Undergraduate Internships Human Biology “Our program concerns man as an organism, his adaptation to other men and to nature, his ability to control and live with his environment and the mechanisms by which these factors relate to his biological and social evolution.” Norman Kretchmer Campus Report of March 18th, 1970 Undergraduate Internships

Internship Requirements Maximum of 4 units earned under Humbio 197 120 hours of a single, outside of classroom experience Professional on-site supervisor Related to the student’s “area of concentration” or career goal Students must submit an internship proposal form to Humbio prior to beginning the internship Students must submit an internship performance evaluation form and 4-6 page internship report/reflection upon completion of internship

Ways to Advertise your Internship Human Biology Internship Faire (mid-November) Past Participants: -Child abuse Prevention Center -Cowell Student Health Services -Eco Advocate -Environmental Volunteers -Haas Center for Public Service -Palo Alto Medical Foundation -San Mateo County Office of Education -Stanford Center for Bioethics -Stanford Physical Therapy Department -Wildlife Rescue, Inc.

Other ways we advertise your internship to students Email dissemination Humbio website postings: https://www.stanford.edu/dept/humbio/cgi-bin/?q=blog/124 Contact marie.le@stanford.edu or cacciari@stanford.edu HUMBIO BUZZ, weekly email newsletter for majors Flyers posted on bulletin boards in our Student Lounge/Advising Center

INTERNSHIP PROPOSAL Human Biology Internship (Hum Bio 197) Proposal To the student: Please complete your portion of this form, have your student advisor, faculty advisor, and prospective internship supervisor complete their parts, and return this form promptly to Lia Cacciari, Student Services Coordinator, in Human Biology, Building 80. Name __________________________ ___________________ _______ SUID ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______ _____ ___ ____ E-mail ­­­____________________________________________ ________­ Phone ­­­­­­___ ___________ _____ Area of Concentration ­­­­_______________________________________________ _____ _________ ____ Quarter(s) hours to be completed:______ _ ___ Quarter(s) units to be applied to transcript: __ ___ _ _____ Internship Title ______________________________ _ _____ Start Date:__ _ ____ End Date:____ ___ Description (use other side if necessary): How is this internship relevant to your A/C or your career goals? (use other side if necessary): I understand and agree to fulfill the internship requirements. Student’s signature ________________________ ____________ Date ______________________ The internship must be approved by a Human Biology student advisor: Student advisor signature __________________ ______________ Date ______ _______________ The internship must be approved by the student’s faculty advisor: Faculty advisor signature __________________ _______________ Date ____________ _________ To be completed by the internship supervisor: Name of internship supervisor_____________________ ________________________________________ Department/Organization ________________________ _________________________________________ Mailing Address ______________________________ __________________________________________ E-mail _______________________________________ _______ Phone ____ ________________________ I accept responsibility of serving as a supervisor of the above student on the project described. I understand the following: (1) Each unit of credit corresponds to approximately 30 hours of work on the part of the student, (2) I should meet with the student at least twice a month (preferably weekly), (3) I will return my completed evaluation of the student’s work and the student’s written internship report as soon as possible to the student for delivery to his/her faculty advisor. For additional information or questions, please call Lia Cacciari, Student Services Coordinator, at (650) 725-0332 Supervisor’s signature _____________________________________ Date ________

Internship examples Internship Area of Concentration VA Hospital Health Care Economics VA Hospital Neuroscience and Behavior Salk Institute, Laboratory of Neuronal Structure and Function Infectious Diseases Human Nutrition Research Assistant, SoM Oral Polio virus Vaccine lab Research Assistant in Stanford Prevention Research Center

Ways to make your internship meaningful Have you and your colleagues share your career paths with the student Provide opportunities (e.g. conferences, lectures) that would teach the student about the breadth of your field Explain the purpose and value of even the smallest tasks Give students a sense of ownership over a project or a piece of a project