Career Paths
Project Resilience offers opportunities for AAPI students to gain workplace experience and learn career skills. Two different semester-long paid internships are available for students: the College of Liberal Arts Internship and Career Development Center Scholarship. Through these internships students are able to explore potential careers and gain invaluable work experience in in-demand industry sectors and occupations, including community organizations serving AAPIs.
| College of Liberal Arts Internship: C/LA 492
Project Resilience provides opportunities for students to do meaningful work in Asian American & Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities through a semester-long internship partnered with the College of Liberal Arts. Selected students will enroll in a hybrid class that cultivates community, engages in reflection to understand experiences within broader AANHPI community issues, and hone professional skills. Students who successfully complete the program receive a $2000 scholarship and class credit*. Internship sites will be recruited based on student interests. Past organizations have included BPSOS Community Advancement Center, Khmer Girls in Action, Viet Rainbow of Orange County, Koreatown Youth & Community Center, and the Filipino Migrant Center. *Meet with your major advisor to ask about receiving course credit through this internship; C/LA internship offered for fall semesters only |
Career Development Center Scholarship
Partnered with the Career Development Center (CDC), the Project Resilience Internship Scholarship aims to create equitable access to internships for Asian American Pacific Islander, low-income, and/or first-generation college students. Students selected to participate in the Project Resilience Internship Scholarship will be supported by CDC advisors in securing an internship to work at. Recipients will be awarded a $1,500 scholarship. *Students currently participating in an internship are not eligible* To support award recipients in developing career-readiness skills, recipients must complete the following:
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