08/28/2026
Celebrating another incredible HCC summer in Chicago. 💙
Our 2026 Chicago Closing Celebration brought interns, preceptors, partners, and staff together to reflect on a summer filled with meaningful work, mentorship, professional growth, and connection.
In addition to the hands-on experience our interns gained at their individual host organizations, our Chicago cohort had the opportunity to participate in special site visits with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Prime Care, and Cook County.
These experiences gave interns an opportunity to step inside different health organizations, learn directly from professionals and leaders, explore a range of career paths, and gain a broader understanding of how organizations across Chicago are working to improve health in their communities.
That kind of exposure is an important part of the HCC experience: helping students not only succeed in the internship they have today, but also see the many possibilities available to them as they build their careers.
To our Chicago interns: congratulations on everything you accomplished this summer. 🎉 The experience may have lasted ten weeks, but the relationships, lessons, exposure, and opportunities created along the way will carry forward far beyond the internship.
And to our preceptors, host organizations, site visit partners, and supporters: thank you for investing in emerging leaders and helping strengthen Chicago’s future health workforce.
One summer. New skills. New perspectives. Bigger possibilities. ✨
