Museum Internship Readies Julia Madore for Scotland Master's Program
Name: Julia Madore
Internship: Fenimore Art Museum
Graduation: 2017
Major: Art history
Interests: Writing Center tutor; Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society; Phi Eta Sigma honor society for first-year students. Previously competed on the swimming and diving team.
Distinctions: Studied abroad in France for a semester. Won a "Best of the Conference" award for the paper she presented at the annual regional Phi Alpha Theta history honor society conference her senior year.
Internship advice: “Be open to criticism. Be ready for new experiences, and be ready to be out of your comfort zone. It’s scary, but if you have a good internship, you’ll be fine. You’ll learn.”
After Nazareth: She was accepted at — and thrilled to attend — her top choice grad school: St. Andrews University in Scotland, for a master's degree in museum and gallery studies.
Interning at the Fenimore Art Museum
Update
Madore became the associate director of exhibitions at the Fenimore Art Museum after receiving her Master of Letters (MLitt) in Museum and Gallery Studies from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Julia Madore '17
“Everything I’ve learned at the Fenimore will be useful down the line.”
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