Internships allow students to supplement classroom theory with practical knowledge gained from a carefully monitored, field-based learning experience in a professional setting. Internships for academic credit provide either a general career exploratory experience, or a pre-professional level experience related to the student’s academic objectives. The Lucy Center offers students the Handshake platform to search for internships and full-time jobs nationwide and includes virtual career events involving such organizations at the Mayo Clinic, FBI, PepsiCo, PetSmart, JP Morgan, EPA, Student Conservation Association and many more.

With a strong emphasis on global discovery and personal academic growth, the Lucy Rose Center supports students interested in applying for National Competitive Scholarships (including the Fulbright Award, the Marshall Scholarship, the Rhodes Scholarship, and the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, amongst others). Through scholarship exploration, individualized writing support, and interview coaching, the Lucy Rose Center works with students to create strong application packages for these highly competitive global postgraduate awards.

Salem College believes in intentional, personal career development support from the very start of our student’s academic careers. Through academic-credit-based career development courses, ongoing skill development workshops, on campus career fairs, and networking with alumnae and employers, students have the opportunity to explore their individual career interests and build the skills necessary for a successful post-college career launch. At Salem, your success after graduation starts now. That’s why we’re inviting you to complete Focus 2, our new online career and academic planning tool. It’s designed to help you explore your interests, skills, values, and strengths—and discover career pathways and college majors that align with you.  

For Salem College students interested in exploring graduate school at the masters or doctoral level, the Lucy Rose Center offers diverse programming and individualized application support. Through graduate school exploration trips, visits with graduate school admissions counselors, and personalized writing and interviewing workshops, students explore the vast possibilities available to them for graduate education, and present competitive applications to their chosen institutions.

For students specifically interested in graduate and professional schools in the health sciences, the Lucy Rose Center works with the director of pre-health advising and pre-health society to connect students to internships and assist with grad school applications starting very early in the students’ experience on campus.

In recent years, students have been accepted to graduate and professional schools including UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, The Ohio State University, NYU, App State, Winston Salem State University, The University of London, Wake Forest University, and many others.