PRESIDENT’S INTERNSH IP OGRAM R P
Table of Contents Message From Our President ............................................... 1 Introduction, Mission, and Experience ................................. 2 Meet Our Interns ..................................................................3 Web of Connections ............................................................. 5 First Impressions ................................................................ 6 Discovering My Leadership Style ......................................... 6 Developing My Professional Skills ....................................... 7 Designing My Community Project ....................................... 7 Partners’ Mentors ............................................................... 8 Networking in Washington, DC ............................................ 8 Reaching Outside My Comfort Zone..................................... 9 My Overall Partners’ Experience .......................................... 9 The Value of My Internship .................................................. 10 Housing, Visas, and How to Apply........................................ 11 Read More ........................................................................... 12
Message from Our President The President’s Internship Program (PIP) is unlike any internship that you’ll have access to in Washington, D.C. Developed by interns for interns, PIP evolved from Partners’ 50-year legacy of cultivating youth and community leaders. I personally engage our President’s Interns in discovering their unique leadership styles, honing their professional skills and connecting with a wide range of professionals. With service at the heart of everything we do, we take a hands-on, collaborative approach to creating a learning rich experience. In the pages to follow you will meet our inaugural class of President’s Interns. In their own words, they’ll walk you through their journey with Partners. My hunch is that you’ll quickly see, at Partners you can be far more than just an intern!
Steve Vetter President & CEO Partners of the Americas
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Introduction The President’s Internship Program is a customized leadership and professional “skillsbuilding” experience in Washington D.C. for students and young professionals. Launched in 2013, PIP feeds into Partners’ network of over 200 alumni interns, builds institutional linkages with colleges and universities, and deploys graduates back into their communities to carry out projects of social change. With local chapters and PartnersCampuses as primary assets, PIP is positioned to strengthen and reinforce those partnerships. The standard program term is 10 to 15 weeks offered during the fall, spring, and summer. PIP is a fee-based program.
Mission Cultivate globally active, service-oriented change agents that can address current challenges.
The Experience Mentorship – Our staff strive to foster your professional growth Professional Internship – Choose from over 17 different internship positions Leadership Training – Discover your own leadership style with President Vetter as your guide Community Projects – Engage in a proposal writing competition Bonuses: Enrichment activities – Have you ever Salsa danced? Been to a Nats game? Met a foreign Ambassador? Skills Workshops – Do you know the difference between a resume and a CV? Want to learn about fundraising?
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Meet Our Interns
Name: Ruben Aguero Position: President’s Intern for Youth Engagement Country of Origin: Paraguay Institution: The College of Wooster (Ohio) Major: Economics
Name: Connor Hunter-Kysor Position: President’s Intern for the Legislative Fellows Country of Origin: United States Institution: Juniata College (Pennsylvania) Major: Mathematics
Name: Danielle Martin Position: President’s Intern for Professional Exchanges Country of Origin: United States Institution: University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Alumnus Major: Business Management and Spanish
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Name: Enora Philippe Position: President’s Intern for Program Management & Communications, Executive Office (2013) Country of Origin: France Institution: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Cd. De México Major: International Studies
Name: Enrique Romero Position: President’s Intern for Program Management & Board Governance, Executive Office Country of Origin: Mexico Institution: Grinnell College (Iowa) Major: Sociology and Political Science
Name: Carlos S. Saavedra Position: President’s Intern for Outreach & Communications, Executive Office Country of Origin: Colombia Institution: SUNY Geneseo Alumnus Major: International Relations
Name: Daniela Zuluaga Velez Position: President’s Intern for Graphic Design, Communications Country of Origin: Colombia Institution: EAFIT (Medellín, Colombia) Major: Product Design Engineering
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Web of Connections Connor Hunter-Kysor Pennsylvana Partners Daniela Zuluaga Antioquia Partners Ruben Aguero Youth Ambassadors Program Enrique Romero
PIP Class I
Texas Partners
Danielle Martin University of Wisconsin Carlos S. Saavedra Partners Website Enora Philippe Mexico - Tec de Monterrey
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Institutional Connection
President’s Intern
First Impression... I immediately got this feeling that I was in a place that was going to offer me great opportunity. – Carlos Saavedra
Discovering My Leadership Style... Our readings led me to consider leadership from an unconventional approach, “followership.” – Ruben Aguero
Developing My Professional Skills… After working on the Legislative Fellows program, I truly see the value of event planning and logistics. – Connor Hunter-Kysor
Designing My Community Project… My project is not just an assignment; but a potential career path. – Enrique Romero
Partners’ Mentors… They help you develop yourself professionally, always offer advice and assist you in any way possible. – Danielle Martin
Networking in Washington… Meeting Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico was a special moment. – Enora Philippe
Reaching Outside My Comfort Zone… I’m here because I wanted to do something different, being challenged doesn’t scare me. – Daniela Zuluaga
My Overall Partners’ Experience… Partners helped me realize the real purpose behind international development. - Carlos Saavedra My internship made me question my mission and goals in life and my next step is to continue to increase my self-awareness. - Ruben Aguero I’ve never been in a program that challenges me this much. Everything I did strengthened me and my career. - Enrique Romero This experience has given me the opportunity to attend different events and connect with a wide variety of businesses and leaders in DC. - Danielle Martin My supervisors were amazing, I connected with them beyond my expectations. - Connor Hunter-Kysor
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The Value of My Internship... I think PIP offers a very unique and personalized internship opportunity. The program is designed to match the interns’ needs and interns set their own goals and the ways to accomplish them. This provides for a truly customized internship opportunity. Through the leadership study and networking events you meet many people and create connections that can benefit you in a future career. In addition, you always have the whole Partners staff as mentors. They are always willing to help out, talk, or review anything you have questions on which makes for a great learning environment. – Danielle Martin
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Housing, Visas, and How to Apply Housing Partners of the Americas offers convenient housing in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. Participants live minutes from the Silver Spring metro station, bus service, grocery store, dry cleaning, restaurants, nightlife, and entertainment. Visas For international students, a J-1 Visa may be required for participation. Qualifications - Minimum of one-year experience at an accredited higher education institution - Strong written & oral skills in English required - Proficient written & oral skills in Spanish and Portuguese encouraged - Desire to implement a community-based service project - International students must submit TOEFL scores Enrollment for Spring 2015 is open! Application Deadline is November 15, 2014 For more information on how to apply, housing options and visa requirements, please visit: www.partners.net/PIP You may also contact: Sherrita Wilkins, Program Coordinator, at swilkins@partners.net
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Read More... Check out our published blog posts at www.partnersoftheamericas.net From Murals and Music to Education and Exchange: A Piece of the Pennsylvania Partners March 5, 2013 Enora Philippe Former Mexico President Fox Visits Partners April 29, 2013 Enora Philippe Visit From Indiana, Florida, and Bogotá Chapters May 7, 2013 Enora Philippe Ambassador to Belize Meets with ECPA Fellows Program in D.C. June 4, 2014 Enrique Romero Seminario de Integración y Actualización 2014: Jalisco, Guadalajara, México June 13, 2014 Enrique Romero Partners’ President Steve Vetter Speaks at the Spring 2014 Professional Fellows Congress July 14, 2014 Carlos S. Saavedra Not Bored at the Board Meeting August 1, 2014 Enrique Romero President’s Internship Program (PIP): The Power of Leadership in Cultivating Change August 29, 2014 Carlos S. Saavedra
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Two President’s Interns, Ruben Aguero and Danielle Martin, were awarded a scholarship to attend Partners’ 50th Anniversary Convention in Florianopólis, Brazil as winners of a proposal writing competition offered by the President’s Internship Program. They each designed a community project, submitted a written proposal for start-up funds, and defended their project concepts before a review panel. The proposal review panel consisted of former Partners’ staff, an International Board/ Chapter member, several local collaborators, and two alumni interns that now work at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB/BID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ruben Aguero’s proposal “e-Mbo’e: Internet for Education in Ciudad del Este” is designed to improve the academic performance of 15 high school students in the areas of math and science from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay through the creation of a pilot tutoring center in the local Municipal Library. Danielle Martin’s proposal “Empowering Others and Creating Partnerships through Resume and Cover Letter Writing and Mock Interviews” is a career development program designed to engage university students in leading mock interviews and resume/cover letter writing workshops to underserved Latino groups in their communities.