Established in 2018 by Jennifer W. Knowles '89 and Robert M. Knowles P'21, '23, '25, this fund supports students with financial need who are participating in a St. Lawrence University internship program.
The work conducted by detection canines and their handlers can be invaluable for locating targets that are otherwise difficult to find using human or mechanical practices. These canines must search effectively and efficiently and are trained to work through many environmental conditions that alter the way odor presents within an environment.
During the summer of my senior year, I was privileged to intern at a remarkable nonprofit organization in Detroit, MI, serving as a Program Development intern. Throughout those months, I delved into four pivotal projects concurrently, all aimed at nurturing the program's internal growth. My primary focus was on guiding college-bound students in the program, assisting them in preparing for their higher education journey.
My responsibilities as a part of the innovation team at Mirror Foundation consisted of co-teaching a child with a learning disability in English, teaching another child how to use different tools in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and teaching the staff professional English every two days of the week. In addition, I also helped translate PowerPoints related to a project about helping individuals with disability get access to jobs.
I had a research fellowship at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Irving Medical Center. I used the patient portal EPIC to collect data for a paper looking at the guideline directed therapies for LVAD patients. The abstract of this paper will be presented at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant meeting in April of 2024. Since I helped with this project, I will be one of the authors on this published paper. Along with this, I also attended the New York-Presbyterian Heart Transplant Summit where I learned about the future of the heart transplant, with talks from Dr.
This summer I interned at Intellegam, a tech startup located in Munich, Germany. I had always wanted to intern at a startup due to the increased responsibility and being able to see the impact of my work in real time. I was given a variety of tasks ranging from maintaining and updating databases to developing my own virtual AI assistant to be deployed on its own website.
During my summer internship at a public library in Lahore, I had the privilege of working in a unique and inclusive environment, catering especially to women and queer individuals. This experience was a transformative journey that allowed me to lead significant initiatives and make a meaningful impact.
In the course of the three months, I had the great luck of working with professionals in the business industry in Albania, working as a Data Analyst. This was all made possible due to the hard work of Center for Career Excellence at St. Lawrence University and the generous donations of Jennifer W. Knowles ’89 and Robert M. Knowles P’21, ’23, ’25 Internship Fund. This experience gave me strong foundation in the work setting allowing me to create a wide network of connections in the business arena of Albania.
This summer I participated in a twelve week long internship as a marine mammal research and education intern with the New England Aquarium. The internship has two major components which is recording data on marine life, specifically whales and engaging with passengers on the boat on topics related to ocean conservation.
