Student Opportunities
Experience makes a difference.
![Student test pigeons for his undergraduate research project](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2024-01/img_3751.jpeg?itok=jU0qMuLm)
Undergraduate research
Our students find many opportunities to conduct significant scholarly research. The CALS Distinguished Undergraduate Research Program enables students to receive close faculty mentorship.
Undergraduate research![dog licks a persons face](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-11/5050_internship_dog.jpg?itok=XYDV_j78)
Internships
CALS students spend thousands of hours each year in internships and other hands-on learning experiences with government agencies, industry leading corporations like Burton Snowboards and Seventh Generation and model nonprofits like Shelburne Farms and the Burlington Intervale.
Internships![Student cares for a dairy cow as part of the CREAM program](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2024-02/snapshot_cream-15-large.png?itok=330PhB4b)
CREAM
CREAM, the Cooperative in Real Education for Agricultural Management, is a student-run dairy herd and proven training ground for pre-vet students, as well as those interested in small business and entrepreneurial studies.
CREAM![bees](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-10/alger.sam-alex-burnham.bees-86-of-129.jpg?itok=2R-J5b32)
250+ student-led organizations
Clubs especially popular with CALS students include Dairy Club, Dressage Team, Entrepreneurship Club, Equestrian Team, Horticulture Club, Pre-PA Club, Pre-Vet Club, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Club, Student Dietetics Association, The Vermont Cynic, UVM Beekeepers, and 90.1 WRUVFM Burlington.
![Students man a hotline.](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-10/uvm-2019-0327-0053.jpg?itok=2jMck-2I)
Consumer Assistance Program
This partnership with the VT Attorney General gives students in-the-trenches policy experience helping Vermonters resolve conflicts with businesses, protect themselves from fraud, and deal with a host of other issues.
Consumer Assistance Program![two people look at a clip board in a hospital hallway](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-12/5050_pep.jpg?itok=DErdYtp1)
Pre-medical Enhancement Program
This program provides students interested in careers in medicine with exceptional shadowing opportunities, one-to-one mentorship with UVM medical students and faculty physicians, and a guaranteed interview at the UVM Larner College of Medicine (pending satisfactory performance on the MCAT).
Pre-medical/Pre-health Enhancement Program![two people interview a third against the mountains of St Lucia](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-12/5050_travelstudystluca.jpg?itok=oHAtvzmc)
Travel study programs
CALS faculty can take you around the world to study conservation of the Galapagos Islands and tropical Andes; public health and food systems in Kenya; community development in Peru; plant diversity in Costa Rica; education, gender and development in Nepal; community development in St. Lucia.
Learn more about the many travel study options in CALS![seven individuals smile at the camera](/d10-files/styles/default_1920/public/images/2023-11/5050_peachcorps.jpg?itok=HOiUU7he)
Peace Corps
Peace Corp preparation that develops leadership and intercultural skills is one reason UVM ranks high among mid-sized universities for number of volunteers entering the Corps and other international service organizations.
Peace Corps at UVM