What is an internship? Where do I find one?

Internships are supervised short-term experiences in a career field that may be of interest to you. Internships allow you to enhance your skills and apply classroom knowledge to a professional environment. These opportunities are usually more substantial than part-time or summer jobs and focus on the learning that takes place as a result of your site work. Wooster has developed partnerships with many organizations nationally and internationally.

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• Previous internship organizations
• Consider an APEX Fellowship
• Registering an internship for credit

Finding Internships

• Winter Break 2020-21 Funded Mini-Internships
• Micro-Internships with Parker-Dewey
• Handshake
• Internships-USA - Password required, contact Career Planning.
• Vault
• Opportunities in Public Affairs - Password required, contact Career Planning
• USACareerGuides/GoinGlobal
• Ohio Internships
• ZipRecruiter.com

Arts, Media, & Entertainment

• Music, Media, & Entertainment Industry Internship Guide
  Password required, contact Career Planning
• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• Entertainment Careers
• New York Foundation for the Arts
• Smithsonian Internships/Fellowships

Communication

• Journalism Internships/Jobs
• Mediabistro
• Opportunities in Public Affairs - Password required, contact Career Planning
• PRnews
• PRweek
• PRSA jobcenter
• Talent Zoo

Environment

• The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is a nonprofit organization that offers conservation internships and summer trail crew opportunities to more than 3,000 people each year. SCA members complete projects in every conservation discipline – from archeology to zoology – and everything in between.
• The Orion Grassroots Network lists internships offered by organizations at work in the areas of conservation, restoration, education, democracy, justice, health, economics, and more.
• Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Summer Naturalists receive valuable education, training, and experience while conducting naturalist-guided hikes and environmental education programs.
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Environment America

Government

• USA Jobs lists summer positions with governmental agencies, and provides instructions on how to apply.
• The U.S. State Department offers a number of domestic and foreign internship and fellowship opportunities for undergraduates.
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Critical Language Scholarship Program offers fully-funded summer language institutes for U.S. university students and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
• Opportunities in Public Affairs,Password Required, Contact Career Planning

International

• GoinGlobal is an international database which contains country-specific career and employment resources for more than 80 locations.
• Idealist.org is a great site that allows non-profit organizations to enter and update information about their services, volunteer opportunities, job openings, internships, upcoming events, and any material or publication they have produced.
• Global Jobs is a database for over 3000 NGOs, Think Tanks, Governments, and private sector companies.
• Internabroad.com is the source for international internships. Search for paid and volunteer, academic and non-academic internships, as well as college credit practical training programs around the world.

Public & Social Service

• Idealist.org is a great site that allows non-profit organizations to enter and update information about their services, volunteer opportunities, job openings, internships, upcoming events, and any material or publication they have produced.
• Opportunities in Public Affairs - Password required, contact Career Planning
• Global Jobs is a database for over 3000 NGOs, Think Tanks, Governments, and private sector companies

Psychology

• Summer Treatment Programs (.xlsx)
• American Psychology Association
• The Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) University of Colorado Boulder
• Summer Research Opportunity Program for Underrepresented Students in their Field of Study, U of Michigan
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Pathways to Science Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
• Summer Research Initiative University of Maryland College of Behavioral & Social Science
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium, The University of Arizona

Research

• American Chemical Society Internships
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• C.O.W. Chemistry Department Opportunities List
• International Student Eligible Opportunities
• Pathways to Science, summer research opportunities
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education - ORISE
• Ohio Agriculture Research & Development Center

National Science Foundation Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in:

• Astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth science, engineering, mathematical sciences, physical sciences and more
• Education & human resources; ethics & values; social, behavioral & economic sciences

Summer Research Opportunities in:

• Biomedical Research & for Pre-Medical Studies Students
• Ecology, Animal & Plant Biology & Marine Science
• Life Sciences
• Microbiology
• Neuroscience
• Private Companies
• Neuroscience
• UCLA Brain Research Institute