Serving the Community
The McKeen Center for the Common Good is sponsoring forty-four students, who will be engaged in a variety of community-related projects over the summer. These include Bowdoin Public Service Fellows, Maine Community Fellows, Denning Summer Fellows, and Global Citizens Fellows.
McKeen Center Associate Director Tom Ancona said: “The McKeen Center is excited to have these student fellows working with nonprofits and governments locally, around the US, and in students’ home communities. This summer we are seeing many more students be able to safely do in-person work with many wonderful organizations as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.”
Funded Interns
More than ninety students this summer were awarded grants from Bowdoin’s funded internship program, which provides them with a generous stipend to live on while they pursue internships or career-related projects of their choice. “I’ve been so impressed with the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that students demonstrated when lining up summer internships for themselves during these challenging times,” said Meg Springer, associate director at Bowdoin’s Office of Career Exploration and Development.
“Once again we received a robust pool of applications,” she added, “ranging from interning for a start-up seaweed company, researching ice fields in Alaska, and providing legal aid for low-income clients to creating science podcasts for kids with a media company.” Springer expressed continuing gratitude to the generous donors who provide funding for these unpaid opportunities. “It makes something that’s seemingly impossible possible!” she said. “We look forward to having the grant recipients share their experiences at the Summer Opportunities Poster Exhibition on September 13, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Smith Union’s Morrell Lounge.”
A further six students are enrolled as Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows. This fellowship program selects six sophomores each spring from underrepresented backgrounds and provides them with two years of faculty mentoring to help them prepare for PhD programs. The program includes funding for two summers of academic research to help them pursue independent projects.
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