The interns' final day in the office outside of the Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers.

Learning about equitable access to music

Summer intern Chris Dolich with fellow intern Kayleigh Howard outside the former Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers. By Chris Dolich, The Presser Foundation Summer Intern During my time as a summer intern at The Presser Foundation, I have been exposed to the many ways that the Board and staff strive to achieve their mission…

Intern Chris Dolich working at The Presser Foundation

A summer of learning at The Presser Foundation

Summer intern Chris Dolich working at the Foundation. By Chris Dolich, The Presser Foundation Summer Intern For music performance students, there is a great deal of uncertainty, but also opportunity, regarding post-graduation career and employment opportunities. As a jazz performance student at the Frost School of Music, I decided to apply for the summer internship…

An Eye-Opening Summer at The Presser Foundation

Image: Claire Moustafellos works on a project for the Foundation during her summer internship.  By Claire Moustafellos What piqued my interest when applying to and interviewing for The Presser Foundation Internship, was the strong focus surrounding diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA). What I didn’t realize when going through this process, was that I would…

Summer Through a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Lens

Image: Cassandra (Cassie) Slade works on a project for the Foundation during her summer internship.  By Cassandra Slade Toward the end of my junior year at Temple University, I began to explore various options for how I would spend my summer. In an effort to pursue my interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and…

The Presser Foundation’s Summer 2022 Interns

By Abby Rolland The Presser Foundation is pleased to welcome two interns this summer – Julia Gregory and Joseph Richards. Julia and Joseph are both local undergraduate students who will be assisting the Foundation as we begin to prepare for the 100th anniversary of founder Theodore Presser’s passing (1925). Julia Gregory Julia is a rising…