This document outlines Brandeis University's approach to integrating international internships within the campus community. It discusses several of Brandeis' programs that support international internships, including funding from the World of Work program and the Sorensen Fellowship. It also describes the resources provided before, during, and after internships for preparation, support abroad, and reflection. The goal is to maximize learning from international experiences and help students connect them to career and academic paths.

1. IT'S NOT JUST A SUMMER INTERNSHIP
INTEGRATING INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS
WITHIN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY
Jackie Blesso
Assistant Director of Career Development
Allyson Goose
Study Abroad Advisor
Marci McPhee
Associate Director, International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life

2. INTRODUCTION
 A case study
 International internships and career development
 Institutional commitment to international experiences
 Today’s agenda

3. BRANDEIS’ FEATURED PROGRAMS
 Summer Internship Programs,
through the Office of Study Abroad
 World of Work (WOW) Internship
Funding Program, through the Hiatt
Career Center
 Sorensen Fellowship, through the
International Center for Ethics,
Justice and Public Life

4. PRE-INTERNSHIP:
PREPARATION & MAXIMIZATION
 Pre-departure event in April
 WOW application learning goals and outcomes
 Sorensen Fellow spring class and personal inquiry
questions
 Year Abroad, Queer Abroad

5. DURING THE INTERNSHIP:
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
 WOW Liaisons program
 Sorensen Fellows support
 Study abroad program support by in-country staff

6. POST-INTERNSHIP:
REFLECTION & SHARING: WOW
 Written reflection: letters to donor / yearbook /
publication / blog / Brandeis’ Internship Exchange (BIX)
 Experiential Learning Expo

7. POST-INTERNSHIP:
REFLECTION & SHARING: STUDY
ABROAD
 Wander magazine
 Recruit students to participate in future
study abroad events
 Pre-Health panel
 “Connecting International Experience to
Your Job Search” workshop

8. POST-INTERNSHIP:
REFLECTION & SHARING:
SORENSEN
 Fall “Internship and Analysis” course
 Booklet
 Presentation

9. STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES

10. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
 Individual learning, reflection, preparation for post-
graduation
 Marketing and publicity
 Greater implications

11. QUESTIONS?
Jackie Blesso, Hiatt Career Center
blesso@brandeis.edu
Allyson Goose, Office of Study Abroad
agoose@brandeis.edu
Marci McPhee, Ethics Center
mcphee@brandeis.edu
www.brandeis.edu