Each summer, the Bonner Foundation welcomes four to eight motivated, passionate, and talented Bonner summer interns from our network of 65+ Bonner programs. During this eleven-week internship, these young leaders bring their Bonner Program experience and share it by developing new resources and strategies for the national network. This year, the Bonner Foundation offers distinct internship opportunities that focus on policy work (Know Your Issue), Bonner Alumni Network development, special projects and publishing on community-engaged learning and racial justice, Bonner Program impact research, and student impact survey research.
We are delighted to welcome these seven exceptional 2021 Bonner summer interns:
Christopher Battaglia '22, Waynesburg University (Waynesburg, PA) working as the Know Your Issue Intern
Emily Brookfield '23, Washington & Lee University (Lexington, VA), working as the Alumni Network Intern
Maria Guevara Carpio '21, Rutgers University - New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ), working as a Special Projects & Publishing: Community-Engaged Learning Intern
Emily Curran '22, Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), working as the Student Impact Intern
Jess Matilszki '21, Stetson University (DeLand, FL), working as the Program Impact Intern
Sierra Medina '22, Waynesburg University (Waynesburg, PA), working as a Special Projects & Publishing: Racial Justice Intern
Joshua Perez '23, Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), working as a Special Projects & Publishing: Racial Justice Intern
You can read each intern’s bio on our Bonner Foundation staff page.
The internship projects will be led by a different Bonner Foundation staff member including, Bobby Hackett (Know Your Issue), Ariane Hoy (Special Projects & Publishing), Rachayita Shah (Student Impact), Liz Brandt (Program Impact), and Arthur Tartee Jr. (Alumni Network).
As was the case for the 2020 internship, the 2021 National Bonner Internship Program will take place remotely and online. The interns will also be involved in supporting the 2021 Virtual Summer Leadership Institute (June 7-8, 2021) and several other Foundation initiatives.
We are delighted to work alongside a talented group of young leaders and change-makers, and we know that their work will have a long-lasting impact on the Bonner network.