Student Opportunities

Internships

• Work with faculty as interns on research projects.  
• Participate in internships both on and off campus.
• Arrange your own internship experience through your own connections, or by tapping into the Center for Career Development’s extensive network. 

Research

• Get into the lab as soon as your first year. Nearly every course has a lab component, so in your time here you’ll familiarize yourself with laboratory instrumentation.  
• Complete a Senior Capstone Experience (SCE), a year-long laboratory or literature-based project completed in your senior year. The SCE allows you to pursue a topic that interests you from beginning to end. The SCE will give you a leg up on both graduate school and job applications.  
• Work one-on-one with faculty in their research. You can co-author scientific papers with faculty.  
• Take advantage of partnerships with local labs like LaMotte Company, a manufacturer of water quality testing products located in Chestertown.  
• Create your own research project. Support, financial or otherwise, is available across campus, including through the John S. Toll Research Program or the Cater Society for Junior Fellows. 

To get started thinking about what research you might be able to do at Washington College, review our faculty’s areas of expertise.

Get Involved

Build your résumé and expand your social circle simultaneously by joining clubs, honor societies, and more that help you connect with folks with similar interests.

• Participate in service events, doing demonstrations for K-12 students and community members.  
• The John S. Toll Research Program
• The Libby and Douglass Cater Society for Junior Fellows
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
• Honor Society: Gamma Sigma Epsilson
• Clubs: American Chemical Society, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), STEM Sisters, and more