Applications for the Summer 2022 program are due OCTOBER 11 by 5:00 pm. Interviews will take place October 20-22 via Zoom. Prior to submitting their applications, applicants should carefully peruse the descriptions of each available position.
CWI Director Peter Carmichael will host a resume and interview prep workshop on October 5 from 5:30 – 6:30 pm in Glatfelter 302; first-time applicants are particularly encouraged to attend. To RSVP for the workshop, email civilwar@gettysburg.edu. Please don't hesitate to contact Dr. Titus (jtitus@gettysburg.edu) at any time with questions or concerns.
Positions for Summer 2022
Summer 2022 positions are available at:
- Adams County Historical Society (Gettysburg, PA)
- Andersonville NHS (Andersonville, GA)
- Antietam NB (Sharpsburg, MD)
- Appomattox Court House NHP (Appomattox, VA)
- Boston African American NHS (Boston, MA)
- Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP (Fort Oglethorpe, GA)
- Eisenhower NHS (Gettysburg, PA)
- Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP (Fredericksburg, VA)
- Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine and Hampton NHS (Baltimore & Towson, MD)
- Gettysburg NMP (Gettysburg, PA)
- Land Conservancy of Adams County (Gettysburg, PA)
- Harpers Ferry NHP (Harpers Ferry, WV)
- Maggie L. Walker NHS (Richmond, VA)
- Manassas NBP (Manassas, VA)
- Monocacy NB (Frederick, MD)
- National Museum of Civil War Medicine (Frederick, MD)
- Petersburg NB (Petersburg, VA)
- Reconstruction Era NHP (Beaufort County, SC)
- Richmond NBP (Richmond, VA)
- Seminary Ridge Museum (Gettysburg, PA)
- Special Collections & College Archives, Musselman Library (Gettysburg, PA)
- Star Spangled Banner NHT (DC, MD, VA)
- Stratford Hall: The Home of the Lees (Stratford, VA)
- Vicksburg NMP (Vicksburg, MS)
- Women's Rights NHP (Seneca Falls, NY)
Eligibility information
The Pohanka program is open to all matriculated Gettysburg College students regardless of major, although first-year, sophomore, and junior students receive priority in the selection process, and is administered according to Gettysburg College’s nondiscrimination policy, details of which can be found on the Admissions/Financial Aid website.