How to Participate In the Student Internship Program

In response to the District’s initiative to establish diversity as one of its principal institutional values, the Program for Infusing Diversity into the Curriculum (Diversity Infusion Program) was developed. To accomplish the Program’s main goal of instilling diversity issues and perspectives into and throughout the District's curricula, faculty are encouraged to incorporate diversity issues, examples, and resources into the courses they teach. The intent of this project is to increase awareness, sensitivity, and appreciation of diversity in the District’s student population. Each year a small group of faculty members is selected from within the District to explore ways of infusing diversity into the classroom. This Internship will allow students to participate in this Program. Student interns will have opportunities to improve their leadership and professional skills, diversity skills, learning skills, communication skills, and interpersonal skills.

Student Internship Requirements

1. Student must have completed nine semester hours of college credit
2. Student must have a minimum GPA of 2.5
3. Student must be enrolled within the Maricopa Community College District for at least three credit hours during the semester of the internship

Student Internship Obligations

• This internship is for up to one year. After one year, the internship may be repeated by re-applying.
• Diversity functions may be held at any of the Maricopa Community College campuses or at other locations around the valley. Interns should be able to provide their own transportation.
• Each intern will be paired with a faculty participant from the Infusion Program. This person will act as a mentor / supervisor for the intern.
• All interns are expected to attend an orientation meeting. Participants in the Diversity Infusion Program meet for two to four seminars each semester. Interns are expected to attend these seminars.
• Students are expected to participate with faculty in the Program and may be asked to provide feedback regarding their opinions on how different instructional efforts and activities might be received by students in the classroom. Additionally, students may be asked to offer suggestions as to what diversity issues they would like to see presented or discussed.
• Each intern is expected to participate in at least one project related to the Diversity Infusion Program. Possible projects may include finding appropriate resources and materials on diversity, working on a campus diversity event, promoting, developing, and/or assessing Program services, and assisting faculty to infuse diversity into their classrooms. As a culmination of this project, the intern will be asked to give a brief presentation of his/her work during one of the seminars.

Student Internship Scholarship

Students will receive a $250 scholarship each semester for their participation.

Student Internship Application Instructions
Complete a Student Internship Application and return it to Dr. Gray via hard copy or this site, by the appropriate due date found on the application. Additional application forms are available on the Diversity Web site.