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Endowed Internship Fund

Making Life-Changing

Vocational Experiences Possible

The mission of the Wheaton College Center for Vocation and Career (CVC) is to equip all students with tools and opportunities to discover, prepare for, and launch into their next steps to help build the church and benefit society worldwide.

Internships are critically important experiences for students. Employers rely heavily on internship experience as a way to vet early career applicants, and internships can be a significant opportunity for students to “test drive” an industry, organization, or specific role.

Every Wheaton student should be able to participate in these opportunities, and financial resources should never be a source of stress or a deciding factor when considering the internship experience that is right for them. With your help, the Faithfully Forward campaign will help realize this vision by increasing an endowment to produce an additional $400,000 for internship funding annually.

Give to the Internship Fund
“Internships can be important gateways to post-graduate employment, now more than ever. A fully funded internship endowment would allow Wheaton College to finance more than 80 unpaid or underpaid internships annually for our remarkable students, potentially transforming their career trajectories.”
Olivia Zimmerman Lorimer '11, Director of the CVC
“This internship allowed me to gain firsthand experience with the legislative process on Capitol Hill and helped me realize what I want to do to start my career post-graduation! I am incredibly grateful for the internship scholarship I received from the CVC, as it helped make this opportunity possible and ensured that I could fully dedicate myself to my internship.”
Caleb Davis '26
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Why It

Matters

47%
Percentage of unpaid interns in the United States
National Association of Colleges and Employers (2022)
45%
Percentage of Wheaton student applicants who receive internship funding
On Average
$400K+
Additional funding available once this initiative is complete
Annually (Based on $9M Endowment)
CVC Coach and Student Discussing together
Give the gift of an

Incredible Internship

Experience
Give to the Internship Fund