Campus Internship Development Fund 2018-19
Opportunities to learn outside the classroom are a vital component of a college education. Increasing student access to these professional learning experiences is critical to UW’s efforts to graduate career-ready Huskies.
The Campus Internship Development Fund provides temporary monies to UW-Seattle departments for the purpose of hiring UW-Seattle students into high-quality, short-term internship positions. The 2018-2019 academic year was the inaugural year of the program.
Quick Facts
$184,232
9,900
30
Awarded
Hours worked
Interns in 28 departments
Students say…
- I learned transferable skills such as leadership skills, time management skills and communication skills.
- Working at UW Libraries gave me a ton of practical experience applying the theories ad knowledge I was gaining from classes on projects that had meaning in the real world.
- I was able to work next to leading professionals on a variety of engaging and challenging projects, both of which I would not have been able to do without this opportunity.
- All students agreed they:
- Learned or enhanced skills
- Confirmed, clarified or refined career goals
- Are more “career-ready” because of their internship
- Interns reported that 89% of their time was spent engaging in work that directly related to their learning goals or interests.
Managers say…
- We would not have had the fresh food in the UW Food Pantry without our intern.
- Our intern was able to complete things we always wanted to do but did not have the time or capacity to complete ourselves.
- Our intern needs to work in order to make ends meet. Thanks to the support from the CIDF, we were able to offer her a paid opportunity that was mutually beneficial.