By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

In May, Shaye Stone’s professor sent a memo about a new internship position working on employee/student burnout.

“As a topic frequently discussed in my CLM courses, I was very interested and applied through the proper channels,” said Stone, a 21-year-old Clinical Leadership and Management major from St. Charles, Ill. “I then was interviewed by my now preceptor, Lisa Williams. She is the Wellness and Well-being Associate Dean for the UK College of Medicine and has been an absolute pleasure to work with.”

Stone landed the gig, the UK College of Medicine’s Wellness and Well-being Intern.

Her experience over the summer was impressive. She was able to:

• Launch The SEC Well-being Coalition
• Partner with non-profits to improve UK Healthcare infrastructure
• Collaborate on Excel
• Attend weekly meetings to present new ideas and share progress

“The most notable project I worked on was the SEC Well-being Coalition,” she said. “This Coalition's mission is to gather those of us within colleges of medicine across the SEC who have a focus on wellness, well-being, and engagement-related initiatives and provide a space for us to come together, learn from and lean in with each other, align our common goals, find opportunities for collaborative action, and support one another.”

Students say interning in CLM is just another way that getting your degree in the College of Health Sciences sets you apart. And it gives further proof why those who intern go on to have further success in the future.

“I thoroughly enjoyed this summer internship experience with the Wellness and Well-being Department,” she said. “My favorite aspect was that I had the chance to work on major projects and collaborate with a team of like-minded individuals. My preceptor was very flexible with my summer schedule while giving me manageable tasks to complete our team goal in a timely fashion.

“Interning has been such a blessing, giving me opportunities that I normally wouldn't be involved in while growing as a young professional.”