Internships
Students can get academic credit for internships in either the fall or spring semester, or over the summer. On this page you will find information about, and links to, organizations where W&M students have interned in the past. If you are interested in doing an internship, make sure you file the Internship Application Form (pdf) with both your Women's Studies adviser and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies before you begin your internship, ideally during registration for the semester in which you wish to do the internship. Funds are available to support spring break and summer internships through the Carol Woody Real World Internship Award. The deadline to apply for this award is usually in January or February, so make sure you apply early.
Community based internships through Women's Studies provide opportunities to gain invaluable information and a fresh perspective on your academic work, an also help you develop expertise and personal contacts within a workplace that you select, to match your own interests and educational needs. An internship will also increase community and global awareness while at the same time strengthening ties with local and national agencies, meeting both women's needs and the policies of W&M. Opportunities include working with organizations offering services and advocacy to sexual assault survivors, survivors of domestic violence, women seeking contraceptive and other forms of health care, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, and women with substance abuse issues; and with national feminist advocacy organizations.
Internship Possibilities in the Williamsburg Area
Avalon: A Center for Women & Children, Williamsburg
Intern Perspective: What Ann Rainey '09 has to say about her internship at Avalon
Center for Sexual Assualt Survivors, Newport News
Colonial Community Corrections, Williamsburg
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, Hampton
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Intern Perspective: What Avina Ross '09 has to say about her internship at RAINN
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, Richmond
Internship Possibilities in Virginia/Northern Virginia/Washington DC Metro Area and elsewhere in the US (for summer semester internships only)
Please consult the Director of the Women's Studies Program, Professor Gul Ozyegin (221-2457 or [[gxozye]]) to find out more about getting academic credit for internships over the summer.
Feminist Majority Foundation, Arlington, VA
FOCUS Women's Resource Center, Charlottesville, VA
Intern Perspective: What Emilie Rafal '10 has to say about her internship at FOCUS
Help and Emergency Response Shelter, Portsmouth, VA
Intern Perspective: What Lisa Maund '10 has to say about her internship at H.E.R.
Human Rights Campaign, Washington DC
Intern Perspective: What Taylor Williams '12 has to say about her internship at H.R.C.
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, Alexandria, VA
NARAL Pro-Choice America, Washington DC
National Organization of Women (NOW), Washington DC
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, Richmond, VA
Women for Women International, Washington DC
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Washington DC
Intern Perspective: What Annie Brown, '10, has to say about her internship at WIFP
International Internship Possibilities (for summer semester internships only)
Please consult the Director of the Women's Studies Program, Professor Gul Ozyegin (221-2457 or [[gxozye]]) to find out more about getting academic credit for internships over the summer.