Palm Desert NGO Internship Trip
January 5-14, 2024
 

NGO Fieldwork in Palm Desert
Students will spend 9 days in Palm Desert doing internships in various nonprofit organizations. The prerequisite for this trip is PLS 3175 (Fall 2023). Students who are selected for this internship will enroll in CLS 4990-01 (30602) for the Spring 2024 Semester. 

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Internship NGOs
*Urban Conservation Corps
*The Living Desert
*FIND Food Bank

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Tour Sites
*Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
*Palm Desert Civic Center Park
*Palm Canyon Drive
*Indian Canyons Nature Preserve
*The Living Desert Zoo & Botanical Gardens
*Indian Wells Tennis Garden 
*The Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel (The Bachelorette filmed here one season)
*Palm Springs Air Museum
*El Paseo

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Student Trip Cost: $1,000 (includes bus transportation, lodging, insurance, excursions, group meals). The group will stay at the Residence Inn by Marriott Palm Desert and Best Western Palm Desert.