<h2>Internships</h2>
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<p class="bodyText" align="left"><a href="/id0904f67a806de45b">Summer2012 Internship Syllabus</a><img src="/id0904f67a80635a38" alt="" width="23" height="9" /><br /><a href="/id0904f67a806de45a">Summer 2012 Internship Schedule</a><img src="/id0904f67a80635a38" alt="" width="23" height="9" /></p>
<p class="bodyText" align="left"><a href="/id0904f67a806e8486">Monthly Intern Evaluation </a><img src="/id0904f67a80635a38" alt="" width="23" height="9" /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="/id0904f67a806e8488">Final Intern Evaluation<img src="/id0904f67a80635a38" alt="" width="23" height="9" /></a></span></p>
<p class="bodyText" align="left"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="/id0904f67a806e8476">Internship Application</a></span><img src="/id0904f67a80635a38" alt="" width="23" height="9" /></p>
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<p class="bodyText" align="center"><strong>Instructions on filling out forms: Please first save all forms to computer than fill out forms and save to desktop. Please e-mail all completed forms as attachments to the <a href="mailto:mpaprogram@siue.edu">mpaprogram@siue.edu</a>.</strong></p>
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<p class="bodyText" align="center">Internships offered through the MPA program allow our students to:</p>
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<li class="bodyText"><em>Gain in Valuable & Practical</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>Experience Work with Area Public and Nonprofit Organizations</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>Earn up to 3 Hours of Graduate Credit</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>20 Hour Paid Per Week Internships</em></li>
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<p class="bodyText">These positions involve an appointment as a Graduate Assistant by the Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis. Interns are paid at stipulated graduate assistant rates and receive a tuition waiver.</p>
<p class="bodyText">Interns are placed with public and nonprofit agencies and perform a variety of duties such as:</p>
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<li class="bodyText"><em>Management Information Systems</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>Personnel Administration</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>Budgeting Activities</em></li>
<li class="bodyText"><em>other activities as required by the agency.</em></li>
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<p align="center">Currently our program has four graduate students as graduate assistants. These individuals assist in the PAPA office, help fellow students or prospective students with question regarding SIUE or the MPA program. These individuals also assist professors as needed and work on the the department newsletter, brochure, and plan department events. A graduate assistant can also be assigned to a particular professor to work on research or grant work.</p>
<p align="center">Currently there are MPA students working in internship positions. These positions are with the following agencies:</p>
<p align="center">City of Ferguson</p>
<p align="center">City of Troy</p>
<p align="center">City of O'Fallon</p>
<p align="center">St. Clair Housing Authority</p>
<p align="center">Madison Community Development</p>
<p align="center">Madison County Planning & Development</p>
<p align="center">Leadership Council</p>
<p align="center" style="font-size:12px; "><span class="bodyText">For more information and an internship application, please contact:<br /> Dr. T.R. Carr, Internship Coordinator<br />Public Administration and Policy Analysis<br />Southern Illinois University Edwardsville<br />Alumni Hall, Room 3128<br />Edwardsville, IL 62026-1457<br />(618) 650-3762</span><br />E-mail: mpaprogram@siue.edu</p>
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