Reagan Brittain ’22 and Nick Curcio ’22 have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Furman Metropolitan Fellowship (FMF), a prestigious alumni-led grant program that provides two rising fourth-year Furman students with the connections, means and support needed to obtain summer internships in New York City.

Brittain is a politics and international affairs major with a concentration in economics from Estes Park, Colorado, while Curcio, a native of Long Island, New York, whose family currently lives in Charleston, South Carolina, is a Spanish and communication studies double major. Every third-year Furman student was eligible for consideration.

Both will receive a financial stipend to help cover their living expenses in addition to professional resume and interview skills, coaching and access to a network of mentors and connections in the city.

“I put a lot of effort into this,” Curcio said. “This is something I really felt was going to be critical in determining my career path going forward.”

Curcio, who plans to attend law school, has his eye on an internship with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office but intends to “cast a wide net.” The opportunity to return to his hometown was appealing for several reasons.

“I was fortunate enough to be able to get an internship there on my own as a freshman and really loved it and had a great time, but I realized there were a lot of limitations to living with your grandparents on Long Island and commuting to the city every day,” Curcio said. “So I