Internships
Triniti West ’23 helped run the food benefits program at West Park Kamm’s Neighborhood Development. She gained this opportunity through Summer on the Cuyahoga, which offers Colgate students paid internships and free housing in Cleveland across a variety of industries.
Fellowships and Scholarships
Isabella Morse ’21 is one of only 25 American students to receive the Gates Cambridge Scholarship this year, and she is the first Gates Cambridge Scholar from Colgate. In addition to outstanding academic achievement, the program places an emphasis on social leadership in its selection process. The program’s aim is to create a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
Entrepreneurship
Yuni Sameshima ’13 and Joey Petracca ’13, named to Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30, cofounded Chicory while participating in Colgate’s Thought Into Action as undergraduates. The contextual commerce advertising platform’s shoppable technology can be found on over 1,600 recipe websites, including Taste of Home, Martha.com, LandOLakes.com, and thousands of food blogs and large media sites. Leveraging its extensive recipe network, Chicory partners with leading CPG brands like Campbell’s and grocery retailers like Wakefern to serve hyper-relevant ads to consumers in the moments when they’re planning their grocery purchases.
Mary Simonson
Film and media studies; women’s studies | Simonson helped coordinate internship opportunities during the production of the feature film Odd Man Rush.
Joel Sommers
Computer science | Sommers collaborates with Career Services on several events, like Prep for Tech, a technical interview preparation program, and the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference trip.
April Baptiste
Environmental studies and Africana and Latin American studies | As a faculty co-director of the Residential Commons, Baptiste offers first-year and sophomore students a 10-hour career exploration series.
