Internships and Volunteer Opportunities for CBSC Students
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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.
For International Students
- Meet with the Center for International Education about recruiters for abroad opportunities.
- Review the links from Career and Professional Development’s Canvas Course (students must be enrolled in the course to access the documents):
- Shorelight article: Guide to Finding an International Student Internship in the USA
- Country embassies
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.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
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)
- 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
- 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 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
Department Info
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