Special Grant Provides Albertus Magnus College Students With Paid Internships

Albertus Magnus College is pleased to announce that the Office of Career and Professional Development will receive a $15,000 grant for its internship program from the East-West Mission Fund for the Support of Ministries through the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

As many as eight first generation students will be the beneficiaries of the program.  The application process opens in late October, with training classes in the spring so that students can be prepared for employment in the summer of 2021. Local New Haven non-profits that work with women and children could be potential partners.

“Paid internships help students advance their careers,” said Associate Director of Career and Professional Development for Corporate Partnerships Sr. Rosemary Reynolds, SNDdeN.  “With the creation of this internship opportunity, we can establish paid experiences for first generation students to strengthen their career readiness skills and future opportunities.  Through collaborating with non-profit agencies in New Haven, this program would also enable our students to expand direct service to the population that these agencies serve on a daily basis.”

Three in 10 undergraduates at Albertus are first-generation college students.  More than 85-percent of undergraduate students receive financial aid in the form of scholarships, loans, grants, or work-study assistance.  Albertus is committed to helping people from diverse economic and academic backgrounds to excel in the workplace and be lifelong learners.  This paid internship opportunity amplifies the College’s mission outlined in its Strategic Plan 2025:  Lighting the Way to a Second Century, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success.

“Many of our students need to work part-time to help pay for their tuition expenses and an unpaid internship stands in the way of participating in an academic internship for credit.  This opportunity would help break the cycle of financial instability that permeates first-generation students from completing an internship and thus opening the door to future employment,” said Sr. Rosemary.