
Community Engaged Learning Cohort Internships
Enrollment begins Monday, August 11th through Friday, September 5th.
*Please Note: These opportunities will not be available after September 5th; However, we select interns based on first come, first serve and do not guarantee we will have opportunities available later in enrollment.
Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Cohort Internship List
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Blu Educational Foundation
BLU Educational Foundation provides educational and human services programming to youth, adults and organizations, with a mission to build healthy productive communities. Our initiatives focus on education, health & wellness, civic engagement, leadership development, advocacy, and the Arts.
Address of Site: 701 S Mt Vernon Ave Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 92410 (Liberal Arts 111)
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Project Access
Project Access strives to be the leading provider of vital on-site health, education and employment services to families, children and seniors living in affordable and workforce housing communities. Our goal is to help keep family members employed, children in school, and seniors active.
Address of Site: We have multiple locations that can accommodate students. Please view this link for all our locations: https://www.project-access.org/our-programs/resource-centers/ . Students can make preferences of sites they’re interested in or be matched to a site dependent on their availability and location
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Planes of Fame
The mission of the Planes of Fame Air Museum is to preserve aviation history, inspire an interest in aviation, educate the public, and honor aviation pioneers and veterans.
Address of Site: 14998 Cal Aero Drive, Chino, CA 91710
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San Bernardino County Museum
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Through the lens of the region’s dynamic cultural and natural history, the San Bernardino County Museum develops visitors’ appreciation of our diverse regional identity to spark their curiosity, to stimulate inquiry, to challenge their assumptions, and to invite them to contribute to our common future.
Address: 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374
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UCR ARTS California Museum of Photography and Culver Center of the Arts
UCR ARTS strives to advance the understanding and appreciation of the arts through extraordinary experiences in contemporary visual and performing art, photography, and photographic technologies, past and present. They engage global and regional communities through major exhibitions, artist projects, performances, and community programs. UCR ARTS aims to be a cultural anchor for both the University and the broader Inland Empire communities.
Address: 3824 + 3834 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92373
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Human Migration Institute
HMI is a nonprofit organization that promotes community building in order to support refugee populations. We aim to be resourceful and effective in transforming refugees’ lives, changing public attitudes for the better, and connecting diverse populations within the same community.
Address of Site: Islamic Center of Riverside (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and 1424 University Ave. Riverside, CA, 92507, behind Taco Bell (Fridays)
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Marketing and Communications - SOE
Internship with School of Education Marketing and Communications team. Great opportunity to develop your communications skills both digitally and in person. Plus great networking opportunity within the SOE to work with the dean's suite, teacher education, graduate programs office etc. Learn effective communication strategies that can be applied in future career pursuits or for future organizational communication.
Address: UCR Campus
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Black Language Research Consortium - SOE
We are focused on educating UCR and local communities about Black Language and its importance in schools, as well as in actively building Black teacher and Black Language scholar pipelines in the Inland Empire.
Address: Sproul Hall 2223
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LIFTED Program - SOE
UCR LIFTED seeks to expand access to a UCR Bachelor’s degree to students living inside a prison in the Inland Southern California region.
Through this program we seek to amplify the voices of those incarcerated nationally and provide avenues for them to become future advocates for those who have are currently and have been formerly incarcerated.
Recent research has shown that of the 4,500 degree-granting colleges and universities in the U.S., only 7% (315) provide some form of higher education in prison spaces (Castro, Padilla, and Royer, 2019). Even fewer provide a bachelor’s degree that can be completed while incarcerated. The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison estimates the number of such institutions at 53.
The UCR LIFTED program will allow students currently located at Norco CRC to fully complete a UCR Bachelor of Arts degree in Education, Society, and Human Development while incarcerated. UCR courses will be offered face-to-face by faculty members in the School of Education and the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Admitted students will take the same courses offered on campus by faculty who are leaders in their respective fields. UCR LIFTED, co-led by Assistant Professor Amos Lee and Professor Farah Godrej with a team of four additional faculty, aims to provide a meaningful opportunity for incarcerated students to re-envision their future as they earn their degree.
Address: Sproul Hall
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Graduate Programs - SOE
The University of California, Riverside School of Education, or SOE, is a nationally recognized school in a public research university that leverages its broad range of expertise to develop impactful partnerships, collaborations, and evidence-based resources fundamental for teaching, learning, and student success. Located in a region rich in racial and linguistic diversity, yet challenged by economic and social inequities, SOE serves a diverse student population, much of which is comprised of students of color, low-income students, and first-generation college students. The SOE mission is to advance equitable educational systems and practices which are driven by core values of equity, evidence, excellence, community, critical thinking, and compassion. Additionally, we prioritize recognizing, honoring, and working with the people of the region to create transformative opportunities and advance our respective fields in education.
Address: Sproul Hall 1202
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Strategic Initiatives - SOE
The Strategic Initiatives Intern will support the Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives with a variety of high-impact projects related to events, communications, and special initiatives in the School of Education. This is an ideal opportunity for a student interested in leadership, strategic planning, communications, or higher education administration.
Address: UCR Campus
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Community Engaged Learning Program - SOE
The Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Program provides community engagement and professional development opportunities to the School of Education’s (SOE) students. The SOE requires undergraduate Education, Society, and Human Development (ESHD) majors to complete a minimum of 40 hours of Community Engaged Learning before graduation. CEL allows students to put into practice their learned knowledge of education theory, research, policy, and practice in ways that contribute to the mission of an educational or community organization through well-informed service.
The goal of Community Engaged Learning is to enrich and extend the UCR coursework experience with applied, real-world learning addressing community-identified concerns while serving the population needs of students, faculty, and partners. The CEL program is seeking a dedicated, organized, and enthusiastic intern to provide administrative, creative, and program support to the CEL program.
Address of Site: Sproul Hall (1216)
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Student Athlete Academic Services - UCR
Student-Athlete Academic Services are a team of counselors that act in supportive roles for student-athletes to assist them with navigating and excelling in their academic responsibilities. Our mission is to support student-athletes, help them utilize campus resources, and also hold students accountable for their academic commitments. Counselors educate and communicate NCAA academic rules and certify academic eligibility while also completing day-to-day tasks like managing study hall requirements, student-athlete tutoring, life skills programming, course scheduling for all sports, academic weekly meetings, reporting to coaching staff and recording professor and instructor feedback.
Address of Site: UCR Campus, Skye Hall Third Floor (Room 364 & 367)
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Create Thirst Academy
Create Thirst Academy (CTA) is an 8 week academic enrichment academy created to instill success mentalities in our students through encouragement, life skills, training and developing self esteem. Our goal is to create a thirst and drive for success in youth in under-served communities, which will prepare them to be leaders of tomorrow.
Address of Site: 12125 Day St Ste U101, Moreno Valley, CA, 92557
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SRC Youth Programs
The mission of SRC Youth Programs is to:
- Provide a safe, enriching and stimulating lifestyle using multitudes of sports, activities, games and educational instruction. We celebrate play.
- Foster growth, develop youth and nurture essential skills through active positive engagement, learning and social interaction.
- Youth need to be challenged for growth.
- Build and nurture community on and off campus between parents.
- Promote diversity, inclusion and build community enriching the world around us.
- Increase equitable access to the outdoors and instill an appreciation for the outdoor lifestyle.
- Teach well sourced nutritional information to encourage healthy life choices.
- Instill a positive college experience to encourage future higher learning.
- Have fun!!
Address of Site: Student Recreation Center, 900 University Avenue Riverside 92521
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School on Wheels
Since 1993, the mission of School on Wheels has never wavered: to enhance educational opportunities for children who are experiencing homelessness from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Their goal is to shrink the gaps in their learning and provide them with the highest level of education possible. Their program serves as a consistent support system for our students during a time of great stress and fear.
Address: Virtual
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Student Hires LLC
Student Hires partners with K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, businesses, non-profits, and community-based organizations to deliver transformative experiences for youth.
Address of Site: 22709 Parkham St Moreno Valley CA 92553
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My Learning Studio
Our mission is to encourage and benefit all students and their parents academically in creative and innovative ways, regardless of ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.
We support students and families who qualify as low-income, foster, adopted, at-risk or court-appointed children, such as grandparents raising grandchildren, and siblings raising siblings.
Address of Site: 17086 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, 92504
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Think Together
Our mission is to partner with schools to help change the odds for kids.
Address of Site: 2101 E. Fourth St., Ste. 200B Santa Ana, CA 92705-3835 (Interns will be placed at different school sites; address will vary based on placement)
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Fight for Autism
Fight For Autism (FFA) at UCR is a student-run organization that strives to advocate for those on the spectrum as well as represent and allow individuals on the spectrum to have a safe platform to freely express themselves. We host various events and activities that foster an inclusive environment for the neurodiverse community. Through our events, we hope to increase understanding and spread appreciation for autism. Our program Project L.E.A.D. grants members the opportunity to interact and bond with autistic children in local grade schools.
Address of Site: 900 University Ave., HUB 229, Riverside, CA, 92521. Students will be working in local Moreno Valley Unified School District classrooms.
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Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE)
The Center for Early Childhood Education CECE provides high-quality, early care and education programs in a safe, nurturing environment that promotes the social, emotional, cognitive, linguistic, and physical development of children of UCR students, staff, faculty, and community. CECE plays an essential role in supporting children and families and their overall well-being. Additionally, it is vital to those on the UCR campus who teach, conduct research, learn and work each day in support of the ideals of higher education at the University of California.
Address of Site: 3333 Watkins Drive Riverside CA 92507
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Stokoe Elementary School
Address of Site: 4501 Ambs Dr., Riverside, CA, 92505
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University Heights Middle School
Local middle school in Riverside Unified School District
Address of Site: 1155 Massachusetts Ave, Riverside, CA 92507