More internship spotlights

Finance major Kyle Whatley ’20 studied abroad in Rome, Italy, and interned at LONSIN Capital, a fund manager of LONSIN Global Credit Fund, focusing on distressed debt. He also interned for U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and in project management for a construction company. “The internships provided me with good experience that I couldn’t have gotten anywhere else.”

 Film and media arts major Melea Irby ’21 interned with a church in London, England, to collect footage and photos at   summer conferences. Her advice on internships? “If your heart is in the right place, you won’t make the wrong choice,”she said. “The right place is with Jesus. If you’re with Him,   you’ll make the right decision.”

Journalism major Dakota Vaughn ’19 interned for two summers with the Hagerstown Housing Authority of Maryland. After graduating in December, she says she’s ready return to the Hagerstown to implement everything she learned. “I came to Messiah, not so that I could leave my hometown and change the world,” she said, “but so I could come back into my own community and strengthen it.”

Biblical and religious studies major Isabel Gonzalez ’20 participated in a cross-cultural internship in Uganda in 2018. She worked at a Christian children’s soccer camp, Msingi Soccer Academy. “They needed a writer to help develop their website. My job was to tell their players’ stories,” she said of her internship, which allowed her to gain course credit and satisfy her ELI requirement.