Learning and Education through Service

Student in a lab

Learning and Education through Service (LENS) ensures that every Princeton undergraduate student has the opportunity to secure a funded service or social impact summer internship before graduation.

Student Stories

Kéllia Gatete '26

Internship: Aegis Trust
Program: Summer Social Impact Internship (SSII) Fund

Kéllia worked to promote gender equality and positive masculinities in Rwanda by engaging with diverse community stakeholders through research, training and public advocacy initiatives.

Carter Lang '27

Internship: Monterey Bay Whale Watch and the California Killer Whale Project
Program: Summer Social Impact Internship (SSII) Fund

Carter worked with a nonprofit to collect and analyze opportunistic data on the cetacean species found in Monterey Bay.

Nishka Bahl '26

Internship: Emma’s Torch 
Program: Princeton RISE (Recognizing Inequities and Standing for Equality)

Nishka worked at a nonprofit whose mission is to train refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking in the culinary arts.