Pursue a meaningful career: Get a paid internship and course credit.
The UNCG Humanities at Work (H@W) program provides exceptional paid internships to undergraduate humanities majors. Students in the program work in small teams with local community partners to learn how to leverage their valuable humanities degree beyond the classroom. The hands-on, project-based internships will support the partner sites in their vital missions to enrich the Greensboro community. Do meaningful work — and make your humanities degree work for you — in the Humanities at Work program at UNCG!
What is Humanities at Work?
- A paid, year-long internship experience for students in UNC Greensboro humanities departments.
- An opportunity to connect UNCG students and Guilford County partners in support of mutually beneficial, meaningful work.
- A collaborative and experiential class that provides students with guidance, time, and course credit for investing in their future.
H@W Roots
This project has its roots in a longstanding collaboration at UNCG – Liberal Arts Advantage, which helps students to understand the value of a liberal arts education.
Questions? Contact haw@uncg.edu
Meet the Team
Principal Investigators
Dr. Heather Adams,
Faculty Director
Associate Professor, English Department
Dr. Jennifer Feather
Department Head, English Department
Dr. Maura Heyn
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Humanities @ Work Personnel
Dr. Lauren Shook
Internship Coordinator
Skye Van Dyken
Administrative Support Associate
H@W News
August 1, 2025
H@W Participant Featured in Mellon Foundation Story
“I’m not scrambling for time, and I’m able to do the work that I need to be successful.” -Allison Cambra
June 9, 2025
Humanities at Work Preps Spartans for Real-World Applications of Their Majors
The Humanities at Work (H@W) program at UNC Greensboro offers paid internships and coursework to humanities majors. Follow along as …
May 27, 2025
Humanities at Work: Annual Report 2024-25
Read about the impact of UNCG’s new Humanities at Work program after its first year of operation.
support for the program
“This program will not only bolster students’ participation in the internship but will protect them from overload and resulting detraction from their studies, a problem that working students often face. This grant will provide a much-needed resource for our students.”
–Dr. Jazmin Graves Eyssallenne, Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, UNCG
“Access to a paid, high-quality internship can change the trajectory of a person’s career. According to NACE (2024), the median starting salary of those who had paid internships is $20,000 higher than those who had unpaid internships. UNCG will open the door to career changing internships for 650 students thanks to Humanities @ Work.”
–Megan Walters, Director, UNCG Career and Professional Development
“The Guilford Nonprofit Consortium’s mission is to build capacity among our 300+ members to create a more efficient, effective nonprofit sector in Guilford County, NC. As a staunch supporter of the humanities and a beneficiary of strong liberal arts education, I see this project as critical to our mission as we are training up a new generation of non-profit leaders. ”
–Mary Herbenick, Director of the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium
About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty and empowerment that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and guided by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
105 Foust Building
1010 Woman’s College Way
Greensboro, NC 27412