INTERNSHIPS: FUNDING PROGRAMS
Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program
The Kenneth J. Cmiel Funded Human Rights Internship Program provides funding to selected students who have secured a summer internship with a local, national or international non-governmental organization or governmental agency engaged in human rights related advocacy, research or education. Program funds cover travel and living expenses associated with the internship. Current UI undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who will remain enrolled in a degree program at the UI the semester following their internship are eligible to apply.
The program was renamed this year to honor the late director of the UICHR, Kenneth J. Cmiel. Professor Cmiel was a faculty member in the UI Department of History and an internationally renowned scholar of the history of human rights. The program, established in 2005, was the fulfillment of a longstanding vision for Professor Cmiel:
"Ken's vision, to make the Center a unique and valuable resource for student learning about human rights, his generous and effective leadership, and his commitment to human rights work in all its forms, brought this program to life and remains its guiding force." — Amy Weismann, UICHR Deputy Director
To download the application for the 2008 Kenneth J. Cmiel Human Rights Funded Internship Program (deadline is March 15, 2008), click HERE. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Amy Weismann.
2006 Recipients
Yayuk Mardiati
Ph.D. candidate, College of Education
Research Center for Women at the University of Jember
Indonesia
Tiana Gierke
Third-year student, College of Law
Legal Aid of Cambodia
Cambodia
Monica Foley
Ph.D. candidate, Department of HIstory
FAIR Fund
Africa
Mary-Justine Todd
Master's candidate, International Studies
Relief to Development Society
Tanzania
Lyndsey Wilkinson
Second-year student, Carver College of Medicine
Love and Mercy Coalition
Tanzania
Asmita
Undergraduate, Economics and PEOPLE Program
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Jacob Wedemeyer
Third-year student, College of Law
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Eagle Pass, Texas
Previous years' winners
Edward Jones, NY Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York City
Emily Carlson, Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Philadelphia
Matthew Stromquist, Lawyers for Human Rights, South Africa
Alexis Bushnell, Global Youth Connect, Cambodia
Christopher Konkobo, Center for Study of Genocide, Rwanda
Yolanda Villalvazo, Proteus, Des Moines
Robin Dull, Vera Institute for Justice on the Commission of Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, New York City
