Three fully-funded Global Engagement Internships are available to degree-seeking students this summer through the University of Southern Indiana’s International Programs and Services.
One internship will take place at the New Lanark World Heritage Site in Scotland. Two additional internships are available through a number of approved programs in Ghana, India, or China. Deadline for application is February 1.
The Global Engagement Initiative (GEI) provides opportunities for USI students to gain a better understanding of global issues and challenges that effect the world. Areas of focus include public health; education; poverty reduction; environment, sustainability, and climate change; and peace and human rights.
The New Lanark World Heritage Site is connected to USI’s Historic New Harmony operation through the life and work of Robert Owen, one of the founders of a community experiment in New Harmony, Indiana. The student intern will work with an advisor over the course of the internship to maintain a record of the experience and to complete a final project. Work experience will be available in a variety of areas such as audience research, on-site and digital interpretation, and development of educational material.
Appropriate majors for the New Lanark internship include, but are not limited to, business administration, history, public relations and advertising, sociology, communication studies, education, political science, international studies, management, and marketing.
Other Global Engagement Internships are open to full-time degree-seeking students in all majors. Additional requirements will depend on specific internship opportunities. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors, and to applicants who have not received USI study abroad scholarships in the past. Applicants should be able to demonstrate leadership skills, adaptability, and strong communications skills, and provide endorsement from a faculty member within a field of internship.
The Global Engagement Internship Program covers roundtrip airfare, housing, and meals for the length of the program, USI internship credit, and program fee, if applicable. In addition, a USI faculty member will conduct an onsite program evaluation and observation for up to two weeks at the beginning of the internship.
GEI participants will be expected to present their experiences at the Global Engagement Forum in late 2012 at USI and other venues.
