John Mercedes, Rhode Island College Senior
“Flying across the Atlantic to engage in an internship in Lisbon, Portugal, has been a dream come true for Rhode Island College senior John Mercedes. He arrived on May 15 to intern at Deimos Engenharia, a small company that focuses on space systems design and operational space software.
The 23-year-old will live in Portugal for eight weeks, as part of the 2023 CIEE’s Summer Global Internship program. He will learn skills related to his major in computer information systems and his minors in Portuguese and data analytics.
“I see this experience as training for my future professional career and as an opportunity to practice my Portuguese,” he says.”
Learn More About the Lema-Fernandes Study Abroad Scholarship of the IPLWS
The Lema-Fernandes Study Abroad Scholarship Fund of the IPLWS will award scholarships to partially support the tuition of RIC student participants in study abroad or internship abroad programs in Portugal or other Portuguese-speaking nations.
Limited funds will be distributed equally among all qualifying applicants!
For questions and more information contact Dr. Sílvia Oliveira, IPLWS Director