The Center for State Policy and Leadership and the Office of Graduate Intern Programs are pleased to host the 2025 Samuel K. Gove Legislative Internship Hall of Fame Reception & Induction Ceremony! Please save the date for October 27, 2025. Additional details and registration will be coming.
Barbara Van Dyke-Brown, director,聽Illinois Legislative Staff Intern Program at UIS聽discusses this unique and highly successful program that educates students on the inner workings of state government.
Applications due March 31, 2022.
The GPSI Office is currently available to meet with walk-in visitors. To meet with a member of the GPSI team, please email gpsimail@uis.edu to schedule an appointment.
Obtaining a GPSI is a competitive process. Participation in interviews will depend on successful submission of your application in accordance with our published deadlines.
Internship Experience forms for interviews are the best way to learn more information about the internship you are interviewing with. Once you are selected for an interview and provided with the experience forms, please use these experience forms to learn more about the internships you鈥檝e been offered using their corresponding codes. All interviews are expected to take place virtually for the foreseeable future. Video conference capabilities are required.
The GPSI Office is currently available to meet with walk-in visitors.
鈥淭he Graduate Public Service Internship was great for me, so now it鈥檚 time to pay it forward and provide an opportunity for someone else.鈥� 鈥� Amy Delcomyn, Deputy Chief Ope
For a full schedule of all GPSI interview dates and deadlines, please see the Interview Logistics tab. Interns begin their internships in Fall on August 16, 2022 or in Spring on January 16, 2023 or February 1, 2023. Interviews are held virtually. To submit your request, please fill out the .
For over 45 years, 69萝莉app Springfield has partnered with state and local government agencies as well as some non-profit agencies to provide highly qualified, highly motivated graduate students for internships at these agencies. GPSI has a strong track record of placing exceptional students in governmental agencies. Since 1974, GPSI has placed nearly 3,500 graduate students in over 45 state agencies and organizations.
The GPSI Office is currently available to meet with walk-in visitors. To assure availability, please email gpsimail@uis.edu to schedule an appointment.
