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Intern with a local non-profit and receive up to $5,000 per semester!

Fall 2025 Application Deadline: May 15th, 2025

This is a distinctive opportunity to add real-world experience to your resumé. We connect interested students to a non-profit that aligns with their interests and career goals.  Additionally, interns will enjoy generous financial support thanks to our generous donors and funding from AmeriCorps.

The U Service Corps connects undergraduate students from across campus to service-oriented internships with some of Utah’s most notable community-based organizations, all while making college more affordable.

U Service Corps Fellows will be placed in nonprofits, K-12 schools, and public agencies where they will perform substantive work that has a real-world impact.

Students can receive the following benefits:

Up to $5,000 ($18 per hour throughout the service term and scholarship each semester)

Three credits of HNKLY 4909

Professional experience and skills to add to their resumé

Training, networking, and professional development

The U Service Corps is a service-based internship program. Participating students are placed as interns with local non-profit organizations. These internships serve as transformative opportunities to develop professional skills while serving the community.

Process for Student Placement:

Process for Student Placement:

Students apply to the U Service Corps first and are then interviewed by the program director.
Students must register for course credit. Graduate, honors and CEL credit available.
After you're accepted into the U Service Corps, we send your application to the host offices you are interested in. Internships typically last at least one semester.
Once placed with a host office, you create a work schedule with your office supervisor. We recommend you intern for four-to-six hour blocks several days per week.
The U Service Corps provides students with up to $5,000 per semester - $3,000 in scholarship money and $2,160 in wages/living allowance.

Student Experiences:

Student Experiences:

Ashlin Holbrook Policy Project Intern

"I interned at the Policy Project, a nonprofit organization focused on eliminating barriers to opportunity through health policy. Some responsibilities include policy writing, research, community engagement, media outreach, and various administrative tasks. I went into my internship expecting to learn a lot about policy and I definitely have, but I also learned a lot about the operations and running of a nonprofit. It definitely gave me a deeper appreciation of non-profit work in general. It was so impactful to see how this work changes people's lives."

Jack Jowers The Salt Lake Tribune

“My Hinckley internship with The Salt Lake Tribune was transformative. I interned with their business development team and was able to play a key role in helping to transition an established newspaper into a nonprofit ‘community asset.’ My Hinckley Internship allowed me to make an impact on an issue that I am passionate about — the perpetuation of independent and local journalism at a time when our society and democracy need it most. I sharpened my research and writing skills and gained a more clear vision of the path I want my career to take. Receiving a stipend from the Tribune allowed me to focus my efforts on my internship and school work without having to juggle additional employment."

Nayra Green Baskerville Institute

"Through the Hinckley Institute, I was able to intern with the Baskerville Institute, a nonprofit in Salt Lake City. The goals of their organization is to foster friendship between Iranians and Americans. As an intern, my role was to create graphics for the institute for various publications and digital use, research online courses for their education initiatives, edit and maintain the website, create promotional videos, help plan events, and assist in writing grant proposals. I especially loved working with Afghan refugees and learning from the webinars we hosted. I recommend every student applies for a local internship, they will not regret it."