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Internship Resources for Students:
Internship Resources for Sponsors As interns, students in their first year of college spend up to ten hours a week for two academic terms working with science faculty members (or researchers in nearby industrial or government laboratories) assisting in ongoing research projects - opportunities usually reserved for upper-class science majors to prepare them for graduate work. Graduate students and post docs often serve as supervisors and "assistant sponsors." At the beginning of their internships, students are given a guide booklet, written by a former intern, entitled the "Student Guide to First Year Research Internships(pdf)," to guide them on how to be "successful" interns. This guide draws from the feedback of past students to help the current interns have the most fulfilling internship possible. At the end of the year, students may present their work at the annual Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium at Dartmouth College.
In 13 years, 911 first year women have participated in research internships and 231 faculty and researchers have volunteered as WISP intern sponsors. All of Dartmouth's science departments, including Dartmouth Medical School have participated, in addition to the following off-campus institutions: Veterans Administration Research Center |
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"The women in the lab with whom I work all seem to be very intelligent, hard-working, dedicated individuals, and I find it very inspiring to work alongside them. They always offer me advice and try to encourage me when I start to question my abilities in science. I think that this environment has helped me a great deal. I am learning so much about science and research, and it is wonderful to see the women in my lab as models of what I can become with hard work." - Wisp Intern |
