Class of 1966 Summer Opportunities Fund

The Summer Opportunities Fund was established by the Class of 1966 in celebration of their 50th Reunion. The fund provides stipends to students, with a preference to those on financial aid, to have transformative summer internships and research opportunities in both the non-profit and the for-profit worlds. Many of these student experiences are sourced by alumni themselves.

Josh Noonan ’22


Josh Noonan

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Fodor Lab, Charlotte, NC Over the summer, I had the pleasure of working in Dr. Anthony Fodor’s bioinformatics lab at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Bioinformatics lies at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and biology, and focuses on the enormous amount… Continue reading »

Deja Cunningham ’22


Interns at WorldCare.

WorldCare International, Boston, MA This summer, I had the privilege to intern for Ed Wiggers ’90 at WorldCare International, a company that gives medical second opinions (MSO) to patients around the world with complex, life-threatening diseases. Their mission is to provide individuals with access to the best healthcare while ensuring… Continue reading »

Maddie Annis ’23


Maddie Annis bagging basil.

Real Food Farm, Baltimore, MD My internship at Real Food Farm this summer was an incredible experience that greatly influenced my career goals. Real Food Farm is an urban farm in Baltimore that promotes food access and education. In my work there, I helped with producing food, coordinating the Community… Continue reading »

Sarah Borges ’23


National Urban League, New York, NY The National Urban League (NUL) is a civil rights and urban advocacy organization based in New York with 90 affiliates across the country. NUL is dedicated to economic empowerment, equality, and social justice. This past summer, I interned with their Talent Management Department and… Continue reading »

Elliot Kim ’23

Elliot Kim '23 at desk on laptop

San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA Thanks to the Alumni Sponsored Internship Program, I was able to conduct research with Dr. Igor Tsigelny at UC San Diego. This bioinformatics internship has been very prosperous and exciting, giving me the opportunity to experience an unconventional type of… Continue reading »

Spring Diem-Xuan Pham ’21

Spring Diem-Xuan Pham '21 taking photo of shoes

Rebecca Allen, Inc., New York, NY This summer, I interned for Rebecca Allen, a direct-to-consumer brand providing sophisticated solutions to help women do their best work. Rebecca ’07, an alumna of Williams, started her namesake brand selling three classic shoe styles in five shades of nude, from dark to light. Continue reading »

Phillip Pyle ’22

Selfie of Phillip Pyle '22 at desk

Open Road Brands, Kansas City, MO This summer I worked as a remote intern for Open Roads Brands, located in Wichita and Kansas City. The design-focused company works with national brands to license and design products to sell in retail stores across the U.S. They partner with brands such as… Continue reading »

Osamah Qatanani ’21.5

Desk with laptop, desktop, and books

Kountable, Inc., San Francisco, CA The summer of 2020 was unlike any other that anybody has experienced before. While the pandemic has essentially uprooted the typical in-person workspace, many companies have had to make massive changes to the way they operate. While I felt that my internship experience would be… Continue reading »

Josiel Aponte ’21

Screenshot of Josiel Aponte '21

Williams Students Online, Williamstown, MA This summer, I worked with Williams Students Online (WSO) as a front-end web developer. My team and I took on the process of redesigning the website to be more appealing to visitors with more available features. Having done no real work with website code before,… Continue reading »

Preetul Sen ’22

Laptop in front of Williams landscape

Williams College, Department of Economics, Williamstown, MA This summer, I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Quamrul Ashraf, Professor of Economics at Williams. I was looking for research opportunities that would help me familiarize myself with statistical and econometric tools and gain hands-on research experience in the field of… Continue reading »