Q&A: What I Learned During My Summer Internship

Cooper Cramer, a rising fourth-year and incoming student in Batten’s Accelerated Master of Public Policy program, spent 10 weeks this summer in an internship with Virginia’s Office of the Governor. Cramer served as a “transformation associate” in the Governor’s newly formed Office of Transformation, a position that he says has helped him focus more clearly on career options.

Batten Master Public Policy Internship Cooper CramerCareer Center. The center coordinates multiple internship programs across Grounds, varying in length from a 10- to 20-hour “micro-internship” to internships spanning an entire academic year. 

Thursday is being observed as Virginia Intern Day, so UVA Today caught up by email with UVA student Cooper Cramer about his summer. Cramer, who grew up in Charlottesville, this week wraps up a 10-week internship in Virginia’s Office of the Governor, where he serves as a “transformation associate” in the newly formed Office of Transformation. The internship is supported by the UVA Parents Fund Internship Grant program.

Q. What’s your major and what year will you be in the fall at UVA? 

A. I am a rising fourth-year majoring in economics. This fall, along with my undergraduate studies, I am starting in the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s accelerated program for a Master of Public Policy.

Cooper Cramer Batten MPP Internship

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