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Winter Term Education-Focused Internships for Credit! Apply NOW!!

There are two last minute Winter Term internships for credit with an education focus that are available now. If you decide to apply, we are asking you to do so by contacting the employers directly. In order to secure WT internship credit this must be done by December 1, you will also need to secure a faculty sponsor and apply for credit through CCI. These internships are available even if you don’t want/need to earn credit. If you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to reach out to Cheryl Whitney Lower.

Bridge School

Their Head of School, Jennifer Grilly, has reached out in the hopes that there might be students interested in doing a J-Term Internship with Bridge School (K-6) this coming winter term. They had a student join them last year and it was a wonderful experience for all. Are there any students still looking for opportunities that might be a good fit? Contact: Jen Grilly, Head of School, Bridge School, 1469 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, Tel: (802) 349-1661, email: Jen[at]bridgeschoolvermont.org

Stride Foundation – Sports Mentoring Program Coordinator

Stride’s Winter Term Sports Mentoring Program Coordinator makes the mentoring magic happen that builds self esteem, confidence, and camaraderie in girls from elementary school to high school. Coordinator reports to executive director and is responsible for successful operation of mentoring programs that pair Middlebury College student athletes with local students from Mary Hogan elementary school, Ripton elementary school, Middlebury Union Middle School and St. Michael’s College student athletes with Winooski Middle School. Programs are Sisters in Sport in basketball with middle school girls and Snow Stars in skiing with elementary through high school girls.

Coordinator works independently to organize mentoring meetings between college team mentors and mentees. Coordinator also updates website and social media and works to gain media coverage of Stride programs. Coordinator organizes celebration for each Sisters in Sport program. Internship is a minimum of 25 hours per week. Requires an organized self starter who can work independently, multi-task, and creatively solve problems. Excellent opportunity to gain experience working in non-profit sector in communications and programs. Contact: Leslie Wright, Founder, Stride Foundation, Middlebury, VT, email: stridewright[at]msn.com

Apply to attend DPMI over J-Term: The Root Change Program in Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI)

RSVP Deadline: December 1st
Program will be held for 3 weeks January 2022.


DPMI/Sitka was designed to answer this question: “What do social justice activists need to know to successfully promote high-impact, sustainable initiatives that address local priorities?”

The program includes training on local systems mapping; appreciative interviewing; tools to analyze a local context; stakeholder analysis; participatory theory of change development; proposal writing; and more! Participants are tasked with designing or redesigning a social change initiative that meets the needs of a specific community. They also produce a proposal that can generate financial support for a community priority while meeting funder requirements.

This is a 3-week virtual program. You will work closely with local leadership to strengthen two projects sponsored by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Cultural Resources, Education and Employment Department. Visit this link to apply by December 1. The program fee is $1,000; participants are welcome to apply for funding by contacting CCI’s Tracy Himmel Isham (thimmeli@middlebury.edu) to help cover the costs of the program. For further questions contact Beryl Levinger at blevinger@rootchange.org.

Winter Term Social Impact Internships

Are you thinking you want to try a new experience to build out your previous experiences or try something new? Winter term internships for credit are a great way to gain new skills in a sector that you’ve been curious about or want try out. Check out the growing list of WT internships on Handshake.

A quick tip: use the Handshake filter called “Labeled By Your School” –> “CCI Winter Term”. This will result in any opportunities that CCI is helping to curate with employers. Its growing every day.

Winter Term Internships (for credit) – Check out these new additions!

Winter Term 2021 Local Food and Farm Guide InternAddison County Relocalization Network (ACORN)Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Winter Term 2022 Undergraduate Nonproliferation Intern for Middlebury College StudentsMiddlebury Institute of International StudiesMonterey, California, United States

Apply to attend DPMI over J-Term: The Root Change Program in Design, Partnering, Management and Innovation

DPMI/Sitka was designed to answer this question: “What do social justice activists need to know to successfully promote high-impact, sustainable initiatives that address local priorities?” The program includes training on local systems mapping; appreciative interviewing; tools to analyze a local context; stakeholder analysis; situation analysis using problem trees, force field diagrams, and fishbone representations; participatory theory of change development; lean experimentation with appropriate metrics; and proposal writing. Participants are tasked with designing or redesigning a social change initiative that meets the needs of a specific community. They also produce a proposal that can generate financial support for a community priority while meeting funder requirements. This is a 3-week virtual program. You will work closely with local leadership to strengthen two projects sponsored by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Cultural Resources, Education and Employment Department.

The program fee is $1,000; participants are welcome to apply for a CCE Cross Cultural Community Engagement Grant to help cover the costs of the program.

For further information and to request an application, contact Beryl Levinger at blevinger@rootchange.org

Spend Winter Term Engaged in International Sustainable Development

The Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development has re-posted their winter term internship opportunity with a deadline of November 25th. 

Students, you may apply for Cross-cultural Community Service Grants funding through the Center for Community Engagement, which has a deadline of December 2nd.  CCE has generously offered to support AASD applications, but students will need to apply individually by the deadline, as there is not a pre-set amount of funding dedicated for AASD participants only as we have had in place for past j term cohorts.  It is the responsibility of the student to secure their own funding as needed, secure the position with AASD, apply for winter term credit, and to find a faculty sponsor by December 2.

This is a tall order, but if you happened to have seen the recent screening of The Potato King documentary last week, which included utterly beautiful footage of the Peruvian landscape where the Andean Alliance for Sustainable Development works, you might be motivated to get this done!  This virtual internship with them won’t be like a visit, but it will help you learn about the culture and resources of Peru.  The deadline for applications to do the internship is November 25.

Be a Climate Action Intern This Winter Term & Get Credit!

Intern with the South Burlington Energy Committee (SBEC), a volunteer group that reports to the City Council, in assisting the City of 18,000 residents to develop the promised Climate Action Plan to achieve local CO2 emissions reductions in line with the Paris Climate goals and supporting the City’s long term commitment to address the climate crisis. Apply for Winter Term internship for credit and challenge yourself to apply your liberal arts learning in a real-world setting and an opportunity to reflect on the connections between your classroom climate change education and hands-on learning. Learn more about getting WT credit HERE.

The Winter Term 2021 SBEC Climate Action Intern will support the SBEC in building the foundation of information that South Burlington requires to define specific goals and to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the actions the city is undertaking to address its climate goals. As an intern you will tap into these skills: data & analytics, finance, operations / production, writing / editing and communications. During the project, you will work with a team of stakeholders, not limited to: city staff, school staff, utility representatives from Vermont Gas, Green Mountain Power, and Efficiency Vermont, fuel dealers, staff from the CCRPC (Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission), state employees, people from state and national organizations that specialize in emissions inventories, members of other energy committees, and university researchers. 

Don’t wait – get your application in for this tight deadline on November 23rd!

diiVe’s Virtual Internship Program

Intern at diiVe Virtually or In-Person:
Application Deadline: December 1st at 6 p.m. EST (January Term Program) and December 15th 6 p.m. EST (June Programs)

diiVe is looking for ambitious and high performing students looking to kick-start their career in our New Normal. We offer virtual internships and summer abroad programs in consulting and data science where diiVers will work in teams from around the world, building the necessary skills and agency to tackle the challenges of our fast-changing future. diiVe is a competitive program and accepts a limited number of students each year.

Learn more about the program here. Apply now here. Contact a diiVe Alum and Midd Ambassador: Kelly Zhou at yukunz@middlebury.edu.

Note: You could apply for CCCS grants to offset cost of attending this internship. Find the application here