Welcome to the Federal Fellows Internship Support Blog!

Welcome back from what was hopefully a relaxing summer! Our goal is for this blog to ease your transition into what will be a busy, but exciting and fruitful year as Federal Service Fellows.

As you know, you will engage in a federally related internship in the spring semester. Though this seems ages away, just try to think back to when classes ended in May and how quickly the summer went by! Also, remember that the process of applying to Federal internships can be intricate and can have earlier deadlines for applications...ergo this Web site!

Throughout the year, we will post federal internship opportunities that relate to our three ridiculously topical seminars: Federal Health Policy, Federal Homeland Security Policy, and U.S. Policy in Israeli-Palestinian Relations. You can search for former internship posts at any time by clicking on a label or using the search tool, both of which are located on the right-hand-side of the page in our menu.

We will also keep you abreast of upcoming workshops offered by our new collaborator, Partnership for Public Service (http://www.ourpublicservice.org/), the University of Maryland Career Center, and by your local aids/experts Dr. Joan Burton and new grad assistant Joey Manfredo of the Federal Service Fellows Program. All upcoming activities will be listed and regularly updated on the side bar on the right-hand-side of the page.

When your fellow students begin earning internships, we hope that this space will also become a forum for celebration and sharing of experiences. Look for engaging and informational profile pieces throughout the year. We also encourage interested students to offer their own experiences, tips and lessons learned through posts submitted to Joey Manfredo (manfredo@umd.edu) for posting.

This blog is just one part of the Program's foray into the digital world. We hope that you will also join as friends on Facebook as well as follow us on Twitter, where we will post announcements on office hours, workshops, and events.

So, in closing:

• Bookmark us, Friend us, Follow us
• Visit our new office space at 3103 Susquehanna Hall during the first week of class
• Set an appointment with Dr. Burton or Joey to begin work on your resume and cover letter

Health Policy Internships Websites

In the following health policy-related internships, Federal Fellows can expect to engage in:

• Assisting in monitoring, summarizing and analyzing relevant health care information
• Assisting in preparing fact sheets and presentations
• Participating in the planning and preparation for conferences and policy briefings
• Developing and organizing health policy and managed care analysis
• Attending conferences and briefings within the D.C. area, including on Capitol Hill

http://www.kaiseredu.org/fellowships/default.aspx This Web site was suggested by a Federal Semester alumna who noted that it offers a really great listing of policy internships and even allows students to search by degree (e.g., undergraduate) and location.

http://doh.dc.gov/doh/site/default.asp The Department of Health plans and works with stakeholders to ensure quality in the provision of all services. With its partners, the Department of Health will eliminate disparities in health-care access and work toward measurable improvement in the health status of all District neighborhoods. The Department's goal is to ensure that the District of Columbia leads the nation in healthy lifestyles.

http://www.pedaids.org/YouCanHelp/Internships.aspx
Interns at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation work in their Communications, Policy, Development, Research, or Programs departments for a semester or a summer. Interns may attend briefings on Capitol Hill, pitch stories to the press, write articles for the Web, analyze technical publications, build fundraising and awareness campaigns, create corporate underwriting proposals, conduct campus outreach and more!

http://www.nihcm.org/internshipframe.html The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation is a health care research and educational organization that can provide students with a first-hand look into the complex health care arena.

http://www.nihcm.org/about_us/jobs_and_internships Assist in monitoring, summarizing and analyzing relevant health care information

http://nwhn.org/about/index.cfm?content_id=73&section=About The National Women's Health Network seeks to develop the next generation of women's health activists by providing hands on experience in the field of women's health policy and advocacy. Internships are available year round and typically last 10-12 weeks. Fall and Spring interns receive a small stipend.

http://www.hhs.gov/careers/student/index.html U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.jobs.nih.gov/vacancies/student/default.htm National Institutes of Health

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/employment.htm Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and promoting policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health. Since 1980, Advocates has provided information, training, and advocacy to youth, youth-serving organizations, policy-makers, and the media in the U.S. and internationally.

http://www.aspira.org/Scholarships.html The ASPIRA Association Offers a variety of internships to undergraduate and graduate students who would like to work with those issues that affect and are important to the Latino community of the United States, in addition to gaining valuable experience in a national non-profit setting.

http://www.apha.org/career/ Scroll down to the bottom the page to learn more about exciting Public Health Internships in the American Public Health Association. Or visit http://www.apha.org/about/careers/internships/ for internships in communications, government relations, public health policy, etc.

www.kff.org The Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellowship in Health: Health research and development of journalistic styles dealing with health policy.

www.menshealthnetwork.org Advocacy work at Capitol Hill office and planning for National Men's Health Week. Interns will also research issues such as health disparities in education and medical research

nachc.org National Association of Community Health Centers Internship: May include research relating to community health centers and medically underserved, writing, data analysis, media/communications, and policy activities.

http://www.reproductiverights.org/ab_employment.html Center for Reproductive Life

http://geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=internships Genetic Alliance

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/ Advocates for Youth internships can be found by looking under job opportunities, then internships.

http://www.aidsaction.org/ For internships at AIDS Action.

Israeli-Palestinian Internship Websites

The following internships were compiled by the University Career Center. In addition to the sites listed below visit:

• University Career Center Career Links
  http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/Crws/crwsfrm.asp
• UMD – School of Public Policy Career Library Resources
  http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/current/career/resources.html

The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development/The Palestine Center
www.thejerusalemfund.org

United Palestinian Appeal Inc.
www.helpupa.com

Institute for Palestine Studies
www.palestine-studies.org

The Center for Israeli Peace and Security/Americans for Peace Now
www.peacenow.org

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
www.washingtoninstitue.org

The Middle East Institute
www.mei.edu

The Saban Center for Middle East Policy (Brookings Institute)
www.brookings.edu/saban.aspx

The American Enterprise Institute
www.aei.org

The Center for the National Interest
www.national-security.org

ANERA
www.anera.org

AMIDEAST, America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc.
www.amideast.org

The American Task Force on Palestine
www.americantaskforce.org

The Council on Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org

JStreet
www.jstreet.org

JINSA
www.jinsa.org

Churches for Middle East Peace
www.cmep.org

The Jewish Policy Center
www.jewishpolicycenter.org

Middle East Progress
www.middleeastprogress.org

Search for Common Ground
www.sfcg.org

The Israel Embassy
www.israelemb.org

The PLO Representative Office
www.plomission.us

Government and Public Policy:

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/content_multi_image_0011.shtm

National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov/careers/opportunities_4_u/students/index.shtml

Central Intelligence Agency
https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/index.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/internships.htm

Federal Agencies Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
Identify possible agencies and find the employment, job, or career section on their Web sites.

Student Jobs with the Federal Government
http://www.studentjobs.gov/
The federal government's gateway for information about part-time, summer, and internship positions in the federal government.

U. S. Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
http://www.orau.gov/dhsed
Early Deadline Scholarships and paid summer internships for undergraduates. Fellowships and summer internships for graduate students.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_undergrad/index.php

Internship with the Maryland Governor's Executive Agencies
http://www.shrivercenter.org/gsip
Jobs are in one of the 20 offices in the Governor's office, such as Homeland Security, Legislative Office, Policy Office, etc. Early March deadline.

Maryland General Assembly Internship
http://www.english.umd.edu/programs/Undergraduate/InternshipAdvising-MGA.html
Opportunity to work in the Maryland state legislature.

Internship Listings in Public Policy
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/current/pdf/Summer%202004%20Interns%20-%20external.pdf
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy lists numerous opportunities. Some may be for graduate students working on a master's degree, but many are for students working on a bachelor's degree.

Careers and Internships in Peace Studies
http://pawss.hampshire.edu/students/careers
The Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies lists numerous organizations that are potential candidates for internships or full-time positions.

Local Government Internships
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/ohr/career/level1.asp
Click " All Job Vacancies" and scroll down to General Professional.

http://dcop.dc.gov/dcop/site/default.asp

http://www.mwcog.org/resources/internships

Research Institutions in Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/resources/links.php?cat=14

http://www.hillwatch.com/PPRC/Issues_and_Associations/Default.aspx

World Directory of Think Tanks
http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt
A large collection of resources including organizations and job listings.

http://www.policyexperts.org/organizations/organizations.cfm
"A searchable database of the conservative movement, presenting detailed information on over 300 public policy organizations in the U.S."

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis Inc.
http://www.ifpa.org/

*** Note: Please visit the University Career Center at http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/ and click on Career Links for direct links to many of these websites ***

Homeland Security Internship Websites

The following internships were compiled by the University Career Center. In addition to the sites listed below visit:

• University Career Center Career Links http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/Crws/crwsfrm.asp
• UMD – School of Public Policy Career LibraryResources http://www.publicpolicy.umd.edu/current/career/resources.html

Government and Public Policy

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/content_multi_image_0011.shtm

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/oc/op/internship.html

National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov/careers/opportunities_4_u/students/index.shtml

Central Intelligence Agency
https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/index.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/internships.htm

Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/resources/job_applicants.html

Technical Job Search: Homeland Security Jobs
http://technicaljobsearch.com/job-banks/homeland-security-jobs.htm

Stimson Center
http://www.stimson.org/about/?SN=AB20050131750

Federal Agencies Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
Identify possible agencies and find the employment, job, or career section on their Web sites.

Student Jobs with the Federal Government
http://www.studentjobs.gov/
The federal government's gateway for information about part-time, summer, and internship positions in the federal government.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Internships: Food Safety
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?navid=INTERN_SCHOLAR

U. S. Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program http://www.orau.gov/dhsed
Early Deadline scholarships and paid summer internships for undergraduates. Fellowships and summer internships for graduate students.

U.S. Department of Agriculture's Public Service Leaders Scholarship and Internship Program
http://www.usdascholarships.com/applications/
Early DeadlineScholarship and paid internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Employment with USDA is required after graduation for each year of the scholarship. For science, technical, and many, many other majors.

Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships
http://www.wm.edu/harriman
Learn more about this highly competitive opportunity to work in the Secretary of State's office or the British and French Embassies during the Summer. Application is done through the State Department's regular internship program.

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship http://www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_undergrad/index.php

Internship with the Maryland Governor's Executive Agencies http://www.shrivercenter.org/gsip
Jobs are in one of the 20 offices in the Governor's office, such as Homeland Security, Legislative Office, Policy Office, etc. Early March deadline.

Maryland General Assembly Internship http://www.english.umd.edu/programs/Undergraduate/InternshipAdvising-MGA.html Opportunity to work in the Maryland state legislature.

Internship Listings in Public Policy
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/current/pdf/Summer%202004%20Interns%20-%20external.pdf
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy lists numerous opportunities. Some may be for graduate students working on a master's degree, but many are for students working on a bachelor's degree.

Careers and Internships in Peace Studies
http://pawss.hampshire.edu/students/careers
The Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies lists numerous organizations that are potential candidates for internships or full-time positions.

Congressional Hunger Center
http://www.hungercenter.org/
This private bi-partisan organization offers national and international fellowships to fight hunger and poverty. Living allowances, stipends, and travel allowances are offered. Must have a bachelor's degree. The International Hunger Fellows program has additional qualifications.

MaryPIRG
http://www.marylandpirg.org/
The Maryland Public Interest Research Group offers internships to gain experience in organizing, grassroots organizing, media, and research.

Local Government Internships http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/ohr/career/level1.asp
Click " All Job Vacancies" and scroll down to General Professional.

http://dcop.dc.gov/dcop/site/default.asp http://www.mwcog.org/resources/internships/

Research Institutions in Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/resources/links.phpcat=14http://www.hillwatch.com/PPRC/Issues_and_Associations/Default.aspx
World Directory of Think Tanks
http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt
A large collection of resources including organizations and job listings.

http://www.policyexperts.org/organizations/organizations.cfm
"A searchable database of the conservative movement, presenting detailed information on over 300 public policy organizations in the U.S."

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis Inc.
http://www.ifpa.org/

*** Note: Please visit the University Career Center at http://www.careercenter.umd.edu/ and click on Career Links for direct links to many of these websites ***

Internship Listings from the UMCP Career Center

Internship Opportunities in the Federal Government

www.studentjobs.gov The federal government's gateway for information about part-time, summer, and internship positions in the federal government.

http://www.house.gov/watt/Services/internships.htm Congressman Melvin L. Watt has compiled a list of internship and volunteer opportunities in the federal government.

http://www.minorityaccess.org/ Minority Access Internship Program is designed for students to experience the diversity and scope of professional career opportunities available in the federal government and other entities. Interns are placed with the federal government at work sites in Washington, DC and throughout the U.S.

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html Identify possible federal agencies and find the employment, job, or career section on their Web sites.

Nonprofit/Policy Internship Opportunities
http://www.idealist.org Select Internships for opportunities around the globe.

http://www.everettinternships.org Paid summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students in public service organizations. Many in Washington DC and New York City.

http://www.now.org/organization/intern.html NOW, the largest feminist organization in the United States was founded in 1966 to end the injustice and inequality women face daily. NOW offers full-time and part-time unpaid internships throughout the year for undergraduate and graduate students

http://www.ppionline.org Interns for the Progressive Policy Institute have the unique opportunity to assist and to support research for a new public philosophy of innovative solutions, progressive ideals, and nonbureaucratic governance that span a number of disciplines.

www.cgkfoundation.org/internship-program This part-time internship places students in various fields ranging from policy research to communications. The program prepares interns for careers with market-oriented think tanks, policy institutions, and other organizations that work to advance free-market principles.

State Government Internships
http://www.shrivercenter.org/gsip Jobs are in one of the 20 offices in the Governor's office, such as Homeland Security, Legislative Office, Policy Office, etc. Early March deadline.

http://www.english.umd.edu/programs/Undergraduate/InternshipAdvising-MGA.html Opportunity to work in the Maryland state legislature.

Local Government
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/ohr/career/level1.asp Click " All Job Vacancies" and scroll down to General Professional.

http://dcop.dc.gov/dcop/site/default.asp

http://www.mwcog.org/resources/internships

Other Internship Opportunities
http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/current/pdf/Summer%202004%20Interns%20-%20external.pdf The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy lists numerous opportunities. Some may be for graduate students working on a master's degree, but many are for students working on a bachelor's degree.

Careers4Terps is a free Web database of jobs and internships. You can register online.
Tip for finding internships: after logging in, click Jobs & Internships, then the internships tab, then "see more search options." In the Position Classification box, select Internships.

http://www.internships.com Search for hundreds of internships all over the country including more than 1,000 in the Washington, DC area. The Career Center has purchased access to this database for University of Maryland students. E-mail Carol Monical cmonical@umd.edu at the University Career Center for the password (called promo code by Internships.com). Include your University ID number, full name, and your e-mail address in the body of the message.

http://www.monstertrak.monster.com MonsterTrakisn't the regular Monster.com. This site has entry-level and internship positions. Select Students/Alums, then the state of Maryland. Under Colleges & Universities, select University of Maryland, College Park. You will be able to look at jobs, but to apply online you will need to register (free).

http://www.internshipprograms.com A national database of available internships with companies and government, including advertising, marketing, sports teams, arts, agriculture, and ecology. Links to employer home pages and in some cases an online application.

http://www.rsinternships.com Rising Star Internships allows you to search for internships all over the country and post your resume.

http://www.internnetwork.com Provides networking opportunities through tradeshows and events. As a tradeshow intern, you can do various tasks including; product demonstrator, show presenter (excellent for those with a flair for drama), spokesperson and customer service. Be sure to check out the FAQ.

Internship Opportunity with Navy Office of Information

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, this year, employers will hire 22-percent fewer college graduates. As Kent Brockman, The Simpsons harbinger of social commentary quipped,

“Now joblessness isn’t just for philosophy majors.”

In all seriousness, relevant work experience has never been more important for entry-level job seekers. One great boon to us Terps is our proximity to the employment-rich departments of the Federal Government.

If only we could get a foot in the door… Enter the University of Maryland’s Federal Semester/Federal Service Fellows Program. This spring, the program is offering students two internship opportunities with the Navy Office of Information. Interns will be based at the Pentagon, where they will have opportunities to: learn about the key functions of Navy public affairs; receive hands-on experience in environmental public affairs planning and execution; and polish communication skills in a military agency headquarters office.

For more information about this opportunity, contact Federal Semester GA Joey Manfredo at manfredo@umd.edu.