Akamai housing and transportation

The Akamai Internship Program is a full-time, in-person immersive experience during the summer. In addition to learning on-site technical skills and workplace norms, Akamai interns develop their interpersonal, communication, and community-building skills while staying in program-provided housing with other Akamai interns. Items the program pays for are described on this page, along with further details about housing and transportation.

Applicants to the Akamai Internship Program should be prepared to:

  • be away from home for the summer
  • share a bedroom with another intern in the program, like one would in a college dorm
  • share a living space (kitchen, living room, bathrooms) with a group of interns
  • accept the programā€™s policy of not allowing overnight guests at program-provided housing
  • shop, cook, do laundry, communicate with roommates, and other aspects of living independently
  • be cooperative and proactively help yourself and other interns with transportation such as public transportation, carpooling, etc.
  • stay at UH Hilo dormitories during the first week of the program (PREP course), even if you live close by

Housing

Most interns reside away from home in program-provided housing during the program. Akamai arranges and pays for housing as close to the internship sites as possible. Housing is typically double-occupancy (2 interns per room) with two interns of the same gender identity. Housing is furnished with kitchen supplies and linens (towels and sheets). Overnight guests are not allowed at program-provided housing. The Travel Questionnaire section of the application asks about constraints and accessibility needs in relation to housing.

Transportation

Interns get from their housing to their internship sites in a range of ways, which the program works through with each intern. Some interns are close enough to walk, some carpool with other interns, and some take public transportation. The program will pay for local transportation, which may include shipping a car, bus passes, mileage reimbursement, and occasionally renting a car or shipping internā€™s car from their home island. All interns are asked to help other interns with transportation as much as possible. For example, if the program pays for mileage or a car to be shipped, the driver will provide transportation to other interns. The Travel Questionnaire asks questions about transportation needs, availability to drive others, whether interns have a car they could ship, and whether they have a valid driverā€™s license.

Housing and transportation during the 1-week preparatory course

At the beginning of the internship, all interns start at UH Hilo for a one-week preparatory course, staying in the dorms (including Hilo residents), in double-occupancy bedrooms with meals provided. Transportation to and from the Hilo airport is arranged and paid by the internship program. Interns do not need local transportation during the preparatory course, as they stay on campus and can walk to classrooms.

Interisland travel

The program will arrange and purchase airline tickets for interns from their home island, to Hilo for the preparatory course, from Hilo to their internship site, and at the end of the program from their internship site back to their home island. The program will not cover airfares from beyond the state of Hawaii.

How travel logistics are arranged

If applicants are accepted into the program, their offer package will include information on housing and transportation. There will be additional correspondence and communication to work through the many logistical details, including the process for purchasing the flights on behalf of the travelers (no out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the interns).

Akamai is led by ISEE at UCSC.

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