Program Information

Rising Freshman - Graduating Seniors

Online

14 days - 13:45 - 19:00 CET

June 13th - June 24th, 2022

$2,500 USD

Digital Capabilities & Global Ethics Internship

Explore multidisciplinary perspectives

The Program

The Virtual Digital Capabilities & Global Ethics Internship is a first-of-its-kind transnational collaboration between Leadership Initiatives, Georgetown University, and Coburg University of Applied Sciences & Arts. Throughout the internship, participants learn from subject matter experts from around the globe to develop essential competencies in leadership resilience, adaptation, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making.

The Digital Capabilities & Global Ethics Internship links together multidisciplinary perspectives including health promotion, ethics, cultural comprehension, neurocognition, aesthetics, communications, and more to create sustainable leaders with the stamina to not only cope, but thrive, in the dynamic environments of modernity.

Interns apply their understanding to create a final capstone project and apply their new competencies to be the leaders of the future.

For their capstone, students will design and present a project related to future skills that will be reviewed by a panel of international subject matter experts.

Capstone Project

Students will work directly with leading experts from Georgetown University, Coburg University of Applied Sciences & Arts, and international businesses & organizations in the fields of brain science & psychology, ethics, integrative aesthetics, global law, international relations, and more.

International Experts

Students will participate in demonstrations of neurocognitive science, ethics, big data, and computational systems and methods; cultural conceptualization & embeddedness; neurocognition and aesthetics; and exploring ever-changing psycho-spiritual environments.

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Program Highlights

Julius Ebert

Coburg University 2022

Automation and Robotics | 2021 Leadership Initiiatives Intern

"Digital skills seem to be tied to essentially everything. It is just fascinating how many things we do daily are tied to the way our brain works or doesn't work and how much there is to be learned about it and how that knowledge is essentially the basis of everything we are and do."

Nina Straßburg

Coburg University 2022

Interior Design | 2021 Leadership Initiiatives Intern

"My favorite experience was getting to learn so much about neuroscience and its’ adjacent fields with so many insider perspectives, but most importantly getting it to connect with personal experiences and previously acquired knowledge. Making sense of the world and seeing how interconnected it is the most fascinating thing for me."

Guest Speaker Highlight

The author of over 260 publications in neuroscience and neuroethics, 7 books, and 13 government whitepapers on neurotechnology, ethics, and biosecurity, he is an Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine; and Associate Editor of the Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics.

Dr. Giordano currently serves as an appointed member of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Council on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), is a Researcher and Task Leader of the European Union Human Brain Project.

James Giordano, Ph.D., MPhil, is Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and Co-director of the O'Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

Chief of Georgetown University's Neuroethics Program

Dr. James Giordano

Harvard Medical School - Director of Talent Acquisition

Ahmed Mohammed

A native of Bauchi State in Nigeria, Ahmed has lived and visited various countries around the world including Europe, Asia, The Middle East, North and South America, and Africa, earning him the title, “global citizen” among his friends and colleagues.

Ahmed’s academic accomplishments include a Diploma in Computer Studies from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi State Nigeria, an Associate Degree in Computer Applications Management from Bay State College, Boston Massachusetts, a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts, and an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Ahmed has been in the management field for over 13 years. He has managed human resource activities in a Fortune 50 company with sales of up to $50 billion a year and has also successfully lead and transformed recruitment, management functions, and talent acquisition activities at two Ivy League institutions, Harvard University and Dartmouth College.

Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Dr. Rachel Wurzman

She was a contributing author in two white papers for the Joint Staff on applications of cognitive neuroscience for national defense and intelligence.

Dr. Wurzman previously served as an Intern in the Science Division of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and an independent contractor for the World Technology Evaluation Center in support of the National Nanotechnology Coordinating Center.

Rachel Wurzman Ph.D. is a Fellow with the Center for Neuroscience and Society and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurology with the Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

All students who attend one of our Summer Internship Programs will receive free SAT/ACT training through Testive, one-on-one admissions consulting with a former admissions officer, essay editing assistance, two letters of recommendation, and scholarship application assistance. These benefits remain available for four years to allow nominations for rising freshmen through rising seniors.

Click on each academic benefit below to learn more :

Jumpstart your college experience.

Summer program students will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a college admissions expert. They will help walk students through the ins-and-outs of college applications, essay writing, and scholarships.

Students can speak directly with former admissions officers from schools such as Yale, Brown & UCLA. These individuals have a minimum of 15 years of experience in the field of college admissions.

Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.

Past students have used this time to hone in on their essay topics, decide on how many colleges to apply to, and create application time lines.

College Admissions Panel

All Summer Internship Program participants receive one-on-one essay editing assistance from Leadership Initiatives partner University Connection.

This offer is exclusive, and not available with any other institution or program!

Each student essay will be edited to ensure it makes an excellent impression at every stage of the competitive application process. The editors will improve the style, clarity, sentence structure and coherence of your application so that your achievements are noticed.

Editors bring their experience in many different backgrounds, including Science and Technology, Commerce, Management, and the Humanities.

College Essay Review

Letters of Recommendation

All participants in the Summer Internship Program will have the opportunity to have two written for them from any Leadership Initiatives staff member, including the Executive Director Marshall Bailly.

Students interns will also have the opportunity to have letters written by Leadership Initiatives partners from the International Business & Development Internship, International Public Health Internship, and International Law & Advocacy Internship.

These unique and complimentary letters are one of the most highly regarded benefits that Leadership Initiatives has. Below are letters of recommendation from past students showcasing how the program transformed their lives:

College Probability Modeling

Leadership Initiatives and our partners at Parchment, Testive and University Initiatives have designed a system that will calculate the probability of acceptance into the student’s top university choices based on the students GPA, test scores, extracurricular activities, career goals, financial need and more.

The Leadership Initiatives college admissions team will then help all participants narrow their college interest list and create a college application plan.

Because our college admissions teamwork with a broad range of higher education institutions, their advice, and beneficial knowledge will allow students to further understand the college admissions process.

Financial Assistance Needs

Extra-Curricular Activities

Community Service

College Probability Calculator

Grade Point Average

SAT/ACT Training Scores

Leadership Initiatives creates a personalized website for each International Internship Program team highlighting their collaborative efforts with their partner in the International Business & Development Internship, International Law & Advocacy Internship, or International Public Health Internship.

The website displays your team's solutions, grant proposal, photos of your partners, and illustrates the impact your team has had on the life and community of your partners. The website link is included in your letters of recommendation, allowing colleges to independently explore the phenomenal work done by each and every student.

Personalized Website

Summer program students will have the opportunity to meet virtually, one-on-one with a college admissions expert from our partners at CollegeAdvisor. They will help walk students through the ins-and-outs of college applications, essay writing, and scholarships.

Students can speak directly with dedicated admissions counselors and former admissions officers to provide them with an in-depth understanding of the college application process. These counselors have personal and extensive experience in the college application field that cannot be replicated anywhere else.

Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.

Past students have used this time to hone in on their essay topics, decide on how many colleges to apply to, and create application time lines.

College Admissions Officer Meetings

Partners and Sponsors

Our office in Washington, DC is open seven days a week - give us a call! A phone conversation allows us to answer your specific questions and provide you with contact information for previous intership participants and their families so that you can get a first-hand perspective.

Join us this summer!

Contact Us

4410 Massachusetts Ave., NW #236

Washington, DC  20016

info@lichange.org

202-738-1115

Helpful LInks

Leadership Initiatives is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, publicly supported, charitable organization as determined by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

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