It’s internship time for many business school students just wrapping up their first year of study. For those headed to investment banks and consulting firms, summer internships can mean regular paychecks offering a preview of what to expect after graduation. But for students who instead have opted for nonprofit, service-based positions, a summer of eating Ramen noodles and little else may be more the norm.
Not so at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Last week, Tuck held its eighth annual Tuck GIVES (Grants to Interns and Volunteers for the Environment and Society) auction, a student-run event that gives the entire school community a chance to help support students heading into nonprofit and public-sector internships.
Combining silent and live auctions, calendar and raffle sales and a poker tournament, this year’s event brought in $67,400.
“I feel fortunate to go to a school where my classmates devote so much of their time and money to helping their peers engage in nonprofit and public-sector work,” Rachel Roth T’09, an event organizer, said in a statement. Other members of the Tuck GIVES leadership team included Brooke Szostak T’08, Jamie Greenthal T’08 and Chelsey Hood T’08.
Students supported their peers not only by bidding on auction items, but also by offering up their skills and services to serve as auction items themselves. Distinctive items auctioned off this year included flying lessons, a traditional New Orleans-style crawfish bowl with Tuck Dean Paul Danos and a traditional fiesta dinner prepared by seven Tuck students from Mexico.
The proceeds from last year’s auction funded seven student internship positions at organizations in industries ranging from healthcare to public education. This year’s proceeds, too, will supplement the salaries of Tuck students pursuing internships in the nonprofit and public sectors.
“Tuck GIVES demonstrates how Tuck puts its values to work,” said Patricia Palmiotto, director of the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, in a statement about the event. The Allwin Initiative helps to sponsor the auction each year. a sponsor of the event. “We believe in using business skills to make a positive difference in the world,” Palmiotto continued.
To learn more about Tuck GIVES, contact the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship.
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