Internships and Volunteer Opportunities for CBSC Students

Internships and opportunities provided below may be paid or volunteer. The listings may not have opportunities at any given time and/or may or may not be able to hire or accept international students. Please get in touch with the organization to be considered for a position.

Each summer, one W&L CBSC major joins The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities as an intern. The student is chosen by W&L CBSC faculty from interested majors. A call for student applications happens late Fall term.

Sign up for the Office of Career and Professional Development’s Canvas Course to have access to a variety of resources, including postings of internships. 

Check out the Psychology Job & Internship Opportunities Blog for full-time jobs or summer employment.

For International Students

• Review the links from the Office of Career and Professional Development’s Canvas Course (students must be enrolled in the course to access the documents):
  
  • Navigating the U.S. Workplace and Job Search
  • Undergraduate, Post-bacc, and Graduate Scholarships
• Meet with the Center for International Education about recruiters for abroad opportunities.
• Country embassies
• REU Finder Resources – REU Programs for International Students
• Shorelight article: Guide to Finding an International Student Internship in the USA

Research

• The Office of Career and Professional Development’s Canvas Course mailings in Winter Term may list summer opportunities in research. Be sure to sign up for CPD’s Canvas Course.
• During Fall Term, ask Cognitive and Behavioral Science faculty if they have any summer positions in their lab for Summer Research Scholars. 
• Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute REU
• CUNY Brooklyn College Psychology and Neuroscience NSF REU
• Fred Hutch Cancer Center’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Duke University’s Summer Research Opportunity Program
• Duke University’s Summer Training in Academic Research Program
• Harvard Business School’s Program for Research in Markets & Organizations
• Harvard University’s Laboratory for Social Cognitive Research Opportunities
• MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
• Mobilization and Political Economy (MPE) Summer Research Program
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Ohio State University’s Language Sciences Research Lab
• Oregon State University’s Robots in the Real World REU
• Santa Fe Institute’s Undergraduate Complexity Research REU
• Stanford University’s Center for the Study of Language and Information
• The Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program
• UC Berkeley Cognitive Development & Learning Lab
• UC Berkeley Early Learning Lab Summer Internship
• UC Berkeley’s Social Origins Lab summer internship
• UNC’s Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
• University of Utah Summer Program for Undergraduate Research
• U.S. National Science Foundation (Research Experience for Undergraduates)
• Vanderbilt University’s Accountability, Behavior, & Conflict in Democratic Politics NSF REU

Business-Related (Marketing, Human Resources, Analytics/Data Science Opportunities and More)

• ally (banking, investing, and auto finance company)
• Anheuser-Busch
• Analysis Group (economic consulting)
• Anomaly (a creative branding company)us
• Berkeley Research Group
• Center for Psychology in Schools and Education
• Cigna
• DBB Health (medical, health branding and marketing)
• Development (R4D)’s organizations/partners
• Dimensional Fund Advisors
• Disney
• Epic Systems (medical technology)
• Everlight Solar (sales psychology internships)
• Eyeful Media
• Foundations (Ex: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, etc.)
• Hansei Solutions (behavioral health billing platforms)
• Humana (health insurance company)
• IBM
• iHeart Media
• Kimberly-Clark
• Kroger Family of Companies
• Lowes
• MADE Internship Program with ANA Educational Foundation (marketing, advertising)
• Massanutten Resort
• McKinsey & Company (management consulting)
• Proctor & Gamble
• Russell Reynolds Associates (executive search company)
• Special Olympics
• Texas Instruments
• Townsquare Media
• True (talent search company)
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
• Virginia Amateur Sports
• Yes& Agency

Data Science Specific

• Aravenda.com (consignment software)
• Mayo Clinic Biomedical Statistics & Informatics Internship

Mental and Behavioral Health, and Physical Disability Support

• Ally Behavior Centers
• Christians Children Home of Ohio
• Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center
• Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare
• Camps (Ex: Camp Ramapo, Camp SOAR)
• Crisis Text Line
• Free Clinics
• Health Connect America
• Marcus Autism Center
• Menninger Clinic
• National and local recovery organizations
• Partnership for Community Wellness, Roanoke
• Project Horseshoe Farms
• Richmond Behavioral Health Authority
• Selective Mutism Anxiety and Related Disorders Treatment Center (SMart Center)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• The UP Center
• VA Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
• Youth Villages

Medicine and Public Health

• Atlantis by CEA CAPA Education Abroad
• Boys Town National Research Hospital
• Cancer Support Community
• Doctors without Borders
• Foundations (Ex: Michael J. Fox Foundation)
• Free clinics
• Hospice agencies
• Lancaster Orthopedic Group
• Local hospitals
• Local nursing homes, care communities
• Mayo Clinic internships
• MD Psychiatry & Emotional Health, PLLC
• Men’s Health Network
• MercyShips
• National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics
• Northwell
• Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos
• One World Surgery
• PCM Trials
• ReachAnother Foundation
• Tribal Health Experiential Student Internship Seminar
• United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health

Youth and Senior Community Programs

• Attollo Prep
• Broad Center
• Family Scholar House
• Hill Learning Center, Durham, NC
• Local recreation organizations
• Local summer camps
• Global Kids
• Office on Youth (locations in several cities)
• PATH Foundation
• Project Horseshoe Farms
• State agencies
• Unicef
• United Planning Organization
• Urban League
• Valley Community Services Board (Staunton/Waynesboro, VA)

Justice Organizations and/or Policy/Non-Profits

• Covenant House
• Dream Project
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• Feminist organizations
• Foundations (Ex: Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, etc.)
• Galway Autism Partnership
• Georgia Justice Project
• Human Rights Campaign
• Innocence Project
• Miriam’s Kitchen
• New American Pathways (helping refugees and new citizens)
• Public Interest Network
• The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Urban League
• Zero Hunger

Law and Policy

• Congressional Internship Opportunities, Stennis Center for Public Service
• District courts
• Georgia Legal Services Program
• Judges
• Law firms
• Lawyers without Borders
• Men’s Health Network
• Opportunities under Justice organizations

Opportunities for Students from Underrepresented Communities

• Carnegie Mellon University Summer Program for Undergraduate Researchers (SPUR)
• Columbia University Summer of Translational Aging Research for Undergraduates (STAR U)

Opportunities Abroad

• The Center for International Education often has a recruiter who offers summer experiences abroad. Read the Columns article, Bringing W&L to Santiago, about W&L students participating in CIE summer abroad.
• Atlantis by CEA CAPA Education Abroad
• Dream Project – Dominican Republic
• Family Legacy

During the Academic Year, In or Near Lexington

• Check out the ENGAGE W&L section on the Office of Community-Based Learning website to learn more about volunteer opportunities in or near Lexington. 
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center
• Community Table
• Hospice
• RARA
• Social service organizations
• Tellegacy

Trainings

• Safe Zone Project
• Project Horizon
• Trevor Project
• One Love Foundation