The internship program allows students from Stellenbosch University and MSU to gain practical experience working in cultural heritage institutions in the partner countries. Each year 10 MSU students and 10 Stellenbosch University students are recruited and placed as interns at partner institutions in South Africa and in the U.S., respectively. The internship program engages a wide array of campus and off-campus partners in providing participating students a robust global community engaged learning experience: Stellenbosch University Museum, Robben Island Museum, Lwandle Migrant Labor Museum, and Iziko Museums of South Africa; and the MSU Museum, MSU Library, Matrix, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. At MSU, the students will be recruited from underrepresented minority groups enrolled in Museum Studies, History and African and African American Studies programs, while in South Africa preference will be given to students from historically marginalized backgrounds.