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Gain experience
Get Career-Ready
Take your classroom experience to the next level by interning with a government, nonprofit or business. Earn academic credit while you’re at it, too.
The Wilder School encourages students to participate in for-credit, structured and supervised internships with government, nonprofit and business organizations. Internships provide students with experience in a professional setting outside the classroom and enrich the learning process by supplementing theory with practice.
Internships and Fellowships
Learn more about Wilder-specific experiential learning opportunities.
Virginia Capitol Semester
Get behind-the-scenes legislative experience, and add a state government internship to your resume. Bridge community issues with current research to impact the future.
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Basic Jailor Academy
Rising juniors and senior criminal justice students can become a sheriff deputy through our eight-week Summer Basic Jailor Academy, offered in partnership with the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office.
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Wilder Graduate Scholars Fellowship
Information about the Wilder School’s Graduate Scholars Fellowship is currently being updated. Additional details will be provided as they become available.
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Search internships
Visit VCU’s online job/internship portal, Handshake, to browse opportunities posted by the Wilder School.
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In the community
Service-Learning
Service-learning lets you earn class credit while participating in organized service activities that meet community-identified needs.
Wilder School faculty members lead service-learning courses every semester. Once you enroll, you’ll participate in at least 20 hours of service for the semester, complete reflection activities and earn the mark “SRV-LRN” on your transcript for the course.
- Visit the VCU Schedule of Classes
- Choose the “Term” and “Subject” you’re interested in.
- Select “Service Learning Course” in the “Attributes Type” box.
- Click on “Class Search” at the bottom of the page.