CONWAY, Ark. (June 19, 2018) – More than 110 Hendrix College
students are spending the summer participating in internships through the Office
of Career Services.
Over 60 interns from Hendrix have remained in Arkansas for the
summer; others have traveled as far as China, Rwanda, and Spain. Still others
have fanned out to 19 states and the District of Columbia for work with
for-profit and nonprofit entities, gaining insight into disciplines as diverse
as law, healthcare, museum curation, politics and government, religious
communities, accounting, broadcasting, and economic development.
“We love having so many students actively pursuing work that
truly interests them,” said Leigh Lassiter-Counts ’01, director of career services
at Hendrix and manager of the internship program. “Securing an internship can
influence a student’s career path like no other experience, and we’re thankful
to have a number of programs here on campus that provide stipends for
internships that would otherwise not offer compensation. It makes accepting an
unpaid internship possible for many students who rely on summer income to
provide for their expenses during the school year.”
Jacob Levy ’19 of Memphis, Tenn., an interdisciplinary studies
major with a focus on media arts and production, is spending his summer at the Recording
Academy GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. He calls the first few weeks of his experience “a whirlwind of
learning new skills while exploring my existing passions for music and
performance.
“So far, one highlight of the internship has been practicing my
photography skills by taking pictures of singer songwriter Tony Joe White during
his performance at the museum,” Levy says.
This year, 32 summer internship stipends were funded through sources
associated with Hendrix, such as the Odyssey Program, the Miller Center for
Vocation, Ethics, and Calling, and the Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature
and Language.
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College
consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal arts
institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools
That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic quality and
rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture in numerous
college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has been
affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more, visit www.hendrix.edu.