CISLA Global Internships 

Maeve Hickey '17 spent her summer focusing on access to healthcare in rural areas in Ecuador. Here, she is cutting sutures during an umbilical hernia repair with Dr. Edgar Rodas supervising, President of Cinterandes Foundation.
Mike Wipper '17 applied his Anthropology major to study tradition and authenticity within enotourism at Bodegas Tradición in Spain.
Natalie Wenigmann '17 used her background in French and International Relations to study ethnic foods and French politics in Paris. Bon appétit!
Julia Enos '16
Julia Enos '16 combined her majors in International Relations and French to attain selection for an internship at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
Joey Blair '16
Biology major Joey Blair '16 interned at the Institut Curie Centre de Recherche in Paris analyzing the PRC2 complex in malignant transformation.
Vanessa Correia '16
Vanessa Correia '16 spent 3 months with Save the Children in Jordan at a Syrian refugee camp. Vanessa applied her majors in biology and Arabic to providing health and nutrition education for mothers and children at the camp.
Jake Summers '16
In Madagascar, Jake Summers '16 discovered the challenges implementing sustainable agriculture. A botany major who also studied French, Jake interned with an NGO focused on sustainable conservation strategies.
Liv Markham '16
At a counseling center in Shanghai, psychology major Liv Markham '16 focused on the stigma behind mental illness in China.
Vladimir Chlouba '16
Vladimir Chlouba '16 had the opportunity to teach local students while at his internship at the United Nations Information Center in Windhoek. Vladimir is fluent in German and as an economics major explored the impact of German investment on Namibia.
Connecticut College Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts, CISLA, scholar Aaron Davis '14 interned in Peru at the Museo Afro Peruano El Carmen.
Aaron Davis '14, interning in Peru at the Museo Afro Peruano El Carmen, worked with children, gave dance lessons and choreographed work showcased in the community.
Claire Wellbeloved-Stone ’14 at her internship with the World Wildlife Fund in the Galapagos.
Claire Well-Beloved Stone '14 at her internship with the World Wildlife Fund in the Galapagos.
Yue Wu ’14, our first intern in Iceland, conducted research for the Icelandic Tourist Board in Reykjavík.
Yue Wu '14, the first CISLA intern in Iceland, conducted research for the Icelandic Tourist Board in Reykjavik.
Prince Ilboudo ’14 met the President of Chile during his internship at CORFO, the Chilean Economic Development Agency in Santiago, Chile.
Prince Ilboudo '14 met the President of Chile during his internship at CORFO, the Chilean Economic Development Agency in Santiago, Chile
Chris May in Nicaragua, CISLA scholar
CISLA scholar Christopher May '14 interned at Casa Nica, an NGO in Masaya, Nicaragua.
Connecticut College student Lydia Stitsel at her internship in Sassari, Italy at the Centro di Conservazione e Restauro working on a bronze age ceramic bowl
Lydia Stitsel '14 interned in Sassari, Italy, at Centro di Conservazione e Restauro.
Connecticut College CISLA scholar Juan Pablo Pacheco with children in Senegal
Juan Pablo Pacheco '14 interned at the Cultural Centre Blaise Senghor in Senegal, organizing his own photography workshops with children from three different neighborhoods of Dakar.
Connecticut College Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts, CISLA, scholar Sybil Bullock ’14 during her internship with her colleagues at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco.
Sybil Bullock '14 during her CISLA internship, with her colleagues at the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in Morocco.

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