On May 10, the Krulak Institute at Birmingham-Southern celebrated the 2022 Hess Fellow Interns, who will complete eight-week internships at nonprofits across the country this summer. The Hess Fellow Internship Program is an important part of the Institute’s mission to integrate classroom knowledge with real-world experience through service learning, study abroad, research, and more.

Each Hess Fellow will serve a different advocacy or anti-poverty organization. Students completing anti-poverty internships have been paired with an organization through the Shepard Higher Education Consortium on Poverty (SHECP).

Past Hess Fellows have conducted research, studied dimensions of poverty, facilitated coalitions, and organized lobbying or other advocacy efforts. The program places students in top organizations that allow them to explore their career goals through a cause about which they are passionate.

Congratulations to this year’s Hess Fellow Interns:

Manasa Chintala, a sophomore from Hoover, Ala.
YWCA in Birmingham, Ala.

Ashtyn Daniel, a junior religion major from Prattville, Ala.
General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C.

David El Masri, a junior psychology major from Birmingham, Ala.
Center for New North Carolinians (SHECP) in Greensboro, N.C.

Lydia Estes, a junior Spanish for the workplace major from Birmingham
HICA in Birmingham, Ala.

Pearce Kross, a junior from Huntsville, Ala.
Collat Jewish Family Services in Birmingham, Ala.

Zionne McCrear, a senior biology major from Mount Olive, Ala.
Lutheran Hospital/Cleveland Clinic (SHECP) in Cleveland, Ohio

Jake Ogle, a junior urban environmental studies major from Fairhope, Ala.
AL Coastal Foundation in Mobile, Ala.

Holden Snyder, a junior from Bessemer, Ala.
Vermont Garden Network (SHECP) in Burlington, Vt.

Learn more about the Krulak Institute and the Hess Center for Leadership and Service here.