Internships

Be a leader. Put your passion for social justice to work inside and outside the classroom. We offer two experiential pathways to the Community Leadership Certificate. If you are interested in a one-semester internship with a rigorous and intense academic program, Community Semester is your choice. If you would like a longer, more in-depth internships with a smaller.

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Pathways to Success Community Semester The Edward T. Rogowsky Internship

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Upon completing the Community Semester undergraduate students earn 16 credits and are awarded a Certificate in Community Leadership. Graduate students earn 12 credits and are awarded an Advanced Certificate in Community Leadership. These credits can be applied toward the BA in Urban and Community Studies and the MA in Urban Studies program if admitted to either program.

This spring, Community Semester student Elee Ballinger is interning at The Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY’s Graduate Center and taking four Urban Studies courses at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. It’s a holistic way for this queer California native to deepen her understanding of New York City as well as queer history, activism and politics.
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Community Semester is a full-time, intensive academic and service-learning program that provides students with an opportunity to put their passion for social justice to work. Students learn first-hand how community-based organizations fight for environmental justice, housing rights, immigrant rights, tenants’ rights, economic justice, youth engagement, neighborhood resilience, civic justice, and community empowerment by contributing to the movement themselves. Students develop leadership skills and analyze their experience in the field by studying community organizing, community development, government, and non-profit leadership. The Community Semester program subsidies your tuition and fees up to $7,000. Any amount in excess of tuition costs is issued to interns for living and other personal expenses.

For application assistance or questions please email: admissions@slu.cuny.edu

For application assistance or questions please email: admissions@slu.cuny.edu

* Priority Deadline – will receive priority review.

** General Deadline – will be reviewed but no priority will be given.

*** Final Deadline – all applications and materials must be received by this date to be reviewed on a space-available basis, after all priority and general deadline applications.

Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. They must have completed 24 college credits completed before the start of Community Semester.

Graduate applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Applicants enrolled at other CUNY campuses should request an e-permit from their home school prior to submitting their application. Please contact your academic department or advisor to begin the e-permit process. Colleges need ample time to review and approve e-permit requests. The applicant’s e-permit for each of the four courses must be submitted to SLU at least 10-days prior to the semester’s first official day.

For questions about the program requirements and application process email admissions@slu.cuny.edu

The Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Public Affairs is a CUNY wide Experiential Learning Program. The program aims to bridge the gap between study and civic engagement in and outside the classroom. The Program is designed to equip its diverse student body with the skills necessary to ensure success in a dynamic public-sector environment. Students and faculty from a wide range of academic disciplines are brought together with elected officials and other practitioners to produce the Program’s unique learning experience. Students are afforded opportunities at all levels of government. They are placed in the offices of city, state, and federal legislators; in government agencies; in neighborhood and community organizations; even in international organizations. Despite this diversity of placements, each student intern comes away from his or her experience with a universal lesson: “I can make a difference!”

SLU students accepted into the Edward T. Rogowski Internship Program will enroll in a field work course (3 credits) which will help guide them throughout the internship program and where they will reflect on and unpack some of the issues they observe and deal with during their placement and connect them to larger systemic issues in our society.

Learn more and apply or email experiential-learning@slu.cuny.edu