Sociology
majors were placed in the following internships during 1998
and spring 1999.
The
Community Action Coalition working with a neighborhood elementary
school doing casework, group work, community organization,
social planning, and social advocacy.
The
Sacramento County Probation Department working with a probation
officer in the field.
El
Dorado Farm Bureau working on issues in agricultural education
and doing outreach on agricultural issues in El Dorado County
at the Harvest Fair.
Sierra
Boys Ranch in Diamond Springs working as a resident counselor.
State
Senator Debora Ortiz' District Office working on constituent
problems, complaints.
American
Friends Service Committee on Legislation working on various
aspects of legislation in the California Legislature.
California
Energy Commission working on a demographic project related
to clean energy.
Institute
for Social Research working on various aspects of contract
research, doing interviews, data analysis, data entry, etc.
Sacramento
City Police Department working on gang suppression at Hiram
Johnson High School.
State
Department of Corrections working on a survey of inmate
success while on parole.
Colusa
County Probation Department working on probation cases.
Lemon
Hill Circle Community Organization working on juvenile crime
prevention programs.
California
Teacher's Association working on a research project dealing
with part-time community college faculty.
SMART
KIDS working on literacy in the public schools of Sacramento.
Advantage
Youth Homes working as a residential counselor.
Vallejo
Police Department working on aspects of arrest and processing.
Mall
Hall at Florin Shopping Mall working on tutoring students
in various areas including computers.
State
of California Department of Mental Health working on risk
factor studies in the Sexually Violent Predator Program.
California
Youth Authority working on intake cases and processing with
CYA officers.
Department
of Motor Vehicles working as Accusation Management, accusations
against car dealerships.
City
of Yuba City working on special events for the City in the
Department of Recreation.
Tree
House Residential Group Home working a resident counselor.
Placer
County Children's Receiving Center working on hard to place
children, counseling.
State
of California Department of Justice working on implementation
of "Meth" strategy to identify organizations/individuals
that manufacture "Meth" and develop a research
unit that will keep track of trends in meth use.
Sacramento
City Police Department working in the neighborhood patrol
program.
Atkinson
Youth Services working as a staff child-care counselor.
Vacaville
Police Department working as a counselor at Vacaville High
School.
Yolo
County Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center working
on the crisis line.
State
Department of Education working in the High School Academic
Support Unit identifying low performing schools using the
CLASS testing data.
Barry
and Randolph Law Firm working on depositions involving discrimination.
Trinity
County Probation Department working in the area of Courts
and Juvenile Probation.
Sacramento
County Office of Education working as a teaching/counselor
with youths who have been released from County Juvenile
Hall.