Bard Center for the Study of Hate Awarded GS Humane Corp Grant for Summer Internships
Bard College is pleased to announce that the Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the GS Humane Corp in support of student summer internships through 2027. With this funding, the Center for the Study of Hate expects to sponsor four or five students each summer for the next three years.
“We're delighted to have this support so that we can send more students to intern at various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that tackle hate,” said Kenneth S. Stern, director of BCSH. “This is a transformative experience, applying what students have learned in college to real-world programs and projects. The NGOs benefit as well, with students inquiring how they know what they do to tackle hate works, and what academic theories they rely upon. Whatever profession students in this program eventually pursue, the insights from this internship program will serve them—and all of us—well.”
Since 2018, the BCSH internship program has provided Bard students with key opportunities to gain real-world experience by working with Non-Governmental Organizations that focus on either hate in general or a specific subset of it. BCSH matches students with an NGO based on their interests so they can engage directly with professionals and scholars as they complete their internships, at which point students then complete a research project that examines how the NGO approaches and understands hate.
“We leaped at the opportunity to provide students with experiential learning in confronting and combating hate,” said Glenn Opell, GS Humane Corp’s executive director. “GS Humane Corp is grateful for its continued relationship with Ken Stern and BCSH and their efforts to prepare our next generation of leaders.”
Post Date: 04-21-2025
“We're delighted to have this support so that we can send more students to intern at various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that tackle hate,” said Kenneth S. Stern, director of BCSH. “This is a transformative experience, applying what students have learned in college to real-world programs and projects. The NGOs benefit as well, with students inquiring how they know what they do to tackle hate works, and what academic theories they rely upon. Whatever profession students in this program eventually pursue, the insights from this internship program will serve them—and all of us—well.”
Since 2018, the BCSH internship program has provided Bard students with key opportunities to gain real-world experience by working with Non-Governmental Organizations that focus on either hate in general or a specific subset of it. BCSH matches students with an NGO based on their interests so they can engage directly with professionals and scholars as they complete their internships, at which point students then complete a research project that examines how the NGO approaches and understands hate.
“We leaped at the opportunity to provide students with experiential learning in confronting and combating hate,” said Glenn Opell, GS Humane Corp’s executive director. “GS Humane Corp is grateful for its continued relationship with Ken Stern and BCSH and their efforts to prepare our next generation of leaders.”
Post Date: 04-21-2025