SMIF Has Record Year
Jay Hoffman, MBA2
Issue date: 10/15/01 Section: News
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The Stanford Management Internship Fund (SMIF) is a student led organization established in 1981 to encourage Stanford MBAs to pursue summer internships in the nonprofit and public sectors. SMIF interns provide high quality management skills to their organizations and enrich the business school community's understanding of the nonprofit and public sector. Over the years, SMIF has funded over 200 internships and served as a model for similar programs at other business schools.
This past year, SMIF funded a record number of interns -- 26 in all . Their experiences ranged from education, where Molly Wood worked at Teach for America and Jon Daves at Green Dot Public Schools, to social services, where Ed Holder worked for the Mid Peninsula Housing Authority.
Interns spent their summer around the globe; Jim Twiss and Liana Downey contributed to international development agencies in the Republic of Georgia, while Cathy Beam built IT infrastructure in the South Pacific. In the coming months, you will learn more about these experiences through several Reporter articles and brown bag lunches.
If you think that you might be interested in learning more about SMIF, there are two channels of participation. First, every student has the opportunity to apply for a SMIF fellowship once they have sourced and selected a non-profit organization to work with during their summer. The application process for these fellowships will begin late in the winter term.
Second, the SMIF committee works throughout the year to provide support for students by sourcing opportunities, evaluating fellowship applications, and promoting awareness of the program throughout the school year.
For example, members of the SMIF committee, along with I Have a Dream, have been hard at work since last spring to sponsor the October 19th "Carnival" LPF. Traditionally a landmark event on the LPF calendar, this year' s Carnival will feature distinguished faculty and classmates perched precariously in a dunk tank, sumo wrestling, face painting and exotic juggling. Doug Scott, Sanjay Datta and Paul Allen, all MBA2s, will be featured musical guests and we'll have a DJ to take over when they tire. As with all LPFs, festive food and drink will be served.
This past year, SMIF funded a record number of interns -- 26 in all . Their experiences ranged from education, where Molly Wood worked at Teach for America and Jon Daves at Green Dot Public Schools, to social services, where Ed Holder worked for the Mid Peninsula Housing Authority.
Interns spent their summer around the globe; Jim Twiss and Liana Downey contributed to international development agencies in the Republic of Georgia, while Cathy Beam built IT infrastructure in the South Pacific. In the coming months, you will learn more about these experiences through several Reporter articles and brown bag lunches.
If you think that you might be interested in learning more about SMIF, there are two channels of participation. First, every student has the opportunity to apply for a SMIF fellowship once they have sourced and selected a non-profit organization to work with during their summer. The application process for these fellowships will begin late in the winter term.
Second, the SMIF committee works throughout the year to provide support for students by sourcing opportunities, evaluating fellowship applications, and promoting awareness of the program throughout the school year.
For example, members of the SMIF committee, along with I Have a Dream, have been hard at work since last spring to sponsor the October 19th "Carnival" LPF. Traditionally a landmark event on the LPF calendar, this year' s Carnival will feature distinguished faculty and classmates perched precariously in a dunk tank, sumo wrestling, face painting and exotic juggling. Doug Scott, Sanjay Datta and Paul Allen, all MBA2s, will be featured musical guests and we'll have a DJ to take over when they tire. As with all LPFs, festive food and drink will be served.