Elimu Community Light – TZ

Honors Political Science student, Nyah Hill, spends Spring 2025 in Tanzania learning everything she can about her home away from home.

Spring Honors Lunch

The first Honors Lunch Network of the Spring semester focused on how to get internships and faculty research assistantships.

Love and Healing

Along with a group of thirteen Whitworth students, I traveled to Guatemala, unaware of the profound impact this experience would have on us.

Marquez and the Dept of Agriculture

Kyle smiling with a baby goat at a site visit in Creston, Wash. Part of the role was to go and learn from field staff, and visiting producers like this goat farmer.

Kyle Marquez spent his summer interning with the Department of Agriculture, specifically the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington.

Summer Fellowship Program

Whitworth’s Office of Church Engagement runs the Summer Fellowship Program, which places students with churches, camps, and nonprofits nationwide.

Honors Sophomore Completes Pre-Law Internship

Honors Sophomore Completes Pre-Law Internship Abby Ruffcorn, political science major and Whitworth Class of 2027, shares about her internship at a local law firm:   This summer, I completed my political science and pre-law internship at the law firm Ramsden, Marfice, Ealy, and De Smet, LLP Attorneys at Law. I spent the summer commuting to… Continue reading Honors Sophomore Completes Pre-Law Internship

World Relief Intern: Alexis Dubreil

I’ve always considered it a blessing to have been raised in an environment that exposed me to different types of peoples and cultures. I am one of a lucky few to have this blessing; the potlucks at my churches always presented a beautiful array of food originating from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean,… Continue reading World Relief Intern: Alexis Dubreil

Internship Spotlight: Madison Gotthardt

Madison Gotthardt '23

This past semester, I’ve had the opportunity to intern as a junior media specialist for local Spokane wedding photographer and videographer, Amanda Munchmore (Amanda Muchmore Media Co.), as well as her team’s creative agency, Averson Creative. I’m an English major on the writing track with a minor in film and visual narrative. To translate: I… Continue reading Internship Spotlight: Madison Gotthardt

Summer Internship Spotlight: Sarah Immel

Last summer, I got the chance to get honors credit for an academic internship I did with Site Savvy, a web design business in my hometown of Yakima, WA. Web design is a broader field than most people realize, and so, as I went into my very first internship, I didn’t really know what to… Continue reading Summer Internship Spotlight: Sarah Immel

Jacqui’s Story

Hello! My name is Jacqui and I’m a junior in biology at Whitworth. I love working with plants and animals and I’m especially interested in horticulture and aquaculture. I’ve had the incredible opportunity to embark on an Honors internship semester at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. this fall term, and I’d like to share a little about my experience.