“During my time in the Patz Lab, I learned how to understand and navigate complex legislation as well as describe the changes and content of them in easily understandable ways.”
Internship summaries: undergraduate
Summaries written by undergraduate students about their internships for their certificates.
UHS
“Working at UHS has allowed me to further explore my interests in public health and health policy and helped me build my research and communication skills.”
Our Wisconsin – Office of Inclusion Education
“I created programming around social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values for first year students.”
MN350
“This internship allowed me to explore my interests in the environment and policy together as well as connect with new communities that I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to.”
Center for Patient Partnerships
“This experience reinforced my personal commitment to continue working towards improving healthcare experiences for patients in any possible way.”
State Representative Samba Baldeh
“The internship provided me with a clearer idea of the responsibilities and skills needed to succeed in this line of work. As such, I can now confidently say that working in a legislative office is something I would like to do in the future.”
EMILYs List
“Through this internship I gained important exposure and knowledge around policy issues related to reproductive rights, especially the right to choose and maintain body autonomy. Additionally, I gained very positive experience in campaign and candidate research and communications to present my findings.”
Wisconsin State Senator Joan Ballweg of Wisconsin’s 14th Senate District
“From this internship, I took away two key lessons. The first is adaptability…The second and most important lesson I learned in this internship is that “no” is not the end-all-be-all.”
Combat Blindness International
“Throughout my experience with Combat Blindness International I gained valuable experience in navigating international healthcare policies and learning behind the scenes information pertaining to grant proposals regarding healthcare.”
Patz Lab
“The role consists of reading through a specific amount of sections within the IRA (or whichever bill you are assigned to) and creating memos of each part that consists of a description of the sections, key amendments/components, health/equity/climate impacts, and a recommendation.”