Career Services

Types of Internships

Academic Credit Internships

An academic internship is any credit-bearing career-related work experience of limited duration in which an individual takes on responsible roles outside of the traditional university environment: in a non-profit organization, a government office, or a for-profit business. Programs can be structured or unstructured, as long as there is training and supervision involved and you are receiving academic credit. It is a valuable form of professional training that provides students with the opportunity to test their career interests in an off campus setting. Positions may or may not be paid, and students can do credited internships during the fall, spring or summer terms.

Summer Internships

Students must adhere to the Undergraduate Internship Application process to receive summer internship credit. However, the following procedures are different from the semester program.

  • All students must register and pay a fee for their internship credit through COPACE (The College of Professional and Continuing Education).
  • COPACE offers two summer sessions. Students must submit their application materials according to the internship office deadlines. These deadlines are based on one week prior to the add/drop date for each summer session.

*** DUE TO STRINGENT INS REGULATIONS, ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THEIR INTERNSHIP APPLICATION MATERIALS PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF THEIR INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE. ***

Please meet with the Director of International Students and Scholars Office when planning to do any internship in the United States to ensure that the necessary immigration paperwork is completed.

Summer internship planning should take place throughout the academic year to ensure you will have a Full-time faculty member willing to sponsor you and have ample time to prepare your internship application.

Barth Summer Internship Award

Application for Barth Summer Internship Award

Thanks to the generosity of the Theodore Barth Foundation, Career Services is able to offer Clark undergraduate students a $2500 stipend (6 total awards) to support unpaid, summer internships in the nonprofit sector.

This funded internship opportunity is open to Clark Undergraduate First Years, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors graduating in December 2013 who plan to complete an unpaid summer internship within a non-profit organization. Students awarded the Barth Internship Award will be required to participate in an internship student panel, or poster presentation, during the academic year.

The deadline for application is Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at 5:00 PM.

Interested students should download an application.

The application must also include:

  • a 2-3 page statement describing your internship*,
  • a proposed budget (costs involved such as travel, housing, etc),
  • your resume,
  • a copy of your unofficial transcript.

Selection Criteria

The selection criteria includes, but is not limited to, the quality of proposal, financial need, value of career enhancing experience, and past participation with Career Services.

* Selection criteria include but are not limited to: quality of proposal, financial need, value of career enhancing experience, and past participation with Career Services.

* You may complete the internship for credit; however, Barth Internship awards may not be used to cover the cost of summer tuition. Please consult with the Internship Coordinator for assistance with the for-credit application process.

* Internships must be secured before the April 11th deadline. Applications for internships that are pending will not be accepted.

Completed applications should be emailed to:

Careers@clarku.edu
Attn: The Barth Selection Committee>

*Applications will only be accepted via e-mail* Career Services will send you confirmation that we have received your Barth application. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, please give the office a call at 508-793-7258.

If you have questions, please contact Barbara Zerillo at bzerillo@clarku.edu or 508-793-7258.

Check out tips on proposal writing from the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.

Theodore H. Barth Foundation Summer Interns: 2012

Career Services staff congratulates the eight Clark students who are working at summer internships in the non-profit sector. Stipends of up to $2500 were awarded to students.

The students awarded funding based on their proposals are:
• Kate Bamberg '13 (Screen Studies/International Development & Social Change) - Community Supported Film, Boston, MA
• Jane Carper* '13 (Psychology/Race, Class & Gender Studies) - The Massachusetts Commission for the Status of Women, Boston, MA
• Ellen Davis '13 (Sociology) - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston, MA
• Angela Della Porta* '13 (Women's studies/Political Science & Urban Development and Social Change) - Project Homecoming, New Orleans, LA
• Dan Deutsch '13 (Communication & Culture/Theater Arts) - Jeans 4 Justice, Solana Beach, CA
• Shannon Hookanson* '15 (Screen Studies) - Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, RI
• Volha Hrytskevich '13 (Economics) - The World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
• Alexandra Katechis* '14 (English) - Worcester Educational Collaborative, Worcester, MA

* Partial award

Projects from Past Barth Interns

Read about the projects of recent Barth interns:

Dan Deutsch '13, Barth Intern who interned at Jeans 4 Justice, a non-profit social change organization in Solana Beach, CA

Ellen Davis '13, Barth Recipient who interned with Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, MA.


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