Author Archives: Santy Barrera

2009 Summer Internship: Sarah Bellemare (Natural Art Museum of China)

“Sarah Bellemare  is a senior at Middlebury College majoring jointly in Chinese and Geography. This past summer, Sarah participated in an internship at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing which was generously funded by Robert and Barbara P. Youngman.”

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2002 Summer Internship: Megan Mishler (Teaching in the Dominican Republic)

“Megan Mishler is a rising junior studying Spanish as her major and Education as her minor. Through the generous funding of the Mahoney Family, she worked as a teacher in a small community, which is connected to an organic coffee farmed owned by Julia Alvarez and her husband Bill Eichner, Finca Alta Gracia,  in the Dominican Republic.”

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2009 Summer Internship: Joseph Molefi (Investec, South Africa)

Joseph Molefi studies International Studies with a focus on Europe, Spanish and Economics as a junior at Middlebury College. This past summer, through the generous funding of Digel Family, he interned with Investec, a corporation working on uplifting the poor people of Africa.”

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2009 Summer Internship: Elizabeth Boles (Bates College Dance Festival)

Elizabeth Boles is a senior majoring in currently joint majoring in Dance and Anthropology with a minor in Spanish.  She grew up in the small town of Sharon, VT and is the first generation in her family to receive a college education. This past summer, with the generous funding of Middlebury Arts Council, she spend three intense and rewarding weeks at the Bates College Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine. Here is her story.”

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2009 Summer Internship: Abigail Leathe (Women Safe, Middlebury)

“Abigail Leathe is a junior at Middlebury College. She studies Chinese and is a pre-med student. This summer, through the generous funding of the Honey Family, Abigail worked with Women Safe, a nonprofit organization that works toward the elimination of all kinds of violence against women and their children.”

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