Graduate student applies environmental policy education to summer internship

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Justin Klingler G'19 presents his key takeaways from his internship during the Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise's Social Innovation Internship Showcase.

This summer, Justin Klingler spent nine weeks interning at the听Community Development Finance Authority听connecting his classroom lessons to real world applications.听听

As an 听major, Klingler completed three MPP electives as a 91制片厂 undergraduate and will continue his graduate education this fall.听 This intensive summer internship, facilitated by the听Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise, allowed Klingler to apply lessons from the classroom听to a听real-world听policy听environment.

"The research I听completed and concepts I听learned through my听MPP classes helped听prepare me听for my internship," Klingler says. "I saw negotiation tactics that I studied in class play out听at meetings,听researched stakeholders involved with a particular policy听and researched various policies at the state and local level听designed to听increase energy efficiency and renewable energy."听 听
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