News from SUNY Oneonta
Mary Kate Bida of Millbrook Receives Summer Internship Grant
ONEONTA, NY (05/10/2016)– Mary Kate Bida of Millbrook, NY, has received a grant to support an internship this summer at Loomstate in New York, NY.
Twenty-one SUNY Oneonta students received funding totaling $25,500 through the Helen & Michael Casper Fellowship for Internship Support, which was created through the charitable gifts of Andrea Casper ’75 in honor and memory of her parents.
In recognition of the impact that participating in an internship can make on a student’s educational experience and career, the Helen & Michael Casper Fellowship for Internship Support is intended to help make internship experiences accessible for more SUNY Oneonta students. The fund was established through Possibilities Full of Promise, the 125th Anniversary Campaign for SUNY Oneonta.
This year’s fellowship recipients will complete summer internships in a variety of disciplines in locations ranging from Oneonta, NY, to Cape Town, South Africa.
Internships are an increasingly important part of the college experience. More than 500 SUNY Oneonta students complete credit-bearing internships in their fields of study each year. A growing variety of opportunities is available right in the Oneonta area through partnerships with businesses and nonprofit organizations, many of which advertise openings and network with students at the college’s annual Summer Opportunities Fair.
Connections with Oneonta alumni through the annual Backpacks to Briefcases networking event for business students and the New York City Internship Fair help students land internships further afield, and many of these opportunities lead to full-time employment after graduation.
In 2014, SUNY Oneonta launched a new international internship program offering opportunities in 12 major cities around the world in partnership with the Academic Internship Council and Connect-123.
A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value. The college has been named to Kiplinger’s list of “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” for 10 years running and sits at No. 9 on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs.
