What is a Legacy Intern?
A LEGACY is something you leave behind… so that others may remember you… OR so that we become better people because you were here.
LEGACY INTERNS are UW-Stout students... who have been there, done this and that… and are looking for something meaningful to invest in during the last months at UW-Stout.
LEGACY INTERNS plan, implement and evaluate a project that addresses an existing need on campus or in the community.
Projects fall into three areas:
• Service to Community
• Social Justice/Change
• Leader Development
LEGACY INTERNS
• Meet weekly- but only as needed.
• Work on projects as individuals or in groups. Spend approximately
3 hours a week on their projects.
• Public presentations of projects
• Reception will be held in the week prior to Commencement.
Think about all the classes, friends, faculty, jobs, organization memberships, events attended… You’ve already invested a lot in your Stout experience – more than you would have thought possible when you were a new student… What can you leave to help us remember you?
What does a Legacy Intern do?
• Dialogue about civic responsibility;
• Discuss professional ethics;
• Establish personal mission/vision;
• Meet the changing needs of society.
Intern project possibilities include:
Develop an Alternative Break or other local service activity;
Address local/regional environmental sustainability;
Establish an issues-oriented film and/or forum series;
Participate in campus or local governance;
Create a multimedia campaign to expose/address poverty in Dunn County;
Conduct a website audit (diversity/leadership/service)
(Other ideas? It’s your dream…It’s your legacy…
how can we help you fulfill it?)
Initiating change takes time and energy, but the rewards last a lifetime!
University Centers offers Internships in several areas. Several of the
UC staff members have worked with Faculty and Staff members to build Intern
opportunities for students.
LEGACY INTERNS are encouraged to work with their program director to take
the Legacy Internship as a one-credit independent study and/or capstone
opportunity related to their major.
For more information contact Mary McManus, Assistant Director of the Memorial Student Center.
133 MSC Lower Level
mcmanusm@uwstout.edu
x2503