Looking for an
internship? Apply to the 2012-2013 Public Policy Internship
Program!
Most employers want substantial work experience in addition to your
degree. Internships not only build critical work skills, but also provide students with critical contacts that you can leverage for graduate school or jobs in
the future.
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.
- 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
Academic
Component
Students 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.
