Student Opportunities

IGS is hiring a 2025-2026 Media and Design Student Assistant!

May 2, 2025
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study preferred position) Start Date: Fall 2025 Pay: $18.37/hour, approximately 8 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a motivated, passionate, positive, student assistant to support content creation, and video production highlighting our programs, events, and student opportunities. The Event and Media Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. The Student Assistant provides digital media and...

IGS is hiring a 2025-2026 Events and AV Student Assistant!

May 2, 2025
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study position) Start Date: Fall 2025 Pay: $18.37/hour, approximately 8 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a detail-oriented and technically-proficient student assistant to support the audio-visual elements of our events and programs. The Events and AV Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. This position provides event support for our classes, lectures, major events, seminars, socials,...

We're Hiring a 2024-2025 Events and AV Student Assistant!

April 29, 2024
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study position) Start Date: ASAP Pay: $18.25/hour, approximately 8 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a detail-oriented and technically-proficient student assistant to support the audio-visual elements of our events and programs. The Events and AV Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. This position provides event support for our classes, lectures, major events, seminars, socials, and...

We're Hiring a 2023-2024 Events and Media Student Assistant!

August 15, 2023
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study preferred position) Start Date: ASAP Pay: $18.07/hour, approximately 12 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a motivated, passionate, positive, student assistant to support content creation, and video production highlighting our programs, events, and student opportunities. The Event and Media Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. The Student Assistant provides digital media and design...

We're Hiring a 2023-2024 Communications Student Assistant!

August 15, 2023
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study preferred position) Start Date: ASAP Pay: $18.07/hour, approximately 12 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a creative, detail oriented, and engaging, student assistant to support administrative operations and public relations projects and initiatives for the Institute. The Communications Student Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. The position...

Student Research Opportunity - We the Cities Project

February 21, 2025
You are invited to get involved in the We the Cities Project at the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS)!

IGS Visiting Scholar and Law Professor Kathleen Morris is looking for student volunteers to help collect data for a project called "We the Cities" (WTC). WTC will work with local governments to create teaching materials that allow young people (in and out of college) to learn the nuts and bolts of "running" local governments. The WTC project's next step is to conduct short (1 hour) interviews with 50 or so Bay Area cities and counties. WTC has developed a simple...

Sacramento Partners

For 50 years, the Cal-in-Sacramento program has helped prepare our state's future leaders for careers in public service. Help us train the next generation!

Every year, the Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service at UC Berkeley sends 30 undergraduate students to Sacramento to complete highly substantive public service internships. Before commencing their internships, Fellows are required to take a 3-unit spring semester course on California politics, policy, and governance, which is designed to train and prepare...

"We The Cities" is looking for community-minded student researchers!

August 22, 2024
You are invited to get involved in the We the Cities Project at the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS)!

Are you interested in public service? Do you love your home town and all things local? Do you want to help build American democracy for the coming generations? We the Cities might be for you! IGS Resident Scholar and lawyer/law professor KathleenMorris is leading a pilot project whose goal is to intentionally and thoughtfully build bridges for community-minded students and community activists into local public service....

Cal-in-Sac Research Fellowships

Cal-in-Sacramento Research Fellowships

Cal-in-Sacramento applicants are invited to apply to one of the following Research Fellowships, which provide additional resources and support for the summer research project. Research Fellowship applications are included in the Cal-in-Sacramento application form. Note that these Research Fellowships are only awarded to accepted Cal-in-Sacramento Fellows.

About the Program

The Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship is designed to train the next generation of public service leaders through a highly supportive and comprehensive approach to experiential learning.

Fellows develop critical skills and engage thoughtfully with key policy issues using a 3-pillar model, combining coursework, research training, and professional development. These components provide the foundation for the Cal-in-Sacramento capstone: the summer public service internship.