Mentoring Opportunities Giving to Bard First-Year Parent Website Contact Us Back to Bard Home Parent Mentors and Internships The Parents' Leadership Council invites all Bard parents to help the Office of Career Development by volunteering as mentors. Career counseling is crucial in helping young people to discover what they want to do, as well as providing them with insight on how to move towards their career goals. The Office of Career Development has a file of parent mentors.
Students use the file regularly, and there is constant demand for more mentors.
Parents across the country give their time to students, and it is greatly appreciated. We have had several students offered jobs through their parent mentor, although this is not an obligation or expectation. Internships during the winter intersession or over the summer are available. Students look at the internship as a way of earning money over the holiday, but more as an introduction to a workplace they may consider joining after graduation. Internships are extremely valuable in clarifying such career choices, allowing a student insight, flexibility and hands-on experience for a limited period, which may help them decide whether a particular field is right for them.