Public Affairs undergraduate students are required to complete a three-quarter experiential learning internship and a year-long seminar series that culminates with a capstone project that integrates students’ field experience with theory/methods learned in their coursework.
Services Provided
Designing toolkits for the community partner or its members; evaluating a policy or program and developing recommendations; creating a social media, multimedia, or web campaign to broaden awareness of a particular issue; and producing lesson plans for the community partner’s staff or members.
Who We Serve
The Public Affairs Undergraduate Program partners with organizations from a wide range of fields, including education, immigration, human services, energy and the environment, transportation, housing, mental health, and criminal justice, to name just a few.
Mission and Goals
Students are asked to identify & complete a larger capstone project that will benefit their internship site beyond their time as an intern. The ultimate goal is for the student and agency relationship to be mutually beneficial.
Impact Statement
Each year, we partner with over 60 community partners and our students complete over 100 capstone projects for these organizations.
Community Engagement
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