Katherine Yenna, a first-year student of the Macaulay Honors College, has been selected for the Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship, a highly competitive program that provides students with mentoring, professional development, three paid summer internships, and a Discovery Fund to further explore their interests.
Katherine is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, with an interest in studying diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the Middle East/North Africa (MENA). With the goal of working toward a career in foreign service, she has been studying Arabic language and hopes to further develop her fluency and experience by interning abroad in the region through the JK Watson Fellowship. Fellows can partake in opportunities through the Watson Foundation’s many partner internship sites, including city government offices, museums, universities, media publications, private-sector businesses, and non-profit organizations, domestically and abroad. Fellows may also self-initiate their own internship experience at an organization of their choosing with guidance from the Fellowship’s mentors. Read more...