Tak Mikoshiba T'09 and graduate students in law and education at a training session sponsored by the Education Pioneers Fellowship Program. Through this program, he worked in the NYC Department of Education during his Tuck GIVES summer internship.


Brad Lang T'09, recipient of Class of 1976 Allwin Community Service Award, at work in Kenya during his Tuck GIVES internship. Brad received a Tuck Nonprofit Fellowship and is now a program manager for the Aquaya Institute.


With support from Tuck GIVES, Katherine Birnie T'07 interned with the Wilderness Society. Upon graduation, she received a Tuck Nonprofit Fellowship to work with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, where she managed their Conservation Innovation Program. She is now director of markets for Ecosystem Investment Partners.


Career

Working in close partnership with the Tuck Career Development Office, the Allwin Initiative supports students interested in careers with a social and environmental focus. Students can gain experience, whether they wish to secure a position in a socially responsible company, work for a foundation, or apply business knowledge to the public or nonprofit sectors.

Tuck Nonprofit and Public Sector Internship Fund (Tuck GIVES)

In 1996, two Tuck students created a fund to support their classmates who were planning to enter nonprofit or public sector summer internships. Each year since, the Tuck community has gathered to support internships in these areas. Over the past nine years, Tuck has sent 102 interns to work in 61 different organizations. The 9th annual auction, a fun and festive event held by Tuck students, raised over $49,000 in April, 2009. [press release with slide show].

Read about some examples of summer, '08 Internships:

Education Pioneers, NYC Department of Education - Tak Mikoshiba T'09

TechnoServe, Mbabane, Swaziland - Rob Pascal T'09

Tuck Nonprofit Fellowships

This program provides financial assistance, mentoring, and networking support to graduating Tuck students who take a position working with a qualifying nonprofit or public sector organization. It can be compared to a loan forgiveness program. Recipients have used it to pay off loans as well as provide needed cash to transition to their new job. Click here for details of the program.

Brad Lang T'09 received a Tuck Nonprofit Fellowship when he chose to work with the Aquaya Institute immediately after graduation. Also, Brad was awarded the Class of 1976 Allwin Community Service Award [press release], and worked in Kenya as a Tuck GIVES intern. [more]