ANNUAL REPORT - UC Davis / Internship and Career Center

ANNUAL REPORT
Our Mission
The Internship and Career Center at UC Davis advances the mission of the University by
providing experiential education and career services to students and recent alumni through
collaboration with the campus community and employers.

Welcome to the
INTERNSHIP & CAREER CENTER
I am pleased to present the 2007-2009 Annual Report of the Internship & Career Center (ICC). It has been a highly productive two
years with accomplishments in all of our service areas including internship development and placement, career advising and assisting
students and recent alumni with career placements. The Center-wide reorganization that was developed during a two year period
was fully implemented in 2008, and our new management team worked closely with all staff
to develop new internship opportunities for students, both domestically and abroad; created
new enhancements for Center technology and electronic services; and developed additional
opportunities for student, faculty and staff involvement in community service.
I invite all members of the campus community to join us in spreading the ICC’s message of
service to students, recent alumni and employers. Our accomplished staff are rightly proud of
their success and are skilled at helping students to realize their goals. The ICC team provides
one-on-one and group advising; hosts large-scale career fairs and symposia each year; and
presents hundreds of seminars, workshops and career exploration courses. We value your
partnership and look forward to serving students and the general campus community in
the years ahead.
Subhash H. Risbud
Director
Internships
Internships are the cornerstone of ICC services to students. They are the primary tool used to help students clarify their academic and
career goals. Internships provide the added benefit of preparing students with skills that can be applied in a variety of environments
while developing their own professional network. Additionally, internships provide students with hands-on exposure to ways in which
their coursework is applied.
Local
The Internship & Career Center facilitates internship opportunities for students from all majors in a breadth of arenas including
business, the arts, law, education, agriculture, engineering, health, government, biotechnology and the environment. Students intern
with faculty throughout the core campus and professional schools. Over 1,600 undergrads participate in hospital/clinical internships
at the UC Davis Medical Center each year. Thousands of others participate in research internships
with faculty in nearly all disciplines. Innumerable campus labs are populated by UC Davis undergrads
Internship Placements involved in bench research and data analysis.
5,192
5,587
National
In addition to the 120 UC Davis students that participate each year in the Washington Program,
numerous UC Davis students take advantage of internship opportunities throughout the U.S.
Examples include placements with Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, Summerbridge
teaching internships in Florida, Boeing in Pennsylvania, UBS Wealth Management in New York, and
Walt Disney World in Florida.
2007-08 2008-09
International
During 07-09 UC Davis students interned on every continent except Antarctica, with over 450
interns abroad. Placements included United Nations War Crime Tribunal in Tanzania, health clinics
in Costa Rica and Viet Nam, environmental preservation in Greece and Australia and viticulture in
several European and South American countries. The ICC International Internship Travel Grant
program provided funding to 50 students that, for many, made an overseas internship possible.
On the cover: UC Davis students attending ICC’s presentation “Internship & Career Opportunities with the U.S. Department of State.”

Advising
Each year professional staff and student advisors provide more than 12,500 in person
individual advising sessions. These sessions range from assistance with the tools
associated with a job/internship search such as resume and cover letter writing, and
interview preparation to assistance researching professions and understanding how to
prepare for a variety of careers. Though well-equipped to address any general careerrelated
question, ICC professional staff share a depth of specialty knowledge with
students. ICC Program Areas cluster this expertise to serve students under the following
general categories of study: Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Engineering &
Physical Sciences, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Services, Health & Biological
Sciences and Liberal Arts & Business.
Internship & Career Fairs
The Internship & Career Center creates many networking opportunities between
students and employers—chief among them are the highly valued and large scale career
fairs that occur throughout the year.
2007-2008 2008-2009
Annual Events
Student
Attendance
Employer
Attendance
Student
Attendance
Employer
Attendance
Fall Internship & Career Fair 2,421 180 2,500 184
Community Service Fair 361 80 422 69
Environmental Science Fair 586 81 626 76
International Education Week Fair 565 80 1,044 82
Engineering & Physical Sciences Fair 1,147 171 1,423 139
Winter Internship & Career Fair 1,788 175 1,894 146
Spring Internship & Career Fair 1,582 159 1,469 124
Workshops
Workshops, information meetings hosted by visiting
employers, and instructional offerings allow the ICC to
reach a large number of students. They are an efficient
venue to share up-to-date information on the rapidly
changing global world of work.
Did You Know...
Number of
Workshop Attendees
29,036
755 Events
29,043
2007-08 2008-09
• The ICC is a centralized academic support unit providing a full range of internship and
career services for all students from freshmen to post-doctoral scholars.
• 63% of UC Davis students participate in at least one internship during
undergraduate study
• Approved academic internships are noted on the official student transcript
791 Events
Organizations
Recruiting at Davis
The following is a partial list of
organizations recruiting at the
ICC offices.
Accenture
Apple
Agilent Technologies
AMD
AT&T
Autodesk
Barclays Global Investors
Broadcom Corp
CA Dept. of Fish and Game
CA Dept. of Water Resources
CalPERS
Chevron Corporation
Child Family Health International
Cisco Systems
Clorox Company
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Dunn & Bradstreet
E & J Gallo
Enterprise Companies
Ernst & Young LLP
FactSet Research Systems Inc
F.B.I.
Franchise Tax Board
Frito Lay
General Mills
Genentech, Inc.
Google
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan
KPMG LLP
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Macy’s, Inc.
Marvell Semiconductor
Microsoft Corporation
Motorola, Inc.
Novozymes
Oracle
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Palantir Technologies
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Raytheon Company
SanDisk Corporation
Spansion Inc.
Sun Microsystems
Target Stores
Teach for America
Triage Consulting
U.S. E.P.A.
U.S. Forest Service
Wells Fargo

Campus Collaborations
The Internship & Career Center works with a variety of collaborators, including UC Davis colleges, divisions and professional schools,
UC systemwide programs and nationally recognized organizations to enhance services for UC Davis students. This page provides a
snapshot of the ways we collaborate to create internships, provide services and instruct UC Davis students.
Career Discovery Groups
More than 700 CAES freshmen have participated in the Career
Discovery Group (CDG) program since 2006-07. A career
course taught by ICC staff and engagement with a mentor
are centerpieces of the program. Preliminary analysis of
the academic performance of CDG students shows that all
measures of student success (e.g. GPA and student retention)
increased in CDG participants when compared to students not
in the program.
Careers in Environmental Health Sciences
In 2007, the ICC and the Department of Environmental
Toxicology were awarded a 5 year $260,966 grant from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to
increase the “pipeline” of talented, well-prepared individuals
for careers in environmental health. The grant is administered
by the Department of Environmental Toxicology and provides
stipends to students involved in research internships. The
ICC’s involvement is in-kind and includes introducing students
to environmental health career options.
Washington Program
The UC Washington Program is a residential program that
provides students from all majors the opportunity to live,
intern and study in Washington, D.C. In 2007-09 306 students
participated and completed academic internships in the
nation’s capitol.
Forest Service
The US Department of Agriculture‐Forest Service continued
its 14 year collaboration with the ICC in 2007-09 by placing a
USFS staff member in the ICC to advise UC Davis students
and alumni on internships, temporary placements and
career job opportunities with the Forest Service. The USFS
representative advised hundreds of students on USDA-Forest
Service options and facilitated placements for students with
government agencies and programs.
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is an international assistance program
operated by the US government that places volunteers in
developing countries worldwide. The ICC has supported
Peace Corps recruitment at UC Davis since 1977 and was
notably successful again in 2007-09 by nominating 73 UC
Davis students and alumni to volunteer overseas. UC Davis
earned a national ranking of 14th in 2009 among large 4 year
universities for its successful recruitment efforts.
UC Center Sacramento
The University of California Center Sacramento (UCCS)
program is in its 5th year of providing opportunities for UC
students to intern in California’s capitol. The ICC continued
its lead support for UCCS in 2007-09 by placing 43 UC Davis
students. Interns gain experience in a wide range of agencies
including: California Air Resources Board; State Senate and
Assembly Offices and Committees; California Arts Council;
California Service Corps; California Water Resources Control
Board; and Divisions within the Governor’s Office.
Community Service Resource Center
formerly known as Human Corps
In 2008-09, UC Davis celebrated the “Centennial Year of
Service.” The Community Service Resource Center (CSRC)
facilitated community service through the Community Service
Networking Fair, service e-bulletins and local Weekends of
Service. UC Davis received the 2007 and 2008 President’s
Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll awards
for innovative and effective
community service and servicelearning
programs. In 2007-09,
UC Davis students engaged in
more than 400,000 hours of
service annually.
One Shields Avenue • Davis, CA 95616-8625
Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Phone: 530.752.2855
Fax: 530.752.0411
Web: icc.ucdavis.edu
Main ICC Offices
South Hall
ICC Career Recruiting Program Offices
Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center