The Rockefeller Institute of Government is now accepting applications from undergraduate students enrolled for the spring semester at participating schools—University at Albany, SUNY Empire State College, and Hudson Valley Community College—that are interested in pursuing work in public policy research and practice. Click here for more information on the internship application.
This internship is a credit-bearing and paid internship for students who are enrolled full-time at their respective institutions. Interns are paid $15.50/hour for ten hours a week for 15 weeks. Once applications are reviewed and placements for the program are offered/accepted students must register for the appropriate course at their institution and have paid the required tuition fees in order to receive credit for the internship. The application deadline is Monday, November 18, at 5 p.m. Please send an email to Zan Strumfeld at Zan.Strumfeld@rock.suny.edu (on this email, please be sure to copy Prof. Robert Whitaker, HVCC campus liaison, at r.whitaker@hvcc.edu). Please include all of the following materials (all in one email):
· Your resume.
· A cover letter regarding your interest, skillset, and relevant experience or goals with regard to the program.
· Contact information for 2-3 professional or academic references (include email contact). A reference letter is not required.
· A copy of your transcript (unofficial copies are accepted, but official copies may be requested at a later date).
· A sample of your written academic work. The sample should be 2-3 pages in length; it may be an excerpt from a class paper. Please add a 1-2 line description at the top of what paper or section of a paper and class it is from.
To apply (or if you have any further questions), please contact Zan.Strumfeld@rock.suny.edu.