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Five students awarded '75 community service internships
Posted August 1, 2006; 02:47 p.m.
The Princeton University Class of 1975 Community Service Summer
Internship Fund is supporting five students who are completing
internships at nonprofit organizations this summer.
Established in 2000 at the class' 25th Reunion, the fund is intended to
offer financial support for summer internships that will further the
students' education and allow them to explore careers in service. Class
of 1975 organizers expect that not only will the students find their
work rewarding, but the organizations will benefit from their efforts.
The students who have received the awards are:
• Stephanie Burset, a sophomore from Bernardsville, N.J., who is
working with the Great Swamp Watershed Association. She is conducting
research that involves attending municipal meetings and talking with
local politicians and state regulators to understand the issues
regarding water quality for the Great Swamp's watershed, which provides
drinking water to more than 1 million New Jersey residents.
• Drew Frederick, a senior from Kingsport, Tenn., who is working with
the CATA-Farmworker Support Committee in Glassboro, N.J. Frederick is
helping to develop the leadership capabilities of migrant and immigrant
workers through education and training on issues pertinent to their
lives. A Woodrow Wilson School major, he also is earning a certificate
in Latin American studies.
• Eleanor Oakes, a senior from Belle Mead, N.J., who is an intern with
Communities in Schools of New Jersey in Newark. She is serving as an
assistant director of the studio works youth arts training and
employment program for students ages 14 to 21 in Essex County. Oakes is
overseeing a program that offers components in publication design and
public art and includes portfolio development and career/college
exploration workshops. Oakes is majoring in art history and visual arts.
• Brette Tannenbaum, a senior from New York, who is a policy intern
with the Supportive Housing Network of New York. She is conducting
research on providers of the more than 200 nonprofit organizations and
corporate partners that have developed and operate supportive housing
units in projects across New York state. These agencies provide safe,
permanent affordable housing linked to supportive services for
low-income and formerly homeless individuals and families. Tannenbaum
is majoring in history with a certificate in American studies.
• Victor Wakefield, a senior from Ann Arbor, Mich., who is teaching at
the East Harlem School at Exodus House in New York City. He is planning
and implementing two sections of humanities classes and is developing
an elective class based on his own interests. The school educates
middle school students from East Harlem low-income families who exhibit
a desire to learn and an eagerness to embrace new challenges. Wakefield
is majoring in history with a certificate in American studies.
The Princeton University Class of 1969 Community Service Fund administers grants from the Class of 1975 Community Service Summer Internship Fund.