Careers

Internships

The Institute has benefited from the contributions of interns who have worked on a variety of projects including research, writing, and direct involvement in Institute activities.

Students (undergraduate and graduate) who are interested in spending a period of time (usually one academic term) working with the Institute are invited to submit the Internship form. All internships are online at this time.  Internships may or may not carry academic credit which would be awarded by the student’s home institution. The Institute will provide a qualified supervisor for the intern who will provide the intern’s institutional faculty of record with an appropriate evaluation of the intern’s performance in order to facilitate the institution’s awarding of course credit. Ideally, the intern will undertake some kind of project during the internship that must be reviewed and approved by both the Institute and the intern’s faculty member(s) of record at the intern’s institution. Typically, there is one internship available during each academic term, including summer. Application deadlines are July 1 (for fall) , October 7 (for spring), March 3 (for summer). Deadline is 5 pm Eastern for every semester. Applications are now open for Fall 2024.

The fall 2024 undergraduate intern will have an opportunity to work with the Retention Performance Management process that specifically focuses on equitable retention and student success for all student populations. The intern will have the opportunity to help create, structure, and organize content to be utilized in the process.  In addition, we will be asking this Fall 2024 undergraduate intern, to assist us with establishing a process to contact previous Gardner Institute internship recipients, to ask them to reflect and comment on their internship experiences. This student will support our mission to continue to prioritize working with our student interns in a mindful, inclusive, and responsible manner.  

Interns will receive a stipend of $1,500 per semester and academic credit may also be available. All internships are online at this time.

To apply for our internship, please complete the Internship Form.

The application is due July 1, 2024.

Notifications on decisions will occur 6 weeks after deadline.

Internships require a commitment of 10-15 hours per week and availability during business hours of 9 am – 5 pm.

There is a stipend of $1,500 per semester for interns. 

POTENTIAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:

• Social Media and Communications
• Data Analysis and Research
• Equity and Social Justice
• Improving the success of undergraduate students
• Leadership skills development
• Exploration of possible careers in higher education
• Other Topics of Interest

AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS

• Fall 2024 – Undergraduate

As we want to provide this internship opportunity to as many students as possible, students are eligible to receive the internship once in their undergraduate matriculation and once during their graduate school experience (masters and/or doctoral).

For questions, please contact internships@gardnerinstitute.org.