The Center for Lincoln Studies is dedicated to the teaching mission of UIS. We strive to offer hands-on learning experiences and recognition of excellence for UIS students and middle and high school students throughout Illinois. Explore our student-centered initiatives below!
Lincoln Home National Historic Site Internships
Beginning in Fall 2024, the Center for Lincoln Studies is partnering with Lincoln Home National Historic Site and the Lincoln Presidential Foundation to offer three public history internships. Our interns will spend their first two weeks learning about the life of Abraham Lincoln and the basics of public history and fieldtrip education through the Center. Once they complete that training, they begin a multi-month experiential learning assignment on site at the Lincoln Home.
Lincoln Home Fall 2024 Student Interns
- Alice Abegunde, Undergraduate, Liberal Studies
- Evan Keeney, Undergraduate, Educational Studies
- Nadia Wilson, Undergraduate, Environmental Studies
The most rewarding part of this internship was getting to try out what I wanted to do as a future career. I don’t think you can know if you want to do something or not until you actually get hands-on experience in the field and this internship helped me see how it would be to be an interpretive ranger.
Nadia Wilson
On a personal level working in an environment dedicated to Lincoln’s ideals made me further pursue my interest in social advocacy, public policy, and community outreach.
Alice Abegunde
Illinois State History Day Center for Lincoln Studies Award
Beginning in 2024 The Center for Lincoln Studies began recognizing an excellent project on Abraham Lincoln or his legacy entered in the Illinois State History Day Competition
Awardees
2024: Avani Nandi, Catherine Cook School, (Documentary) Separate is Never Equal: How the Mendez v. Westminster Suit was a Turning Point in the Desegregation of Schools across the United States.