Programs for Experience
AAMC Summer Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs
https://services.aamc.org/summerprograms/
If you are looking for a summer program in medicine, start here. The Associate of American Medical Colleges provides a comprehensive list of summer programs offered by distinguished medical colleges and universities across the country.
APEX Summer Residential Program at University of South Carolina
http://www.sc.edu/oppa/med/APEX.shtml
The Application Preparation EXtreme (APEX) summer residential camp is an intensive five-day program designed to assist upper-class pre-med students prepare for their med school application. The program includes a human cadaver dissection, shadowing in the hospitals, personal statement workshop, interview skills practice and two simulated med school interviews for each participant. This opportunity will help highly-motivated students learn how to showcase their abilities, skills, and motivation throughout the application process to med school. One must have sixty hours of earned college credit to attend.
Stonehill Programs:
Biology Department's Internship Website
The Biology Department's website provides examples of Stonehill students’ past internship and shadowing experiences. You can also contact Professor Barry, the internship coordinator in the Biology Department by phone or email.
H.O.P.E. Alternative Spring Break
Campus Ministry’s H.O.P.E. alternative Spring Break program provides Stonehill students with an opportunity to perform service abroad.
Into the Streets
Into the Streets is an opportunity to get outside the walls of Stonehill College to help those in need in the local community. The Into the Streets website provides a list of local off-campus service organizations.
Office of Career Services
The Career Services website provides access to the Career Services online internship/job database, Career Connection, and information on how to receive academic credit for internships.
SURE Program
The Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE, is an opportunity for Stonehill students to perform significant, publishable full time research under the guidance of and in collaboration with an experienced faculty member. All SURE Scholars and faculty mentors receive a stipend for an eight or ten-week full time summer session. Applications for the summer program are made jointly by the student and the faculty mentor and are due at the beginning of December for the upcoming summer.
Volunteer Opportunities in the Boston Area
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP)
- Boston Medical center (BMC)
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
- Rosie’s Place
- The Sharewood Project
- South Boston Community Health Center
- South End Community Health Center
- St. Francis House
- United South End Settlements (USES)