Internships

Internships are more than career advancers. They are experiences that allow students to embrace causes they care most about or learn more about new opportunities. Students in any History department major or minor can get course credit for internships during the school year.

Students who wish to pursue an internship during the academic year have the option to enroll in one of the History Department's major-specific internship courses. These courses offer students the opportunity to earn academic credit for what they are learning outside of the classroom in an internship. Students should discuss their plans for an internship with the academic advisor.

Collester Family Community Engagement Fellowship Program

The Collester Fellows Program provides students with academic training and experiential learning opportunities that synergize to cumulatively build toward developing the capacity for community-based leadership.

As a student studying ethics, history and public policy and health humanities at Carnegie Mellon University, Makenzie Sing (Class of 2028) is interested in the intersection of community health, substance misuse management and treatment, human service policy and maternal and child health. Through these lenses, she is passionate about examining how inequalities from incarceration rates to healthcare access have been structurally produced and sustained under various political justifications.

During the fellowship, Makenzie hopes to work on initiatives that address issues evolving from coordination between health systems and human services, thereby improving outcomes for underserved communities rather than targeting them.