Public Policy Internship Program

Looking for an internship?  Apply to the 2012-2013 Public Policy Internship Program!  We will provide up to 6 credits and as you know, internships are one of the most important ways to learn and secure a job in the future.  Most employers want substantial work experience in addition to your degree.  Internships not only build critical work skills, but also provide you with critical contacts that you can leverage for graduate school or jobs in the future.

 

Learn critical workforce skills, make important professional connections, and build your resumes for graduate school or jobs.  Contribute to making the world a better place by exercising public leadership skills and increasing the capacity of organizations that do important work!

• Interns who work eight hours per week for 15 weeks will earn 3 credits
• Interns who work 16 hours per week for 15 weeks will earn 6 credits
• Internships can be paid or unpaid

Program Description

PLIP consists of an internship experience and an academic component where the student completes weekly reflections and a final paper on leadership in the workplace.

Academic Component

You should be able to demonstrate:

·         Familiarity with leadership theory and the ability to apply this understanding in analyzing a political institution

·         Understanding of the relationship between social identity, power and politics particularly as it pertains to assessing environments and group dynamics; and

·         Appreciation of the responsibilities inherent with a position of leadership or those responsibilities associated with a leadership process.

The Internship Experience

Gain practical work experience, while developing leadership skills in your chosen area of public leadership. You will be supervised and mentored by individuals within the organization and are expected to meet the objectives outlined in your learning contract. The internship supervisor will complete evaluations of your work.

All students will be encouraged to engage the site supervisors in the learning experience by discussing learning goals at the beginning of the internship. You will be asked to shadow the organization head for a day, interview key staff members and seek appropriate feedback on your performance and contributions to the organization.

Applications are due November 17th.