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Division of Student Affairs Internship Program

Applications for the summer 2020 program are closed. Please check back in November to apply for the summer 2021 program.

Interns are hired to work 19 hours a week for 10 weeks during the summer. Positions pay $13/hour in addition to on and off-campus housing assistance.

Internships include a variety of skills and subjects designed to prepare interns for success after graduation. To prepare interns for success, each internship has identified three of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career Readiness Competencies students will develop through the experience. As a part of the program, interns will submit a series of assessments reflecting on their development in those competencies.

NACE Career Readiness Competencies

Critical thinking/problem solving
Oral/written communications
Teamwork/collaboration
Digital technology
Leadership
Professionalism/work ethic
Career management
Global/intercultural fluency

If you have any questions about internship requirements or position descriptions, email UTLEI@austin.utexas.edu.

Available Internships for Summer 2020

Residence Life Intern - Student Staff Selection (University Housing and Dining)
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The intern will have a unique opportunity to serve as a student consultant and team member on special projects during the summer. The intern will learn the organizational structure and culture of Residence Life, and work specifically on projects related to student staff selection, training, student move-in, and summer residential life.

This intern will be a team member on the committee that markets and recruits students for employment in Residence Life. They will inform and provide insight into attractive marketing strategies that will encourage students to apply.

Residence Life Intern - Summer School (University Housing and Dining)
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The intern will have a unique opportunity to serve as a student consultant and team member on special projects during the summer. The intern will learn the organizational structure and culture of Residence Life, and work specifically on projects related to student staff selection, training, student move-in, and summer residential life. This position will be supervised by the Assistant Director for Residence Life, and work closely with the Complex Coordinator overseeing summer residential life.

They will inform and provide insight into engaging summer school residents. They will also build curriculum to shape professional development of summer resident assistants. They will work in collaboration with residence life professionals and under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Residence Life.

Residence Life Intern - Mooov-In (University Housing and Dining)
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The intern will have a unique opportunity to serve as a student consultant and team member on special projects during the summer. The intern will learn the organizational structure and culture of Residence Life, and work specifically on projects related to student staff selection, training, student move-in, and summer residential life.

This intern will work closely with the Assistant Director overseeing the Mooov-In operation. They will inform and provide insight into strategies to create a more engaging and efficient move-in process for new residential students.

Residence Life Intern - Student Staff Development (University Housing and Dining)
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The intern will have a unique opportunity to serve as a student consultant and team member on special projects during the summer. The intern will learn the organizational structure and culture of Residence Life, and work specifically on projects related to student staff selection, training, student move-in, and summer residential life. This position will be supervised by the Assistant Director for Residence Life, and work closely with the Complex Coordinator overseeing summer residential life.

This intern will serve as a team member on the committee that designs and shapes centralized resident assistant training. They will inform and provide insight into curriculum and structure of the training. They will work in collaboration with residence life professionals and under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Residence Life.

Graphic Design Intern (Center for Students in Recovery)
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Graphic design work is an essential component of how we tell the story of the Center for Students in Recovery (CSR) and the students that make up our community. Being able to communicate who we are, what we do, why we matter, in a visual way that is also in alignment with the Division of Student Affairs and UT Austin, expands our reach and helps us support our campus' students in recovery. The intern will work closely with the CSR Director and Program Coordinator to develop a full academic years' worth of digital and printed media for the sober social, service, educational, and outreach events for CSR's programming.

Creative Design Intern (University Health Services and the Counseling and Mental Health Center)
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Projects include the Healthyhorns promo calendar, new student orientation deliverables, parent mailers, special event (e.g. Suicide Prevention Week) deliverables, clinic and general information deliverables; use of industry standard software to produce layouts, illustrations, and images (photography); entirely project-based from concept to final product for real-world use. Maintaining a student perspective during the creation of the Healthyhorns promotional calendar is essential for this prominent piece to be accepted by our primary audience (entering freshmen).

Body Positivity Intern (Longhorn Wellness Center)
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The intern will work with the Mental Health Promotion Coordinator at the Longhorn Wellness Center to create body positivity/health at every size/body image public health programming on the University of Texas at Austin's campus. The intern will research programming on other campuses, provide a literature review on relevant research, create recommendations for programs/initiatives, and help to create a marketing plan for implementing programs on campus.

Multimedia Intern (Sorority and Fraternity Life in the Office of the Dean of Students)
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The multimedia intern will focus on developing resources that elevate Sorority and Fraternity Life outreach and awareness through the use of modules that explain our programs, policies and services for example Good Standing Program chapter coaching, and chapter roster process

Development Intern (Vice President for Student Affairs)
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The intern's main project will be to help us plan for a large-scale donor and alumni event that will take place in Spring 2021. This event will focus on the Division of Student Affairs and fundraising as it appeals to those interested in supporting our programs, scholarships, projects, and initiatives.

esports Intern (University Unions)
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The University Unions seeking an intern to assist in the development of an esports space within the University Unions. This would include space development, space design, determination of technology needs, identifying possible corporate sponsorship opportunities. This would be a big assist as we are planning to create, develop and launch esports space in the University Unions. The student intern will have an important voice and critical input into all of this as we ultimately want to meet the esports needs of the students.

Student Programs Intern (University Unions)
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Our intern's main task will be assisting with Campus Events + Entertainment (E+E)'s summer programming initiatives. The main sections of this project are 1) planning and executing E+E's late night summer orientation programs, 2) helping plan the Unions' "Beat the Heat" event that takes place during Longhorn Welcome, and 3) helping plan E+E's Back to School Bash event, which takes place the first week school is in session in the fall.

Communications Intern (SHIFT)
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This internship will assist in the creation and strategic vision of SHIFT-related communications. This student will work closely with SHIFT staff, and other strategic campus partners, to develop impactful messaging to the UT community as it relates to SHIFT‚ its mission to change campus culture. Student will draw from various data to create informed messaging and bring their unique voice to inform student-centered communications. Communications will vary, but may include social media messaging, communications to targeted audiences, and/or messaging related to programming (i.e. tailgating, safer events, etc.).

Sustainability Outreach Intern (University Housing and Dining)
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This position will assist in the development and operations of sustainability programs and outreach throughout New Student Orientation. This includes organizing educational opportunities through passive (signage, flyers, etc.) and active (tabling, events, etc.) efforts. Although this internship will assist in addressing all areas of sustainability, there will be a particular focus on proper waste sorting and waste diversion.

Human Resources Intern (University Health Services)
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UHS is seeking an intern to contribute to the recruiting, employment, and training and development functions of the human resources unit. This intern will gain experience in the stages of an employee life cycle management, including the use of an HRIS system (Workday), and may also participate in compensation and equity studies. The responsibilities of this intern position will help us improve efficiency and management of human resources functions in an employee life cycle.

Training and Engagement Intern (University Health Services)
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The intern's main project will be to update current and create new training modules for University Health Services and Counseling and Mental Health Center. They will use Articulate's package of software and other visual design tools to create innovative and interactive training modules. The intern will have the opportunity to coordinate with a diverse group of subject matter experts and stakeholders to create these trainings.

Food Pantry Operations Intern (Student Emergency Services in the Office of the Dean of Students)
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The intern's main project will be to assist in oversight of the operations of the UT Outpost as it addresses food insecurity and supports students impacted by financial hardships. It will primarily focus on the campus food pantry's day-to-day operations. This includes but is not limited to: supervising volunteers, managing inventory and food safety compliance policies, coordinating with partners, supporting the program assessment and data-management, contributing to campus-programming, and working directly with students. Additionally, the position will be tasked to assist in creating events and programs for the Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 year that will aid in educational understanding of food insecurity within the UT Community.

The internship at the UT Outpost is more than just simply a "staff member". This individual will be asked to help grow and shape our program for the better. We look at our interns during the summer to help us make smart and creative changes in both or day-to-day operations and to our upcoming programming.

Human Resources Intern - Employee Development and Engagement (University Housing and Dining)
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Intern will collaborate with Training Specialist to develop an e-learning module to be used for University Housing and Dining staff training.

Environmental Sustainability Intern (University Unions)
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The University Union's goal is to reduce waste and promote sustainability practices in our facilities while providing opportunities for education and awareness with our students and campus community. University Unions is seeking an intern to contribute to the department's sustainability planning related to waste, recycling, and composting. The intern will contribute to this effort by assisting in research, project coordination, event planning, data management, and the production of communications materials.

Career Closet Operations Intern (Student Emergency Services in the Office of the Dean of Students)
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The intern's main project will be to assist in overseeing the operations of the UT Outpost as it addresses food insecurity and supports students impacted by financial hardships. It will primarily focus on the program's career closet's day-to-day operations.

Curriculum Development Intern (Leadership and Ethics Institute in the Office of the Dean of Students)
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The Leadership and Ethics Institute Curriculum Development Intern will work in collaboration with staff members to assist in the development and delivery of various retreats and professional development opportunities for the Leadership and Ethics Institute Student Leadership Team comprised of approx. 60 students. This position will enhance Leadership and Ethics Institute programming by allowing us to have a student voice represented. It will also enable us to ensure that our curriculums and supporting materials are all in alignment.

Program Evaluation Intern (Center for Students in Recovery)
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The intern will work closely with the Center for Students in Recovery (CSR) Director and Program Coordinator to assist in the gathering, organizing, and preliminary analysis of pre- and post-test data gathered as part of the Recovery Ally Training program. CSR has developed this training to describe the science of substance use disorders and recovery, demonstrate how to have a conversation with a person who seems to be struggling with substance use, and demonstrate how to express support for a student in recovery. In addition to the functions explained above, the intern will also help incorporate feedback into training materials for the next academic year, in conjunction with the existing trainers and program supervisors.

Program assessment/evaluation is an essential component of how we tell the story of CSR and the students that make up our community. Being able to communicate who we are, what we do, why we matter, in response to population data, expands our reach and helps us support our campus' students in recovery. By doing a deep evaluation of the CSR Recovery Ally Training, CSR will be able to make adjustments and/or expand our ally program so that we are able to reach campus partners and groups in more meaningful ways, and in doing so better support individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.

Wellness Intern (Longhorn Wellness Center)
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The Wellness Intern will oversee various aspects of the Sun Safety Initiative, including both outreach and assessment. Intern will work in the Longhorn Wellness Center alongside other student workers and staff on the Increasing Sun Safety Initiative. Intern will work on education, outreach, and changes to the environment around students to promote healthier sun safety behaviors. Activities include: working with campus partners to maintain the sun screen dispensers on campus, plan and create communication strategies such as social media, residence hall posters, digital screens, targeted education in high-need places like Clark Field, and targeted outreach before high-risk times like spring break and sorority formals and social events. Intern will help create an evaluation for our initiative that includes behavioral, environmental and sustainability marker points.

Summer Organization Development Intern (Student Activities)
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A major goal of the Summer Organization Development Intern will be to enhance student engagement with our resources through Student Activities. This position will have the opportunity to help our office build on new successes with our Student Organization Travel program. The intern will work on researching travel policies at peer institutions, leading two focus groups with UT student constituents on travel messaging and planning, and ultimately refining and facilitating a training workshop for Student Organization travel. The intern will have an opportunity to engage in first-hand research, develop relatable and transferable skills, benchmark with peer institutions to explore best practices for student organization travel programs, including effective communication and marketing strategies and how to work with organizations facing non-compliance. The intern will bring a perspective of the student voice to our travel program, hopefully helping us to better identify ways to improve our processes and be more inclusive of how to advise our very diverse range of student organizations at UT Austin.

Human Resources Intern (University Unions)
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The HR Internship project will be to impart a generalist knowledge to the chosen intern. The specific desire is to perform work in the development of Professional Development curriculum for UU staff members, both student and PTE and FTE's. This starts with the Student employment handbook and Employee handbook to welcome new team members to the organization and to provide information that will assist the new team member the mission and vision of the organization and to ensure that all new members of our organization share in the mission and vision. We are a hospitality driven environment and want our team members to have all the tools and information to provide an optimum environment for all those that enter through our doors or interact with us in a professional endeavor.

Photography Intern (University Health Services)
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The intern's project will include taking visually appealing and meaningful photography (landscapes, objects, individual, groups, etc.) for organizational print and digital needs and the creation, realignment, and maintenance of a digital assets management system (comprised of thousands of photos) to complement a fast-paced production workflow. The intern will work closely with the organization's art director and appropriately provide digital images that are on brand and are produced within the production time frames.

Graphic Design Intern (Office of the Dean of Students)
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Assist the Director of Strategic and Executive Communications and Marketing Coordinator with digital and print design for web, social, print collateral and promotional items for the Office of the Dean of Students and all the units within. Work in a fast-paced and changing environment and manage a variety of assignments while gaining valuable experience and creating work to add to your portfolio.

Social Media Strategy Intern (Office of the Dean of Students)
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Assist the Director of Strategic and Executive Communications and Marketing Coordinator with social media planning, compilation and strategy for the Office of the Dean of Students and all the units within. Students work in a fast-paced and changing environment to review research into Office social accounts, past posts and marketing plan for the upcoming year to categorize, identify and create content to calendar and prepare the 2020-2021 academic year.

Development Research Intern (Vice President for Student Affairs)
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A crucial goal for the Student Affairs Development team is to grow a larger base of major gift donors to the Division. Researching prospective donors and developing strategic engagement plans for each donor is key to deepening these relationships and connections to the programs and initiatives within Student Affairs. This internship position will work with the Director of Development to identify, research and create engagement plans for key stakeholders and prospective donors to Student Affairs.

Communications Intern (Longhorn Wellness Center)
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This student will assist Longhorn Wellness Center, with advisement from LWC staff and the UHS/CMHC Public Information Team, in editing, developing and producing communication materials relevant to LWC programs and services. They will assist in the creation of a newly unified Longhorn Wellness webpage, assist with health messaging projects, and help prepare LWC outreach materials for the fall semester. Students who are interested in using various communication channels to promote programs and positive health behaviors would get to apply their passion to this role.

Administrative Intern (Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Office)
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Intern will work with Student Conduct Case Manager to mine, organize, and transferring data between old and new student conduct databases. This position and project will further the mission of our office to provide efficient case resolution and management to the students, faculty and staff at the university by assisting with data management and organization. The intern will contribute to the unit's efforts to ensure that our data, as it relates to conduct case management, will be more accessible during the processing of student conduct cases. This will help to ensure the efficient and timely resolution of student conduct cases.