Summer Experience
Summer Experience
A record number of Williams students held alumni sponsored internships over the summer, putting into practice what’s learned in the classroom, exploring new interests and testing out potential career paths. The increased interest in part is due to changes this past summer to the Alumni Sponsored Internship Program (ASIP)—including more remote and hybrid opportunities, more flexible hours and more flexible duration. As a result, more than 270 students, many working alongside alumni, received stipends from the college to participate in full- and part-time opportunities, in person and in hybrid and remote settings, all over the country and globe. Here are some of the highlights for the summer of 2024:
275
students were awarded ASIP grants
72
additional ASIP grants awarded this year, compared with 2023
68%
of awarded student interns receive financial aid from the college
$4,500
average summer stipend
140
hours minimum requirement for internships, allowing students to take on full-time, part-time, and short-term opportunities
53.3% of internships were in person
29.9% were hybrid
16.8% were remote
73%
of students said the All-Grant Financial Aid program, which eliminates student loans and campus and summer work requirements, had a significant positive impact on their internship experience
Other fields included law, education, art and museums, entertainment and performing arts, communications and journalism, energy and the environment, NGOs, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, social and racial justice, architecture, design and graphic design, and advertising/marketing.
Above photograph: Sonia Dhingra ’26 (left) worked with Principal Carlos Arnaiz ’98 on urban design projects during her summer internship at Carlos Arnaiz Architecture in Brooklyn, N.Y.
