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

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.