Internship

Whether you’re looking to explore different fields, make some extra cash, or build a relevant skill set for your future career, you’ve probably thought about getting an internship. However, internships don’t fall from the sky, and despite how much we talk about the internship search up here at MoHi, it’s normal to feel confused and overwhelmed by the internship search. But no need to worry: Spectrum has you covered with a step-by-step guide to the internship hunt.

The weather’s been getting warmer and the days longer, and we all know what that means—summer is just around the corner. Though it may not feel like it, we’re officially halfway through the spring semester, and therefore, it’s time to plan for summer. If that thought sends you into a tailspin, take a second to relax—from internships to jobs to relaxing itself, Spectrum’s got you covered with some options on what you should do this summer.

Last Saturday, I was crying in Butler as I spent five hours trying to fit a sigmoidal curve in Python to data points that indicated how much of the world’s fastest growing species of bacteria were killed by specific concentrations of antibiotic. I was crying because I’m an emotional mess all the time. But I was trying to fit a sigmoidal curve to data about bacterial death for reasons that are slightly more complicated.

Balancing academics, extracurriculars, and an internship all at the same time can seem pretty daunting to most students. This is why many choose to intern over the summer and focus on academic and extracurriculars during the year. Although June may seem like an eternity away in the heart of this never-ending winter, starting early on your internship/job hunt is always a good idea!

While it may seem like everyone found an internship for the summer while you were spending all your time looking through columbia buy sell memes, that’s definitely not the case.

Is LionSHARE just not cutting it? Tired of scrolling through the same old listings on NACELink? As summer gets ever closer, and your search for a summer internship gets increasingly desperate, give some of these other job-finding websites a try.

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"Bold, beautiful, Barnard." These words remind us of the ideals that we seek to uphold for ourselves, the college, and feminism in the twenty-first century. But what do they prescribe? The 1960s Women's Liberation Movement presents an ideology of female autonomy which promotes the image of a woman who not only can have it all, but is expected to. But this vision of a successful woman ultimately overwhelms rather than supports women in their pursuit of equality. Today, such an expectation persists on our own campus.