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Work and study outside the classroom can help you feel more engaged in your major courses, enhance your understanding within a broader context, widen your job prospects, and can be just plain fun.</p><h3>The Power of their Internships</h3><div class="align- url-embed"> <div class="responsive-embed" style="--responsive-embed-ratio: 56.5"><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fQ_MwfKMEVc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="UC Davis College of Letters and Science Grads on Their Internship Experiences" loading="lazy"></iframe></div> </div> <p>In this video, students with majors ranging from statistics to sociology and more share how their internships helped form their career tracks, convinced one she could be a doctor, and prompted another to run for office.</p><h5><a href="https://give.ucdavis.edu/CLAS/LSBYOND">GIVE TO BEYOND THE CLASSROOM</a></h5><p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--67-33 l-container"> <div class="l-2col l-2col--67-33"> <div class="l-first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocksf-basic panel"> <h2 class="panel__title"> Learning by Doing </h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="align-left media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/media/images/MichaelaW_3.jpeg" width="640" height="480" alt="Hands-On Experience"> </div> <p>The UC Davis Washington Program puts students at the center of the political universe.</p><p><a class="btn--primary" href="/ucdc-washington-program">Read Our Students' Stories</a></p></div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocksf-basic panel"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p dir="ltr"> </p><a href="https://urc.ucdavis.edu/aggie-scholars-research-initiative" class="media-link"> <div class="media-link__figure"><div class="media media--type-sf-image-media-type media--view-mode-default"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/media/images/URC_logo_2.png" width="608" height="620" alt="Blue and gold graphic of a light bulb with a leaf inside."> </div> </div> <div class="media-link__body"> <h3 class="media-link__title">Aggie Scholars Research Initiative</h3> <div class="media-link__content"><p>Expanding Research Opportunities for Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Students; <span>This program is designed to foster equitable participation in research, with a focus on empowering underrepresented students in the social sciences, arts and humanities disciplines.</span></p><p> </p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocksf-marketing-highlight panel"> <a href="https://youtu.be/4m0hC986CTI?si=OqCOJCKOZHHBFLvv" class="marketing-highlight "> <div class="marketing-highlight__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-sf-m-block-primary-img field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15706/files/styles/sf_landscape_4x3/public/media/images/AVA%20VID.png?h=edb3c8fc&itok=K32EBhCY" width="640" height="480" alt="Ava Hagwood" class="image-style-sf-landscape-4x3" /> </div> </div> <div class="marketing-highlight__body"> <h3 class="marketing-highlight__title">Study Abroad Experiences</h3> <p>Ava Hagwood (Psychology and Human Development, '19), Micah Lesch (History with minors in Human Rights and Jewish Studies, '19) talk about their experiences while studying abroad. 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