22 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO? WECREATE EXPERIENCES WITH IMPACT. Zug Community Health Internships Population health major Carson Snyder ’23 is interning this summer at Public Health Management Corporation in Philadelphia, a regional nonprofit provider of more than 350 public health programs in 70 locations. By writing newsletters, collaborating with agencies and partners, and assessing grant success, she’s helping to get important information to community members, so they can make the best decisions about their health — while learning hands-on about the field. Paid internships with health and community nonprofits are rare due to limited financial resources, but Snyder is able to take on this internship thanks to the new Community Health Student Internship Fund, created by Linda and D. Brooks Zug ’67. This endowed fund will ultimately support 10 to 12 College of Health students who undertake summer internships, providing them with a stipend for educational, travel, or living expenses while they work in positions at community organizations, not-for-profits, and other organizations. The internships, with preference for students working with organizations in the Lehigh Valley, will benefit both College of Health students and the local community. A goal of the College of Health is to ensure that 100% of its students participate in experiential learning, such as internships, research projects, and study abroad. WE BRING OTHERS TO THE TABLE. Smith Funds for Research and Innovation Daniel E. Smith, Jr. ’71 and Elizabeth Riley gave to Lehigh to catalyze change. The Smith Funds for Research and Innovation in Science and Engineering “ THIS INTERNSHIP IS HELPING ME TAKE THE LEAP INTO THE REST OF MY CAREER. I AM IN THE PERFECT PLACE TO FIND MY NICHE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND LEARN HOW I CAN BEST CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FIELD.” Carson Snyder ’23 Population Health Major were established to provide early-stage support to accelerate innovation in scientific research. More than a decade into the life of the Smith Funds, their impacts have been felt across campus and the world: They have encouraged interdisciplinary collaboration and intelligent risk-taking, fueling work across all five colleges. They have allowed our exceptional faculty to attract critical additional funding and have shown them, time and again, that Lehigh is invested in their ability to pursue big ideas. To date, over $5.89 million in grants have been awarded to 169 diverse projects overseen by faculty members working collaboratively across the university. These internal grants have resulted in a seven-fold return on investment in extramural funding received from government, foundation, and nonprofit external sources to advance these projects. From investigations studying electric public transportation systems to the use of data and computer modeling to create more efficient fuels, the research happening at Lehigh is shaping the future. Explore the Smith-funded research of ocean wave energy farms by Arindam Banerjee, professor and chair, mechanical engineering and mechanics.
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