Internship Opportunity
Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program And Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute
The Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and Development (CHPRD) empowers the Hispanic community in New Jersey through inclusion in policy development by ensuring access to services and programs. The CHPRD facilitates professional and leadership development, emphasizes the richness and diversity of the Latino culture, and supports programs through funding collaborations with public and private entities.
A 10 week summer program geared toward leadership and professional development, the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program and the Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute have offered quality internship experiences for Hispanic/Latino college students since 1988. Hispanic college students work in a government, corporate or non-profit setting and participate in leadership training conducted by Rutgers University's Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership.
The Latino Leaders Fellowship Institute equips the interns participating in the Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program with skills essential to executive leadership. Interns learn to assess their own leadership styles and communication skills. Interns are required to complete an individual course project throughout the 10 weeks.
The Hispanic Interns in Community Service Program provides corporate, non-profit and government entities with the opportunity to partner with the CHPRD in developing the Hispanic/Latino workface by providing internship opportunities within their organization.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be residents of New Jersey and registered at a college or university with grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their overall grade point average and class standing. Each qualifying applicant is interviewed by a member of the Review Committee, which consist of alumni and the staff of the CHPRD.
If you have any questions, please contact CHPRD at: www.nj.gov/dca/chprd or at (609) 984-3223