CONWAY, Ark. (July
9, 2013) – The summer 2013 interns, announced by Hendrix Office of Career
Services, includes 82 students participating in internships both locally and
internationally.
“Our interns are doing
meaningful work and learning valuable 'outside of the book' lessons right here
in the Conway community all the way to California, Connecticut and Amsterdam
and everywhere in between,” said Hendrix Associate Director of Career Services and
Internship Coordinator Leigh Lassiter-Counts.
“Internships through the
College allow direct, practical work experience paired with intentional
learning components to provide a rich environment for academic, personal and
career-oriented growth and reflection for our students,” she added.
2013 summer interns include:
Senior Hatley
Adkins of Russellville, Ark., interning with the Department of Community
Corrections in Russellville, Ark.
Graduate accounting student Drew Ahlgrim of Little Rock, Ark., interning with
Southwestern Energy in Conway, Ark.
Sophomore Sean
Alexander of Little Rock, Ark., interning with Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance
in Little Rock, Ark.
Sophomore Petra
Alexander of Houston, Texas, interning with Wildlife Center of Texas in
Houston, Texas
Senior Kathryn
Armstrong of Pine Bluff, Ark., interning with Faith Works in Brunswick, Ga.
Sophomore Taylor
Bennett of Quitman, Ark., interning with Conway Orthopaedic & Sports
Medicine Clinic of Conway, Ark.
Senior Dylan
Botteicher of Fort Smith, Ark., interning with Conway District Court in Conway,
Ark.
Junior Chole
Brown of Lees Summit, Mo., interning with Mental Health for America of the
Heartland of Kansas City, Kan.
Senior Zoe
Calhoun of Tucson, Ariz., interning with Terrain.org Offices in Tucson, Ariz.
Junior Mimi
Carlin of Conway, Ark., interning with Arkansas School for Mathematics,
Sciences, and the Arts, in Hot Springs, Ark.
Sophomore Katie
Casper of Amherst, N. H., interning with Symphony New Hampshire in Nashua, N.
H.
Sophomore Zachary
Chastain of North Little Rock, Ark., interning with Target Smart in Washington,
D.C.
Junior Mary
Conner of Sherwood, Ark., interning with Delta Garden Study- AR Children’s
Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Forest
Cooper of Clarksville, Ark., interning with Yale University-Summer Institute
for the Gifted in New Haven, Conn.
Sophomore Savannah
Cooper of Conway, Ark., interning with Conway District Court in Conway, Ark.
Junior Bianca
Craig of Little Rock, Ark., interning with Little Rock Summer Solutions in
Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Nathan
Crockett of Knoxville, Tenn., interning with Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
in Richmond, Vt.
Sophomore Alyssa
Curry of Libertyville, Ill., interning with United Way of Lake County in Park
City, Ill.
Junior Long
Dang of White Hall, Ark., interning with Harmony Heath Clinic in Little Rock,
Ark.
Junior Patrick
Diamonon of Houston, Texas, interning with Houston Hurricanes of Houston, Texas
Junior Ryan
Dickerson of Little Rock, Ark., interning with Conway District Court in Conway,
Ark.
Junior Kyle
Dineen of Little Rock, Ark., interning with Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock,
Ark.
Senior Tim
Dinehart of Little Rock, Ark., interning with Conway District Court in Conway,
Ark.
Sophomore Sarah
Eddington of Benton, Ark., interning with University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark.
Sophomore M.J. Emanuel of Oak Ridge, Tenn., interning with
Beardsley Community Farm in Knoxville, Texas
Senior Abigail Garcia-Lucas of Metairie, La., interning
with THV 11 (CBS Affiliate) in Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Catherine Gilman of Dallas, Texas, interning with
Dallas Public Library-Literary Programs in Dallas, Texas
Sophomore Claire Goldman of Dallas, Texas, interning with
SMU Psychology Dept. in Dallas, Texas
Senior Olivia Goza of Little Rock, Ark. interning with Camp
Stevens in Julian, Calif.
Senior Phillip Green of Georgetown, Texas, interning with
Toltec Mounds in Scott, Ark.
Junior Camille Guillot of Mandeville, La., interning with
Oxford American in Little Rock, Ark.
Sophomore Mitch Harle of Katy, Texas, interning with Camp
Cho-Yeh in Livingston, Texas
Senior Jacob Hartmeier of Rogers, Ark., interning with
Hewlett-Packard in Conway, Ark.
Sophomore Jake Higgins of Greenwood, Ark., interning with
Vanderbilt University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy in Nashville, Tenn.
Junior Jessica Himes of Lenexa, Kan., interning with The
Clinton Foundation in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Erika Jasso of Oceanside, Calif., interning with the
VA Hospital in San Diego, Calif.
Junior Anna Jolliff of Newberg, Ore., interning with Eating
Disorder Coalition of Arkansas in Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Sasha Keck of Bentonville, Ark., interning with the
Office of the Arkansas Attorney General in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Gina Kelling of Kansas City, Kan., interning with
Rattle’s Garden in Vilonia, Ark.
Junior Thierryaka Kimenyi of Rwanda, interning with DSG
Consulting of Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Amelia Kinch of Plano, Texas, interning with City of
Conway District Court in Conway, Ark.
Junior Lotte Kraaijenbrink of Vinkeveen, Netherlands,
interning with Akzo Nobel in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Senior Lacey Laborde of Harrison, Ark., interning with
University of Texas at Austin Computer Science Department in Austin, Texas
Senior Elizabeth Lancaster of Dover, Del., interning with
Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual in Silver Spring, Md.
Graduate accounting student Samantha Loopstra of Little
Rock, Ark., interning with First United Methodist Church in Maumelle, Ark.
Junior Nora Lovaas of Shoreview, Minn., interning with
North American Banking Company in Woodbury, Minn.
Junior Zachary Mainer of Branch, Ark., interning with
Conway Police Department, Detective Unit in Conway, Ark.
Senior Sarah Martin of Beebe, Ark., interning with Conway
Regional Heath Foundation in Conway, Ark.
Junior Julie McGrady of Franklin, Tenn., interning with
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington, Ill.
Senior Meredith McKinney of Batesville, Ark., interning
with Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Mary McNally of Brancheburg, N.J., interning with
Women’s Shelter of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark.
Senior Brandon McNew of McCrory, Ark., interning with
University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Mass.
Senior JillAnn Meunier of Bloomington, Ind. interning with
first United Methodist Church in Bloomington, Ind.
Junior Lindsay Mindlin of Tallahassee, Fla., interning with
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee, Fla.
Junior Caleb Moen of Coppell, Texas, interning with Project
Transformation in Dallas, Texas
Senior Lauren Nelson of Austin, Texas, interning with Slow
Food Austin in Austin, Texas
Junior Jill Nguyen of Hanoi, Vietnam, interning with the
Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C..
Senior James Owen-Leary of Chicago, Ill., interning with
Chicago Department of Building and Zoning in Chicago, Ill.
Senior Colton Primm of Fayetteville, Ark., interning with
U.S. Commercial Service Arkansas Export Assistance Center in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Elisa Rivera of Dallas, Texas, interning with Dolphin
Blue in Dallas, Texas
Junior Amelia Robert of Covington, La., interning with
Elmwood Fitness Center in Harahan, La.
Junior Lee Rogers of Decatur, Ga., interning with Wyoming Conservation
Corps in Laramie, Wyo.
Senior Gillian Rossi of Marietta, Ohio, interning with
Woolly Hollow State Park in Greenbrier, Ark.
Junior Ben Seale of Bryant, Ark., interning with Windstream
in Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Maitri Shah of Rogers, Ark., interning with UAMS:
Child Diagnostic Unit in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Sowmya Sivakumar of Rogers, Ark., interning with
Free Will Baptist Family Ministries in Little Rock, Ark.
Junior Savannah Skaggs of Greenwood, Ark., interning with
Preschool Extraordinaire in Greenwood, Ark.
Junior Natalie Skinner of Monticello, Ark., interning with
Little Rock Urban Farming Project in Little Rock, Ark.
Senior Kevin Spatz of Conway, Ark., interning with Mote
Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Fla.
Sophomore Isabelle Staines of Clarksville, Md., interning
with Fred’s Farm in Alexandra, N.H.
Senior Joseph Stepina of Coppell, Texas, interning with
Conway District Court in Conway, Ark.
Senior Allison Tschiemer of Dallas, Texas, interning with
Dallas Holocaust Museum in Dallas, Texas.
Senior Molly Umble of Lancaster, Pa., interning with
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation in Short Hills, N.J.
Junior Bryan Urban of Conway, Ark., interning with ETN (PBS
affiliate) in Conway, Ark.
Senior Will VanScoy of Jonesboro, Ark., interning with the Conway
District Courthouse in Conway, Ark.
Senior Taylor Williams of North Little Rock, Ark.,
interning with Conway District Courthouse in Conway, Ark.
Junior Carrie Yang of Hot Springs, Ark., interning with
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Junior Kaitlyn Zamzow of Franklin, Texas, interning with
Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix
is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country’s
best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual
list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the
Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.