The Urban Semester Program offers students a tremendous opportunity for service learning and public service in Hartford, Connecticut. Nowhere are American urban challenges any greater than in Hartford, a city full of contrasts that embody need and potential, struggle and hope, and wealth and poverty. It is a city rich with diversity and urban cultures, home to people from all over the world. For over 40 years, UConn students have participated in this unique semester-long program that combines classroom study, service learning through an internship, and urban living in the state’s capital.
As a participant in the program, you are offered the opportunity to work in the heart of the city’s human services, government agencies, community and non-profit organizations. Depending on your area of interest and major, your internship can address issues facing the city, ranging from education to homelessness and youth issues, the criminal justice system and the changing welfare system. Previous internships have been in school-related programs, shelters, advocacy organizations, political offices, state and local government and many other settings.
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For more information and to apply: http://abroad.uconn.edu/program/uconn-urban-semester-program-hartford-connecticut-faculty-led/
For more information, contact: Edith Barrett at edith.barrett@uconn.edu