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Internships and Externships

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  • Michael Green '23, an Applied Economics major, interned at the Commonwealth Foundation. Michael tells us, I spent my summer steps from Pe...
    Michael Green ’23, an Applied Economics major, interned at the Commonwealth Foundation. Michael tells us, “I spent my summer steps from Pennsylvania’s capital learning how ideas become policy.”
  • Max Matalavage '26 completed a summer internship at the Cape May Zoo in NJ in the training and enrichment program. There, he trained enda...
    Max Matalavage '26 completed a summer internship at the Cape May Zoo in NJ in the training and enrichment program. There, he trained endangered species in behaviors that aided their veterinary care such as injection and scale training.
  • uCatherine Curran '20, double majoring in Spanish and Health and Society, was Montgomery County Outreach intern for Share Food Program an...
    uCatherine Curran ’20, double majoring in Spanish and Health and Society, was Montgomery County Outreach intern for Share Food Program and Montco Hunger Solutions.
  • Abigail Coachi '22, Biology major, interned at Ophthalmology Physicians & Surgeons, PC. which specializes in treating glaucoma.
    Abigail Coachi ’22, Biology major, interned at Ophthalmology Physicians & Surgeons, PC. which specializes in treating glaucoma.
  • Max Kulla '26 completed an externship over winter break with The Honorable Matt Weintraub '90 with the Bucks County Court of Common ...
    Max Kulla ’26 completed an externship over winter break with The Honorable Matt Weintraub '90 with the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. Matt served as the District Attorney for Bucks County, PA for nearly 10 years. This professional learning experience coordinated through the Ursinus CPD office further developed Max's interest in a legal career.

Internships

An internship is a structured and supervised professional experience for which a student receives academic credit. Internships are permitted to take place on-site or virtually. In the case of a virtual internship, the student intern gains experience while working in a remote professional setting, not a in a physical location. The office of Career and Professional Development has information on a wide range of internship opportunities through this shadowing experience.

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Externships

An externship is an opportunity to have your questions answered by someone with experience in a field you are considering as a possible career. In addition to helping you consider career choices, you will gain opportunities for networking and informational interviewing. These competitive opportunities are open to all students beginning in their first year.  

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