Career Services: Knowledge in Action Career Internship Fund (KACIF)

Your support on Giving Day helps expand access and opportunity for students eager to gain real-world experience through internships that connect what they’re learning in the classroom to meaningful career paths. While internships offer invaluable professional growth and public impact, financial constraints can prevent talented students from accepting them. The Knowledge in Action Career Internship Fund (KACIF) helps remove that barrier so students can say “yes” to experiences that shape their futures.

Thanks to generous support from alumni and parents, KACIF provides grants ranging from $750 to $3,000 to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing necessarily unpaid internships. These funds reduce financial barriers and expand access to high-quality experiential learning opportunities that shape students’ professional paths and strengthen their long-term career readiness.

A gift to KACIF ensures that students can focus on learning, contributing, and growing professionally, rather than worrying about how they’ll afford to take an unpaid role. Your gift empowers students to pursue purpose-driven work and gain the experience necessary to become leaders in their fields. By investing in KACIF, you are investing in students who will, in turn, make a lasting impact in the world.