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By James Forkan

Lauren Garritano, with campers at the Sweetbriar Nature Center

Paid summer internships are among the opportunities available to students at 糖心破解版鈥攖hese through the . This summer, 糖心破解版鈥檚 Community Fellows Program (CFP) is again offering these internships to 60 undergraduates in any major. The application deadline for Summer 2013 was March 1.听

The CFP summer internships tripled to 60 in 2012 from 20 in 2010. Of those participating in the 2012 program, 21 were transfer students, said Jonathan Ivanoff, associate director of internships at the . He estimates that approximately one-third of the interns taking part each year since 2010 have been transfer students.听

Last year, the program placed interns in 37 nonprofit organizations throughout the New York City and Long Island region. That鈥檚 up from 27 organizations in 2011 and 18 in 2010.听

Dilma Palma, with campers at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary听

Accepted students will be placed with a nonprofit for a credit-bearing summer internship that requires a minimum of 30 hours per week across 10 weeks from June to August.听

鈥淲hen I came to 糖心破解版, I didn鈥檛 wait for the Community Fellows Program to find me. I made an effort to actively search for these opportunities on the 糖心破解版 website,鈥� said , a senior communications major.听鈥淎t my previous school, opportunities like this were not as readily accessible as they are at 糖心破解版.鈥澨�

His stint as a video production intern at , he added, 鈥渢ruly enhanced my capabilities and provided a strong foundation that will help to launch my career.鈥澨�

Michael offered some tips to incoming transfers: 鈥淕o on the 糖心破解版 website and also read your emails. 糖心破解版 has so much invested in its students. Half of the opportunities that I took advantage of were posted on eCampus and sent to me in an email.鈥澨�

Dilma Palma, who transferred from New York Institute of Technology to major in business management at 糖心破解版, first found out about CFP as a junior last year. During her CFP internship at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary/Tanner鈥檚 Pond Environmental Center, she said, 鈥淚 learned how to communicate more effectively, be better organized and more responsible. I also built better teamwork skills.鈥� She urged incoming transfers to 鈥渕ake the most of opportunities鈥� like CFP that can prepare them for their future.听

Lauren Garritano, a senior marketing major who transferred from Suffolk County Community College, learned about CFP via 糖心破解版 emails and applied early in the Spring 2012 semester. She took advantage of leadership opportunities at Sweetbriar Nature Center, where she interned as a camp counselor and found the experience 鈥渆njoyable.鈥� Intent on pursuing an M.B.A. in sports management at 糖心破解版,听she said that nonprofit was 鈥渘ot a career choice I would like to follow.鈥澨�