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SAVE THE DATE for the Internship and Career Center's Hire Me! Academy
Monday, June 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. PST
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST
All UC Davis students and recent alumni can become job-search pros with our specialized Hire Me! Academy virtual series. Offerings include optional, on-demand workshop prerequisites, and one day of live virtual sessions.
Check out upcoming events for students with pre-health career interests!
Applying this summer?
Join our applicant listserv, watch recordings, and work one-on-one with trained advisors on your personal statement and other application components - prepare today!
Pre-Health Conference
Explore and network all health professions at the largest pre-health event in the nation, hosted by Aggies at UC Davis on November 2, 2024 - Register today!
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The Learning-Aligned Employment Program, or LAEP, supports students with financial need by providing eligible underrepresented and low-income students the opportunity to earn money to defray their educational costs while they gain education-aligned, career-related employment.
Designed as an alternative to traditional work-study jobs, LAEP connects students with research positions that advance their major or career interests. Much like work-study programs, LAEP students are placed in educationally beneficial positions related to their areas of study or career objectives and aid in the exploration of career objectives.
The program includes and emphasizes student positions with employers capable of providing them with full-time employment opportunities after graduation or connections with other employers capable of providing full-time employment opportunities in their study areas after graduation.
Learn more about LAEP
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Applications open for the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac Program!
The final application due date for the UC Davis Health Professions Post-Bac Program is July 15th on PostBacCAS.
Our unique 12-month academic enhancing post-bac program is designed for those pursuing any health profession. Students will take roughly 45 units of upper-division science coursework taught by UC Davis faculty from January 2025 - December 2025. Students will have access to wraparound advising and test prep services upon completion of the program. An academic plan will be created with an advisor based on previous coursework completed, needed coursework and student interests.
Test preparation, including books for the MCAT, GRE, DAT, TEAS, or OAT is built into our program at no additional cost. Our students are also provided with support seminars and comprehensive application preparation to help them showcase the value they bring to the healthcare field.
Students will select one of three tracks: Clinical, Research or Health Equity/One Health. During the summer quarter, students will become EMT-trained, join a research lab or participate in a hands-on public health learning opportunity.
For more information, please visit cpe.ucdavis.edu/postbac
Please email postbac@ucdavis.edu for any questions.
Upcoming Free Information Sessions
2024 Internship at Nkonzo Wildlife (Hartenbos, South Africa)
We are seeking interns for 2-16 weeks to assist in our conservation and research efforts.
This opportunity is available on the Handshake platform (Job #8335530).
Intern duties include data collection on our observational behavior studies (see below), monitoring camera traps, consolidating reports, beach clean-ups, and other miscellaneous duties. The position is supplemented with field training basics in wildlife track and sign, bush survival skills, and ethical wildlife approach methods.
In 2024 we are focusing on:
- Ecology of white rhinoceros in Fynbos (conducted through non-invasive, observational research) focuses on spatial patterns, social behavior, and condition monitoring for management purposes in closed systems.
- Population ecology of novel brown hyaena (Parahyaena brunnea) occurrence in Fynbos stemming from the recent discovery of brown hyaena presence in an extirpated area of their historical range (Hall, A. and Thatcher, H., 2021. A confirmed sighting of brown hyaena, Parahyaena brunnea (Thunburg, 1820) in an extirpated area of the Western Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 59(4), pp.1047-1050). This work is conducted through systematic trail camera deployment.
- Bovid stress and vigilance behavior on small game reserves and the correlation with tourism activities.
- Land use and biodiversity to measure the variation in meso-herbivores under different land management practices.
We also acknowledge that the internship requires a fee that covers the student's accommodation, conservation fees set by the reserves, select meals, and includes a donation to local anti-poaching units.
Visit the Nkonzo Wildlife website at www.wildlife-research.com or email directly at info@wildlife-research.com.
Study Abroad Enrollment Opened January 10!
Explore our Study Abroad programming for 2024, including the programs highlighted below that may be of particular interest to you.
Enrollment opens in early December. Create an online profile now and select programs you’re interested in to receive details about information sessions or program updates. You can submit your enrollment for UC Davis Summer Abroad, Summer Internships, Virtual Internships, and Fall Quarter Abroad. Programs fill on a first-completed, first-reserved basis.
Selected Programs Include:
Global Health Summer Abroad Internships (multiple locations)
Bolivia - Pediatric Health
Ghana - Pediatric Care & Reproductive Health
Philippines - Remote Island Medicine
South Africa - Hospital Medicine and Health Disparities Internships
Mexico – Latinx Health Internship (Oaxaca) - Fall Quarter Abroad
Gain a better understanding of your health profession career goals while taking class on transnational (US-Mexico) health issues.
Virtual Summer Internships – Social Impact and Public Health (Worldwide)
Go global, yet remain local, gaining work experience and building your résumé working virtually with a company based abroad.