THE EMAIL FROM THE CAREER CENTER brought
published on some of SHE Media’s websites, which was,
glad tidings last summer to Hannah Terao ’23, who
I think, a good learning experience and also something
was home in Riverside, Calif., her plans erased by the
great to put on my résumé,” she says.
pandemic. “I had been stuck in the house for a couple of months, and I was just itching for something to do
Last winter Terao had a shot at a second Snap intern-
because I’m the type of person who needs to work on
ship. She handled publicity for Songs of the Suffragists:
something,” Terao says.
Lyrics of American Feminism from 1850 to 2020, a book written by Laura Castelblanco Englehardt ’95 for the
The email offered the prospect of an internship with
League of Women Voters of Berkeley Heights, New
SHE Media, whose CEO is Samantha Skey ’94. Skey
Providence, and Summit, in New Jersey.
was a supporter of the Career Center’s new Snap micro-internship program, designed to provide short-
“I was able to work independently, but also still learn
term, pandemic-proof internships built around specific
Terao is a creative writing major who hopes to tutor at
because I was being obviously supervised,” Terao says.
projects. Snap gave students facing a summer without
Hamilton’s Writing Center. “I had taken an introductory
“But my supervisor, Laura, let me do what I thought was
internships or jobs valuable work experience.
communications course my freshman year, and I really
best and kind of experiment and try out new things, and
enjoyed it, so I thought that working with a media com-
then she would give me feedback, and I was able to go
SHE Media, a digital media company that focuses on
pany might be something that I would also enjoy and
back and revise and learn from that.”
women and includes several lifestyle websites, hired 10
something that I’d be interested in,” she says.
or so Hamilton students. “The Hamilton students have
The Snap internship program was a success from the
been really productive. I think those who found their
She did. Writing stories for SHE Media websites was
Career Center’s perspective, too. Last summer and
way to us were really interested in and invested in career
much different than the academic writing Terao was
during winter break, it resulted in internships for 85
development,” Skey says.
familiar with. “But I managed to get a couple articles
students from 72 alumni or parents.
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