Internships are not always guaranteed. They are only a possibility for year-long School in China students during their second semester.
Internship Handbook
Internships are supported by The Clarence and Anne Dillon Dunwalke Trust and the Ronald H. Brown Time-Warner Endowment Fund
INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS
Daniel Amaranto- Spring 2005
Interning at EECZ was an eye-opening experience. I got to learn about the intracacies of environmental protection in China by doing hands on research and writing articles. EECZ even gave me a liason position at a local Chinese environmental consultancy so that I could have exposure to different types of workplaces and see different components of environmental protection work. I had never before been interested in environmental work, so this experience not only allowed me understand a local work environment, but more importantly helped me to explore a completely new field.
Amanda McCreight- Spring 2006
Of all the places to do an internship in China, I must confess that a blood bank never entered my mind. It ended up being one of the best aspects of my year abroad. Everyday I would hop on my bike to make the ride over to Wulin Lu and see what my duties for the day would be. I began quietly, trying to take in information about something I was unfamiliar with in English terminology, let alone Mandarin. “Donate blood”, “whole blood donation”, “white cell count”, and other words and phrases quickly became part of my daily vocabulary. Much of my time was spent conversing with blood donors only giving a part of their blood, who spent about an hour and a half waiting for the process to be complete. Later, I filled in for an ayi who got sick and couldn't come in, feeding donors who hadn't eaten yet, giving out calcium supplements, and taking care of anything else that needed done. I had the opportunity to witness the blood bank's purchase and decorating of a new blood donation bus, attend presentations to recruit donors and educate the public, staff activities, and attempt to donate blood. The experience was one of a kind, and allowed me the chance to meet more new friends than I ever could have imagined, see a Chinese institution in progress, and discuss controversial and curious subjects with a wide variety of people. Few opportunities would have succeeded in exposing me to the plethora of accents, thought processes, and age groups as did my internship at Zhejiang Province's blood donation center.