Health Promotion Practicum Program
Spring 2014
The Prevention Research Center at Tulane University is offering SIX competitive practicum internships for the Spring 2014 semester that provide students with real-life experience in the field of health promotion working with selected partners of the PRC. The practicum program is limited toTulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine students. Preference is given to graduate-level students who have not yet completed a practicum, but practica have been awarded to exceptional undergraduate students in the past.
The practicum hosts are the Grow Dat Youth Farm, Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools, New Orleans Food Co-op, New Orleans Kids Partnership, Regina Coeli Child Development Center, and Young Leadership Council – YLC Kicks.
Descriptions of the internships and the application for all practica is available at the Tulane PRC website under Career Opportunities. Please read the directions for applying carefully.
The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, for emailed or faxed applications, and all mailed applications must be post-marked by Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The internship position will begin during the spring semester but may roll over into the summer, depending on student availability, program timing, and the organization’s specific needs.
The interns will be required to work a total of 300 hours for the designated organizations. For students in the Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Department, this program will fulfill your practicum and project requirements. The interns will also be required to fulfill all reporting requirements mandated by the school’s practicum manual.
Questions? Contact Naomi King Englar, PRC Communications and Training Coordinator, at 504.988.7410 or nking2@tulane.edu. Application materials should be submitted to Naomi either via email (nking2@tulane.edu), fax (504.988.3540), or mail (1440 Canal Street, Suite 2301, New Orleans LA 70112).
