The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute is starting a student program called Ivory Experiences that is being underwritten by the Ivory Foundation. It provides undergraduate students a unique opportunity to interact and learn from the Institute as well as prominent business and community leaders. Each semester, 10 undergraduate students will be selected to take part in the Ivory Experiences.
Ivory Experience Opportunities
- Public Policy Lunch: Monthly lunches hosted at the Thomas S. Monson Center on critical public policy issues impacting our world
- Day on the Hill: Meetings with legislators and staff members from Legislature and Governor’s Office
- Policy Encounter: Site visit to an economic region of the state
- Newsmaker Breakfasts: Monthly breakfasts at Institute with decision makers
- Mentoring from Gardner Institute staff members
- Salt Lake Chamber Economic Policy Summit
Who qualifies?
- Undergraduate students, any major
- Must hold a 3.0 GPA
- Show involvement or interest in public policy
- How to apply: Submit a letter of interest and resume to colleen.larson@utah.edu.
- Deadline: Aug 2, 2019
Benefits
- Witness the intersection of academia and action
- Learn about the Utah economy and demographics from leading professionals
- Be mentored by economists, demographers, political scientists, sociologists, and statisticians
- Tour a venue of economic significance to the city
- See how decision-makers make Informed DecisionsTM
A special thanks to the Ivory Foundation for underwriting this initiative
August 2019
19 Fall Semester Begins
23 Welcome lunch and
meet with mentor
TBD Utah Economy Workshop
September 2019
11 Newsmaker Breakfast
18 Day on the Hill
27 Public Policy Lunch
TBD Mentor Experience
October 2019
9 Newsmaker Breakfast
TBD Policy Encounter
25 Public Policy Lunch
TBD Mentor Experience
November 2019
13 Newsmaker Breakfast
22 Public Policy Lunch
TBD Economic Policy Summit
TBD Mentor Experience
December 2019
6 Public Policy Lunch
TBD Utah Economy Workshop