Partner with the Maryland Fellows Program

Maryland Fellows is actively developing formal and informal relationships and agreements with government offices, NGOs, non-profits, and other related organizations.

If you are interested in initiating or renewing a relationship or agreement with the program, please contact the Program Director, Dr. Joan Burton at jburton1@umd.edu or (301) 314-1920.

How to Recruit Our Students

Interested in recruiting bright, diverse, committed students as interns or volunteers for your organization?

• Program Information Sheet
• Student Internship Position Online Form
• Student Internship Position Form (Word Document Version)

• Mission: To prepare talented, diverse undergraduate students to excel in professional internships and pursue careers of influence and impact, especially in the public sector.
• Student availability: Our students are available to engage in internships of 10 to 20 hours per week from late-January through mid-May (the university’s spring semester).
• Students receive college credit for their internships through a university-administered experiential learning course.
• The program provides students with funding to support them in their internships.

• The most effective recruitment period is mid-September through late October; students generally prefer to secure their spring internships early to mid-fall semester. We also circulate positions later in the fall semester.
• How to advertise an opportunity: You may send your own position description as an attachment; fill out our position form instead; OR just send an informal position description in an email to fedglobal@umd.edu. In all cases, please use the following as your subject line: [name of your organization/office] Position Description.  
• Please specify whether you prefer for students to apply directly to you or you wish us to compile resumes on your behalf.   
• For more information, please contact Associate Director, Jay Arasan, at jarasan@umd.edu or (301) 314-1130. You are also welcome to contact the Director of the Maryland Fellows Program, Dr. Joan Burton, at jburton1@umd.edu or (301) 314-1920.

• The University of Maryland’s Maryland Fellows attracts applications from high-achieving undergraduate students from all majors (the minimum GPA is 3.0).
• Maryland Fellows is an innovative internship program designed to equip University of Maryland undergraduate students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience necessary to excel in their internships and pursue careers of impact and leadership.
• The program provides an integrated combination of classroom and professional experience designed to provide a deep understanding of leadership and policy and the ways in which they are developed, influenced and carried out. The center of the program is a fall academic seminar on leadership and policy related to a specific theme, for example, political engagement and advocacy.