On and Off Campus Internships
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Internship Opportunities
On-campus internships
GLAS internships are for current UIC undergraduate students. As a prerequisite, students enroll in GLAS 105: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education (a 1-credit seminar offered each spring.) Students are offered a range of placement opportunities for an on-campus internship after completing the course. See past internship sites below.
Student interns receive academic credit for completing their internship responsibilities with an on-campus program for 4 hours (1 credit) or 8 hours (2 credits) a week while enrolled in a GLAS internship practicum. Please contact Mark Martell (mmartell@uic.edu) if interested.
Past internship sites include:
Off-campus internships
GLAS internships are for current UIC undergraduate students. GLAS 250: Critical Issues in Community Engagement (3-credit course) is highly recommended but not required as a prerequisite. Students can pursue an internship placement with an off-campus organization. See past internship sites below.
Academic credit is given through the GLAS internship practicum while working at the internship. In the practicum, students also complete one credit of coursework related to the community issues their organization addresses. Therefore, 4 hours per week at an internship will count as 2 credits and 8 hours per week at an internship will count as 3 credits. Or, if a student has completed GLAS 250, a student can receive 1 credit for 4 hours per week, 2 credits for 8 hours per week, and 3 credits for 12 hours per week at an internship.
Application opportunities will be announced prior to each semester that internships are available. Please contact Karen Su (karensu@uic.edu) if interested.
Past internship sites include:
- 2nd District Illinois General Assembly Representative Theresa Mah’s Office
- 8th District Illinois State Senate Senator Ram Villivallam’s Office
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ)–Chicago
- The Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (AFIRE)
- Apna Ghar
- HANA Center
- Japanese American Service Committee
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), Chicago Chapter
- Project Vision
- Save our Schools (SOS) with Fellowship of Filipino Migrants
Potential host sites change each year.
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A lot of the information and skills that I am learning in this internship apply very broadly. There are professional skills and research on topics that are integral to being an informed citizen and advocate.
| Undergraduate Policy Intern, Office of Representative Theresa Mah, 2018
Community Forces Podcast Featuring GLAS Interns Heading link
Listen to the Community Forces podcast to hear from UIC students learning community engagement skills and building awareness of the issues that different Asian American communities in the region face as they contribute to the day-to-day operations of local organizations as interns.