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Theodore H. Barth Foundation Summer Interns: 2011

Support for the Barth internships is made possible through the generous support of Larry Franks '73, Ellen Berelson and the Theodore H. Barth Foundation.

The Career Services staff congratulates the eight Clark students who are working at summer internships in the non-profit sector. Students awarded stipends (up to $2500 each) based on their proposals are:

Nina Eichner* '12
Internship Site: Welcome Project, Somerville, MA
Major/Minor: Psychology 
Nina will be assisting in creating leadership and personal development initiatives for immigrants and low-income families to help them gain access to employment and education as well as engage in the culture of a new city.  The Welcome Project serves immigrant families, particularly those in the Mystic River Housing Development. 

Yelena Finegold '13
Internship Site: Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research and Conservation Center, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Major/Minor: Geography
Yelena will be working as a GIS intern in the Iracambi Information Technology department on tasks including: land management planning projects, maintaining and improving the existing GIS data sets, assisting researchers and volunteers with access to the information on the Iracambi GIS database, making the GIS database user friendly, leading field work excursions to collect data from GPS coordinates, and completing an independent GIS research project.  Read more about Yelena’s internship on her blog!

Elizabeth Huff '12
Internship Site: Jefferson Library at Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
Major/Minor: Political Science
Elizabeth will be a public services intern at The Jefferson Library at Monticello.  One of her major duties will include working on the expansion of the library’s online Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia. This entails researching various topics and creating new entries for the encyclopedia.  She will also be fielding reference questions submitted to the library and conduct the research necessary to answer these questions. Learn more about Elizabeth’s summer experience through her blog!

Natalia Jaramillo '12
Internship Site: Aulas en Paz and Dance4Peace, Bogota, Columbia
Major/Minor: Psychology 
Natalia will help create curriculums and workshops in elementary schools focused on preventing bullying and promoting respectful relationships among youth.  She will participate in teacher training workshops and attend student/parent meetings focused on pro-social and non-aggressive interaction.  Keep up with Natalia through her summer journey on her blog!

Dan Pologe* '12
Internship Site: Worcester Youth Center, Worcester, MA
Major/Minor: International Development and Social Change
Dan will help the Worcester Youth Center develop curriculum for a variety of workshops that can be applied, implemented and later followed by other staff members of the center. This includes coordinating job readiness and work placements for the youth center participants. He will also work to establish a rapport with area businesses in order to develop additional employment opportunities for the centers participants

Melanie Rasmus '12
Internship Site: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Major/Minor: Biology
Melanie will be conducting research in Dr. Gary Ostroff's laboratory studying the macrophage-mediated delivery of drugs (antibiotics, antifungal agents, chemotherapeutics, protein/peptide antigens, and nucleic acids) via glucan particles.  She will be preparing and testing GP Ketoconazole to treat fungal infections (Candida albicans) and GP Cycloserine to treat tuberculosis infections.

Rachel Sorenson* '13
Internship Site: Seven Hills Foundation Global Outreach, Worcester, MA
Major/Minor: International Development and Social Change and Economics
Rachel will be working with the Haiti Partnership through the Global Outreach department at the Seven Hills Foundation conducting research on the impacts of Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake on the country, the challenges of development before and after the earthquakes, and how to implement plans for sustainable community driven development.

Rian Watt '14*
Internship Site: Office of Congresswomen Schakowsky, Evanston, IL
Major/Minor: Economics and Political Science
Rian will serve as the initial point of contact between constituents seeking assistance with immigration issues and Congresswoman Schakowsky’s office.  He will also prepare daily foreign affairs memos for the office, summarizing the previous night’s events to ensure the staff is fully up-to-date.  Read about Rian’s experiences working for the Government by checking out his blog!