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March 4, 2013, Filed Under: Internship

Fall 2013 UT Public Health Internship Program: Application Deadline this April

The UT Public Health Internship Program has posted information regarding their application process and deadline for Fall 2013 Internships. Deadlines are this April and we encourage interested students to look into the requirements soon. If you plan to propose this internship as a Connecting Experience, be sure to speak with your BDP Advisor as well. You can find more information online here: http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/publichealth/internships/PHInternshipProgram.aspx.

The UT Public Health Internship Program website includes the following description of the program:

Internship Description

This internship is for undergraduate or post-baccalaureate students at UT Austin, who are interested in gaining experience in public health laboratory science or epidemiology.

Student interns will have the opportunity to conduct goal-oriented, semester-long research projects for university credit under the supervision of public health scientists in laboratory science or epidemiology. In addition to valuable research experience, student interns will gain communication skills by preparing both written and oral presentations about their completed projects. They will present their projects before an audience that includes representatives from Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department (ATCHHSD), UT and their fellow interns.

Students will be selected to participate based on merit via a competitive process without regard to race, color, religion, or gender. Completed applications will be reviewed, and students will be interviewed in person or by telephone. Selected students will be assigned research projects based on the mutual interest of the student and mentor.

Student interns must complete 180 hours of work for the semester (approximately 12 hours/week) to earn 3 hours of academic credit in BIO 361P, a substantial writing component course. They must provide their own transportation to the internship site and are responsible for obtaining necessary vaccinations, including vaccination against Hepatitis B virus. Training will be provided in safety, computer security awareness, and in the basic principles of patient’ rights to privacy and confidentiality.

February 25, 2013, Filed Under: Internship

Internships with Austin Technology Incubator

Are you beginning to think about a Connecting Experience? Consider exploring an internship with Austin Technology Incubator. Here is some information from their website:

The Austin Technology Incubator is UT-Austin’s teaching laboratory in applied entrepreneurship.

ATI’s student associates get real-world, hands-on experience working with startup companies. Our associates help our member and pipeline companies identify and solve key problems and execute their growth plans. ATI associates also work with the ATI professional staff and mentor networks to help determine which companies will be admitted into membership. And our associates support the ATI professional staff on projects – recently, those projects have included white papers in the clean energy sector, a feasibility study for a large wet lab incubator project in Austin, and thought leadership articles on university commercialization.

Our associates go on do amazing things, some examples include:

On the corporate side, the GE leadership program and Conoco Phillips.
In professional services, BCG consulting, Deloitte and Jeffries investment bank, and DLA-Piper.
In early-stage technology, Incenergy and Terapio, among others.
And a growing number of ATI associates have moved on to start their own companies like Famigo Games and Garage Fairy.

ATI offers paid and unpaid associate positions. All associate positions are competitively awarded.

Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply. We want smart, motivated, disciplined students regardless of their degree program or status. We’ve had successful associates from over half of the schools and colleges at UT-Austin.

For more information check out their website: http://ati.utexas.edu/

For student opportunities, go here: http://ati.utexas.edu/students

February 21, 2013, Filed Under: Uncategorized

Study Abroad Scholarship Opportunities

Are you interested in studying abroad? Concerned about funding your time abroad? Check out the UT Study Abroad International Office’s website “Funding Study Abroad” to find more information on study abroad costs, planning, fundraising and scholarships. Here is the link: http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding

You may also want to attend a Financial Aid and Scholarship Information Session to find out more information. For more information on times and locations of information sessions go here: http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/sessions.