<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0809-sef-profiles.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>From farm fields to film scores: How creative thought shaped students’ summer experiences</title><author>Anesu Mukombiwa '24</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>08/19/2024 07:35:17 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Through Skidmore’s Summer Experience Fund program, students can participate in internships, research projects, community service, artist residencies, and apprenticeships.</description><category>Student Stories</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/0809-sef-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Benjamin Rodis ’25 records audio for a documentary soundtrack at Camp Stomping Ground"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/0809-sef-feature-new.jpg" alt="Benjamin Rodis ’25 records audio at Camp Stomping Ground"/></image><caption>Benjamin Rodis ’25, a music major and history minor, spent the summer working on the soundtrack for a feature-length documentary about Camp Stomping Ground, located about 15 minutes from Skidmore's campus.</caption></item>