Internships: Guidelines and Expectations for Students

The Meyerhoff Center supports student enagement in the community through internships.

A current list of institutions that are looking for interns may be found here.

Please also take a look at the internship contract for Spring 2018.

Here are some guidelines to get you started. 

1. Approved internship agreement by the end of the add-drop period.

2. Fulfill all internship requirements:

• Complete internship hours
• Submit time and activity logs every two weeks
• Complete JWST 386 requirements - see course syllabus
• Complete a midterm meeting with internship coordinator
• Attend a career session at the University Career Center

3. Overview of JWST 386 requirements:

a. Participate in weekly seminar. Seminar discussions will include:

• Discussion of experiences in placement
• Reading and discussion one or more articles or chapters related to Jewish/Israel communities, professional development, or non-profit management.
• Occasional visiting presentations or workshops
• Responses to weekly prompt

b. Maintain weekly blog on experience

c. Edit four blog posts into a final reflection paper, taking into account seminar discussions, readings, and other seminar material.