Announcing: 2009 S&I Summer Interns

Jenna Kerndl , Gads Hill Center (pending)

Megan Knight , Child Care Resource Services, Urbana (pending)

Carolyn Kloecker , ACCION Chicago

Erini Crowley , Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

David Brooks , ECIRMAC, Urbana

Spanish & Illinois Summer Internships/Prácticas

Our summer internship program places students in Illinois organizations that serve Spanish-speaking communities. Students are given an opportunity to collaborate with individuals at host internship sites to complete meaningful projects, aid community members and communicate with Latino clients.

Interns work full-time for eight weeks and are paid $10 an hour. Only students that have taken "Spanish & Entrepreneurship" (SPAN 332) and/or "Spanish in the Community" (SPAN 232) may apply.

University of Illinois Extension selects our internship partners based on their community service spirit and their commitment to the Latino community. On the job, interns use the language skills and knowledge of Latino cultures and entrepreneurship that they acquired in the classroom and in their community-based learning service.

The Spanish & Illinois Summer Internships are made possible by funding from the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Read what our interns and community partners from Summer 2006 have to say about the Spanish & Illinois Summer Intership Program.

• Learn more about our current internship partners:

1. ACCION Chicago. Chicago
2. Child Care Resource Services. Urbana, IL
3. ECIRMAC. Urbana, IL
4. IL Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Chicago
5. U of I Extension (Kane Co.). St. Charles, IL
6. Small Business Development Center. Glen Ellyn, IL
7. La Voz Latina. Rockford, IL
8. U of I Extension (Ogle Co.). Oregon, IL
9. Central States SER. Chicago
10. Gads Hill Center. Chicago
11. Instituto del Progreso Latino. Chicago

• Tentative organizations:

1. Mujeres Latinas En Accion. Chicago.
2. El Hogar del Nino. Chicago
3. Latinos United. Chicago
4. Alivio Medical Center. Chicago

• See the specifics about the internship projects for Summer 2009.

• Apply to be a Summer 2009 Spanish & Illinois intern.

• Applications are due March 20, 2009.

Contact us if your Illinois organization or business is interested in hosting a summer intern.

• Interns: Please do the "Assignments" in Compass

2008 S&I Summer Interns

Nancy Parman, Gads Hill Center

Iulia Filip, Child Care Resource Services, Urbana

Lisa Medearis, ACCION Chicago

Emily Fotzler, Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Barbara Dzikowski, Instituto del Progreso Latino

Silvia Terrazas, Central States SER, Jobs For Progress

Joelle Curry, ECIRMAC, Urbana

Ashley Soriano, La Voz Latina, Rockford

" This experience gave me a greater confidence in the jobs I never though I would be able to do (…) It also gave me better contacts and references I would have ever obtained just simply going out into the workforce." Allison Koch at U of I Extension, East Moline