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<post link="https://www.skidmore.edu/news/2021/0804-summer-experience.php"
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   <title>Pursuing passions and building careers</title>
   <author>James Helicke</author>
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   <description>Skidmore’s Summer Experience Fund allows students in every discipline to advance their careers by participating in upaid internships, research, and other career-based experiences. </description>
   <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:52:33 -0800</pubDate>
   <tags>Admissions,Campus Life,Career Development,Community,Current Students,Faculty,Scholarship,Staff,</tags>
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            alt="Sten Leinasaar ’23 washes a boat. "/>
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            alt="Abby MacDonald ’22 at the Saratoga Senior Center"/>
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   <image2caption>Abby MacDonald ’22, a social work major, has been an intern at the Saratoga Senior Center in Saratoga Springs, where she has planned programs, advocated for seniors, and conducted home visits, and has learned many other aspects about a career in social work. “This internship has given me a lot of clarity and just realization of how many different opportunities and places there are that I could fit in and love to work in,” she said. </image2caption>
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