Webinar: Internship in Action: Creating Intentional Internship Experiences in Public Health

Professional conferences can be transformative for graduate students, yet many—particularly those early in their programs—feel unprepared to navigate these spaces. To address this gap, faculty, staff, and student affairs professionals in the Department of Health Behavior launched Conferencing 101, a mentoring-focused initiative to prepare graduate students for conference presentations.

Supported by internal grant funding, the program offered a structured professional development experience that included a pre-conference training on networking, professional communication, and personal branding, paired mentorship before, during, and after the conference, and a reflective learning artifact. This session will highlight the program’s design, key lessons learned, and the role of intentional mentorship in building student confidence and engagement.