Community Engagement Internship Program
The Community Engagement Internship enables Penn undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in work for the common good while also acquiring meaningful real-world experiences with nonprofit community organizations through an internship experience. Through the Community Engagement Internship, Civic House strives to create deep, reciprocal relationships with community organizations that help to build capacity and provide rich and meaningful experiences for our students.
The Community Engagement Internship provides funding to Penn undergraduate students to support summer-long and academic year-long internships at our selected community partner organizations. At our community partner organizations, Penn students engage in a meaningful social justice work, learn more about the city of Philadelphia, acquire real-world skills, and develop and grow through a mentorship relationship with a supervisor.
At Civic House, the students meet bi-weekly for meeting with the other interns. During these meetings, students explore aspects of their identity, the root causes of social justice work, and engage in reflection to develop critical consciousness with a cohort of students interning at other organizations.
Basic Information
Name: Penn ID #: ______
Address: Class Year: ______
School/Major: ______
Phone: e-mail: ______
· Are you eligible for work study for Summer 2016? Students who are not eligible are still encouraged to apply (Yes or No)
· Do you qualify for financial aid? If you answer yes, please send Elizabeth Cannon () a Penn in Touch printout of your account for verification. (Yes or No)
Application Questions
Please respond to all of the questions below. Each answer should be approximately 250 words.
**NOTE: Applications will be shared with the organizations that will use the application and resume when selecting candidates to interview.
1. Why are you interested in interning at this non-profit organization? What about the organization’s mission and work appeals to you?
2. What do you hope to gain/learn throughout your internship?
3. How do you see this experience fitting into your future goals?
4. What background, skills or experiences do you bring to the position?
5. During the bi-weekly meetings at Civic House, students explore aspects of their identity, the root causes of social justice work, and engage in reflection to develop critical consciousness with a cohort of students interning at other organizations. What about this is of interest to you?
References
Name: Relationship/Position: Phone:
Name: Relationship/Position: Phone:
Please submit your application via PennLink by Wednesday, March 30th