Internships provide career insight :
By Tonnie Dakin
Of Um Emerald
Internships can provide
valuable experience for
students while they earn credit
or money for on-the-job
training.
‘'Typically, an internship is
an opportunity that an
employer provides to an in
dividual to learn about a par
ticular type of work in return for
accomplishment of
assignments.-' said Larry
Smith, director of the Career
Planning and Placement
Service.
Both on arid off-campus in
ternships are available through
the University. On-campus in
terns earn credit, while off
campus interns can earn either
credit or money.
The Office of. Student
Development. 364 Oregon Hall,
helps develop on-catnpus in
ternships. collects job descrip
tions from, faculty members
looking for interns, and
schedules interviews with
faculty advisers from the stu
dent's department.
“It’s a matter of developing a
job and then finding a student
to fill it,” said Terry Woolley,
who works in the office.
Once a s*udent and a faculty
member have decided on an in
ternship. a contract is com
pleted that specifies the job and
course outline, she said.
All internships have struc
tured course goals. Woolley
said. These are based on the
time spent on the job. the skills
learned, the assignments com
pleted and faculty evaluations,
she said.
The number of credits that a
student receives varies depen
ding on the type of internship.
Woolley said. A few internships
are available for freshmen and
sophomores, but most arc
designed for upper-division
students, she said
The ideal time for students to
engage in an internship is dur
ing or after the second half of
their sophomore year because
students are more apt to know
what they want out of a career.
Smith said.
"An internship gets to be part
of the career-decision process,
and it gets to lie a real testing
ground for students." he said.
A student enrolled in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences who is
interested in an off-campus in
ternship should go to the {iareer
Planning and Placement Ser
vice. 244 Hedricks Hall. Smith
said.
A student enrolled in one of
the professional schools should
go to the head of their depart
ment. he said.
To receive credit for an off
campus internship. the student
must have the work approved
by the student's academic
department. Smith said. Those
interns also attend weekly class
sessions in addition to working,
he said.
‘‘Internships, if they are for
credit, are based not only on the
work done, hut on what is learn
ed." Smith said
Interns are expected to com
plete "fairly substantial pro
jects," which are typically
negotiated with the employer,
he said.
"Internships provide an ex
tremely useful and valuable ex
perience for employers because
they have students sent to them
who have been preselected to
do the work." Smith said.
Patricia Cusick. the act inn
marketing coordinator at the
Hult Center, agreed.
"The main reason we hire in
terns is because we realize what
a wonderful resource it is hav
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