, and passions up as you consider your career.
This two-day UpNext: Climate Careers program seeks to demystify the many existing and developing climate careers and sectors. The event is open to all students in all majors.
Through this panel discussion and networking reception (as well as small group discussions on Friday, March 31st), students will get an insider’s understanding of the opportunities, available career paths, and roles and skills necessary to enter future jobs and internships.
Panelists will talk about current and emerging trends shaping opportunities to work on climate change and their implications. Students also get a first-hand look into the personal career paths of participating alumni.
Cohosted by Center for Careers and Internships and Climate Action Capacity Project (CACP)
This event features:
- Alumni Panel – Thursday, March 30th at 4:30 pm in Wilson Hall/McCullough Student Center.
- Networking Reception – Thursday, March 30th in Wilson Hall after the Alumni Panel. Stick around to enjoy light snacks and networking with alumni, faculty, and fellow students.
- Small Group Career Conversations – 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Experienced alumni professionals currently employed by a variety of organizations and firms all relating to climate solutions will host multiple breakout sessions designed to set you up for success as you explore career possibilities, apply for positions, interview, and begin your own career tackling the solutions towards one of society’s largest global problems. Each workshop is 1 hour; stay as long as you can or visit another sector and expand your knowledge base.
Featured Internships, Funding, and Help with Your Summer Planning
If your summer plans involve an internship, CCI can help!
Featured Internships! Many of these are funded by CCI!
Shelburne Farms – Outdoor Education – in VT (Deadline: 3/15)
Jack Langerman Community Foundation in DC. (Deadline extended to: 3/17)
Cartography and GIS with Rhumb Line Maps in Maine (Deadline: 3/20)
NYC Office of the Mayor – Communications Research (Deadline: 3/24)
Focus Advisory Services in CA – Finance and film industry related (Deadline: 3/26)
Team4Tech in Uganda – Remote work, then travel to Uganda with Midd cohort (Deadline: 3/26)
Sports Innovation Lab in Boston –Data science/media related to sports (Deadline: 3/31)
More “CCI reserved for Midd” internships here.
Found your own unpaid internship (or working on it) and looking for funding?
- Funding application deadline: April 7!
- Must have secured an unpaid summer internship and have a CCI approved resume to apply for funding.
- Details, FAQs, and instructions for CCI’s competitive funding: go/summerfunding.
- Apply for funding using CCI’s: Quick Guide: CCI Summer Funding.
Need help with an internship or other summer plans?
- Drop into Quick Questions for help from a Peer Career Advisor with resume approval, internship searches, navigating Handshake, and more.
- Visit go/Handshake to schedule an appointment with a Career and Internship Advisor in your interest area or choose an Exploratory appointment. Handshake>Career Center>Appointments.
- Still lots of paid and unpaid internships in Handshake (use keyword searches or search by industry filters).
- Visit CCI’s Find an Internship page for tips on finding or creating an internship.
- Find and Fund Your Summer Internship information session.
- More internships and info on CCI’s Career Path Pages (see News and Top Resources tabs).
Applications for MiddCORE’s 2023 Summer Intern Lab are live!
This summer, join the MiddCORE community in weekly virtual skill-building sessions designed to complement your summer internship or experience!
Connect, reflect, and develop skills related to leadership, networking, ethical decision-making, negotiation, personal branding, and more! Apply Here!
If you have yet to secure summer plans, but are interested in joining this summer’s cohort, we encourage you to apply!
Application Deadlines:
Round 1 – March 15, 2023
Round 2 – April 1, 2023
Round 3 – April 15, 2023
Work in Vermont. Lose Some of Your Student Loans.
The State of Vermont, in collaboration with the University of Vermont and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), is offering a $5000 loan repayment program to incentivize and retain new graduates from Vermont colleges and universities. Any graduate during the spring 2023 academic year with a Bachelor of Science and/or Bachelor of Arts can apply. Recipients will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis based on regional, employer, and institutional distribution criteria, as long as funding is available. Applicants must submit proof of employment when applying. Employment will be verified with the Vermont-based employer at two points: after one year of employment and after the second year of employment.
What are you doing this summer? If your plans involve an internship, CCI can help you find one and even fund an unpaid internship.
Handshake has almost 5000 paid and unpaid internships in all interest areas.
More internships and info on CCI’s Career Path Pages (see News and Top Resources tabs).
Check out Internships reserved for Middlebury students (many expiring March 1).
Some highlighted internships include:
- Marine Conservation in The Bahamas (expires Feb. 28!)
- Fellowship in Nonproliferation Studies (expires Feb. 28!)
- Empathetics (great for Psych majors)
- and lots of MiddWorks for Vermont internships.
Visit CCI’s Find an Internship page for tips on finding or creating internships.
View the recorded Find and Fund Your Summer Internship information session.
Visit go/SummerFunding to apply for funding for an unpaid summer internship. Must have an internship secured before applying for funding. Deadline: April 7!
Spend the summer making a difference in Vermont with MiddWorks for Vermont and Vermont Innovation Summer! Learn more at our info session Wednesday, March 1st
Don’t miss a chance to make an impact in Vermont this summer AND also experience farmers’ markets, hikes, swimming holes, outdoor cafes, music festivals, sunsets on the lake, and warm, sunny weather!
- 40 MiddWorks for Vermont and Vermont Innovation Summer internships in Handshake.
- $4,000 summer internship funding award.
- Every sector: start-ups, business, education, health care, social justice, arts and culture, and the environment.
- Middlebury and Burlington housing available.
Sound too good to be true? It’s not! Join CCI and the Innovation Hub on Wednesday, March 1st at 7:00 pm in Coltrane Lounge for an Info Session with KEVIN CHU ’14, Executive Director of the Vermont Futures Project. Kevin will be joined by summer 2022 Vermont interns who will be sharing their experiences from last summer.
Get in the mood for Vermont summer with coupons for FREE Shiretown creemees for info session attendees!
Meet inspiring alumni at the Luso-Hispanic Studies Field Guide March 2-3 – Open to ALL students in ALL fields of study!
Don’t miss out on this great panel put on by the Luso-Hispanic Studies department and CCI!
These alumni may have majored or minored in Luso-Hispanic studies but they are working in a variety of professional fields that will be of interest to students. They will be joining us to discuss their career paths and how their Middlebury experience made an impact on their careers after Middlebury.
They can help you answer the question, “What can I do with my liberal arts major or degree?”
The Luso-Hispanic Studies Field Guide will feature an alumni panel and one-on-one chats. At these events, you will have the chance to connect with alumni, faculty, and other students.
The Schedule of Events:
Thursday, March 2
Alumni Panel
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: BiHall 216
Sign up in Handshake.
Friday, March 3
One-on-One chats with alumni:
Sign up via the links below their names. Read alumni bios on our website at go/FieldGuide.
- Silvia Cantu Bautista ‘20.5, Climate Activist
Sign up for a virtual one-on-one chat with Silvia (available 9:00-12:00) - Dr. Carlos Beato Urena ‘07, Co-Director at Next Generation Learning Challenges
Sign up for a virtual one-on-one chat with Carlos (available 10:30 am-12:00 pm) - Dr. Kelly Bennion ‘10, Associate Professor of Psychology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Sign up for a virtual one-on-one chat with Kelly (available 10:00 am-12:00 pm) - Will Brooke ‘14.5, Co-Founder/COO at Slate
Sign up for a virtual one-on-one chat with Will (available 9:00-10:00 am – coming soon) - Reid Porter ‘01, Senior Director at PhRMA
Sign up for a virtual one-on-one chat with Reid (available 9:00 am-12:00 pm)