Diversity Community Engagement Program
About the Internship Program Heading link
The Diversity Community Engagement Program (DCEP) is designed to expand students’ career readiness and community engagement skills through an internship hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Engagement, its seven Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC), and their community partners.
By participating in the DCEP internship, students will build professional competencies and relationships, develop decision-making skills, gain knowledge on purpose and value of academic and community partnerships, and develop interpersonal skills that can transfer to their future careers.
Through this internship, students will also identify pressing social issues impacting local communities and expand their capacity while learning of relevant solutions to community needs.
The DCEP internship is a one-semester commitment. Students will dedicate 10 hours per week.
DCEP offers students the opportunity to apply for the following tracks:
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- General: Students who select this track will be able to choose an internship placement within the university. These placements may include any one of the seven Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change, the Office of Community Collaboration – Neighborhood Centers Project at Auburn Gresham and North Lawndale, or UIC-Partnerships for Anti-racist Campus Transformation (PACT).
- Placement: While internships in this track will be primarily focused in any one of the units above, internships will include engagement with the units’ community partners.
Note: The Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change include the African American Cultural Center, Arab American Cultural Center, Asian American Resources and Cultural Center, Disability Cultural Center, Gender and Sexuality Center, Latino Cultural Center, and Women’s Leadership and Resource Center.
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- General: Students who select this track will be able to choose an internship placement at a partner community-based organization (CBO).
- Placement: While internships in this track will be primarily focused on community-based placements associated with one of the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Engagement units, students may also be asked to be co-located on campus depending on community site space availability.
Note: Students interested in applying to become a DCEP intern at the Office of Community Collaboration -Neighborhood Project at Auburn Gresham and North Lawndale must be a Junior or Senior. Please take a look at the descriptions, qualifications and responsibilities for the Community Consulting Interns in Marketing, Finance, and Accounting at this page.
Interns will receive compensation and/or may be eligible to receive academic credit. All UIC undergraduate students are eligible to apply. Federal Work Study and DACA students are encouraged to apply.
We hope you take advantage of this unique program!
Apply for DCEP Fall 2023 on Handshake Heading link
Log in and search for the Diversity Community Engagement Program under the company: “University of Illinois at Chicago – Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Engagement”
Apply on Handshake by 5/26/23 at 5 p.m. CST
Receiving Academic Credit Heading link
To explore receiving academic credit for this internship, please contact your academic advisor.
If you are in a student in the following Colleges, you can also contact the person below using “DCEP Internship” as the subject line:
If you have any questions about the Diversity Community Engagement Program (DCEP), please contact:
Jorge Mena Robles (He/Him/His)
(312)-996-3095