Cancer researcher, coach, director, analyst, apprentice, community outreach coordinator, congressional intern, youth ambassador and marketing photographer. These are just some of the titles Kenyon students acquired in their time as interns. Ask them to describe their experiences and you’ll hear words like “life-changing,” “eye-opening” and “inspiring.”
Internships Everywhere
From interning for the New York City Mayor’s Office to teaching English to students in Beijing, Kenyon students travel near and far to gain real-world experience.
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Art Educator
Art history and English double major Stephanie Chang ’25 used her work experience as a Gund Gallery curatorial associate to secure a role as an education intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Venture Capitalist
Asmod Khakurel ’24, a math and economics major, used his analytic and coding skills to problem-solve as a summer business intern at Morningstar.
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Sports Programmer
Andrew Stolarski ’24 flexed his history major and student athlete credentials as a public programming intern at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Cancer Researcher
Ngone Fall ’23, a biology major, examined the pre-operative decision-making process in complex surgical cases at the James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute.
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Cutting-Edge Medicine
Emma Becker ’22 furthered her interest in medical science and drug discovery through research at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Financial Whiz
Coco Liu ’22 interned at Chicago-based investment research and management firm Morningstar, where several Kenyon alumni have found careers.
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Late Night Talent
Dylan Manning ’22 learned how TV shows work as an intern on the weekly late-night TBS show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” in New York City.
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Tech Star
An internship with e-commerce giant eBay led to a postgrad full-time job offer in Silicon Valley for Raul Romero ’22.
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Event Planner
Selam Bezuneh ’20 coordinated events and programs in partnership with local neighborhoods as an intern in the Office of the Mayor of New York City.
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Software Developer
The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., tasked intern Flynn Shannon ’20 with creating a simple way to access its vast collection of digital images.
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Brain Researcher
A research intern at Baltimore’s Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Margie Athol ’19 had an insider's look at pursuing a career in academic research.
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Community Organizer
Rita Carmona ’19 devoted a summer to working with I Grow Chicago, a community center focused on helping individuals afflicted by poverty and crime.
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Videographer
Masen Colucci ’19 gained experience shooting and editing videos, working as a production assistant and pitching story ideas at his internship with New York Magazine.
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Beauty Marketer
George Halliday ’19 interned with the L’Oréal Paris hair color operational marketing team to help bring a hair color product to market.
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Baseball Insider
Lifelong baseball fan Jack Marino ’19 accepted a marketing internship with the San Diego Padres for a behind-the-scenes look at running a major league baseball team.
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Museum Curator
The Gund Gallery prepared Erica Littlejohn ’19 for an internship at the San Francisco Museum of Art.
Tap into Kenyon’s global network of alumni and parent career mentors to connect to internship and job shadow opportunities across more than 200 industries.
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$500Kin annual funding supports internships and summer research for Kenyon students.
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20,000alumni receive resumes from graduating seniors through Kenyon Candidates, an online publication produced by the Career Development Office.
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200 industries are represented by Kenyon’s global network of alumni and parent career mentors.
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96%of students engage in a career-building activity like interning, job shadowing or networking.
Professional Internships on Campus
Take part in one of many gold-standard campus internships, including opportunities at The Gund, our professional art museum, and the Kenyon Review, one of the nation’s most celebrated literary journals.
Growth Opportunities in a Growing City
Columbus, Ohio, is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and home to several Fortune 500 companies. Over breaks, students have shadowed alumni working at global heavyweights like Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase and Duracell, plus civic engines like the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office.Internships in the Community
A world of internship opportunities is waiting for you just minutes from campus. Area employers invite Kenyon students to apply their learning and deepen their involvement with the local community.
Learn more about the Community Internship Program.
Connect your coursework with internships.
“I had a couple of research projects which sat on my desk needing attention from people who knew statistics, psychology or, ideally, both. Kathleen ’20 and Coco ’22 came on board and crunched numbers, applied theory to practice, checked in with faculty to land upon exactly the right statistical application to use, and, ultimately, assisted in writing up results — in one case, presenting outcomes to a client. Both have excelled in their work and truly became part of the overall team.”
Dawn Wiese P’22
Vice President and Partner, Plaid LLC