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University of Utah students describe global internships from Auschwitz archives to Mexico City consulting
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Students at a Hinckley Institute forum described 10‑week global internships that ranged from archival work at Auschwitz‑Birkenau to refugee language teaching in Germany and public affairs consulting in Mexico City, stressing practical responsibility, cultural humility and academic credit.
The Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah hosted a forum where students recounted summer global internships that tested career plans and delivered professional responsibility.
Rory Stewart, the forum host, introduced moderator Jean Oh and student panelists Will Mortenson, Abby Williamson and Anika Rao. Mortenson described a 10‑week placement with the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial Museum in Poland, where he worked in the archives to index prisoner data and help make records more accessible online. "6,000,000 is just the official number that we give, but it could be even more than that," Mortenson said when an audience member questioned a common…
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