Ithaca College's IC Career Center Internship Fund helps provide financial resources to students doing unpaid or low-paying internships. Thanks to the Internship Fund, 23 IC students received financial support last summer to pursue career-shaping internships across the country - from Los Angeles to New York City, and many places in between.
The industries vary, but the impact is clear. Students like Isabela Hernandez '27 are learning about governmental policy firsthand by interning with Senator Lea Webb. Isa says, "I knew I couldn't afford housing in the summer. When I found out about the internship funding program and got approved, that was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. And I thought, 'okay, so I can do this.'"
Others are managing assets at Monroe Capital or driving environmental stewardship with the South Jersey Land & Water Trust. IC students are leading and learning in real-world professional environments that challenge and inspire them—including Madison Buckley '29 at the PGA Tour (pictured below), Paley Center for Media, Forbes, Detroit PBS, Cornell University Press, Warren County District Attorney’s Office, and the list goes on.
Jim Ragusa '95, a loyal donor to the Internship Fund says, "supporting the Internship Fund is deeply meaningful to me. My first job came through a connection the career center helped make, and that opportunity laid the foundation for everything that's followed in my career. I work in a highly competitive industry and the education and experiences I had at Ithaca gave me the grit, confidence, and grounding to compete at any level. Supporting this fund feels like coming full circle, helping students launch their paths the same way IC helped launch mine."
