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More than 350 Northwestern students participated in unpaid summer experiences as part of Northwestern Career Advancement's Summer Internship Grant Program.  These undergraduate students, who received grants of at least $3,000, represented 7 of Northwestern's schools/colleges and went to 26 states, the District of Columbia and 26 countries.  90% of these students would have had to turn down their summer experience or supplement the experience with a second job had it not been for SIGP funding.

Since its inception in 2007, SIGP has opened doors for students to participate in valuable learning opportunities related to their career field of interest.

Thank you for supporting and empowering these students.

Gratefully,
Northwestern University
and the 2016 SIGP Recipients

As a result of Suhas and Megha Apte's generous endowment support and investments in the Trisha Apte Memorial Fund as partners in creating opportunities for Northwestern University's faculty and students to achieve excellence in the classrooms, four ambitious and intelligent students received grants to pursue their dreams during the 2016 Summer Internship Grant Program.  Please follow this LINK for more information about these amazing students. 

2016 Summer Internship Grant Program (SIGP)

Current recipients of the Trisha Apte Memorial Fund funded Summer Internship Grants. 

 
     
 

2013 Summer Internship Grants

 

Teresa Owens and Sohyun Lee were the 2013 recipients of the Trisha Apte Memorial Fund funded Summer Internship Grants. 

  •  Tessa Owens is a Junior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences studying Gender and Sexuality Studies as well as Spanish. Her hometown is Bluffton, South Carolina. Tessa is heavily involved in SHAPE (Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators) and was recently appointed to the role of Executive Director. This past fall, she studied and lived in Seville, Spain. She hopes to one day attend graduate school to earn a Masters in Public Health and later work with impoverished women in low-income areas. This summer Tessa will be interning at the Richmond Medical Center for Women in Richmond, VA for ten weeks. This non-profit provides low cost and comprehensive health services for women who need pre-natal counseling.

  • Sohyun (Joyce) Lee is a Sophomore in the Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications studying Journalism. Her hometown is Fairfax, Virginia. Joyce is the Editor in Chief of The Protest (Northwestern's Social Justice Media Source). This summer, Joyce will be interning in South Korea for the Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL). APIL is a non-profit law firm in South Korea that represents asylum cases in South Korean courts, seeks to reform South Korean's immigration policies, and raises awareness in the country about the plight of refugees. During this internship, Joyce will be doing multimedia work, helping to publicize their work in South Korea.

2012 Summer Internship Grants

D'Laney Gielow and Anna Krist were the first recipients of the Trisha Apte Memorial Fund funded Summer Internship Grants. 

D'Laney and Anna Thank You Letters

(Click to Read Letters)

  • D'Laney, a School of Communication Junior majoring in Communication Studies, is interested in women's health policy and is active in the Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators (SHAPE) group on campus. D'Laney will be interning with the National Women's Law Center in Washington DC.

  • Anna, a Weinberg Junior majoring in History, is focused on women's empowerment and she is active in the student-run Peer Health Exchange where she teaches weekly health workshops in the Chicago Public Schools. Anna will be interning with GirlForward, a small Chicago nonprofit that works with adolescent refugee girls, providing them mentorships, educational programs and leadership opportunities.