ASSUME THE ROLE OF ROOKIE WITH AN INTERNSHIP STLCC Internship Coordinators Offer Advice to Advance in the Ranks
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students schedules and find the right time and Internships are a great way to gain explace for them to work. “The student keeps a perience while still in school. Looking for log of duties, hours worked, etc. They have an internship for Mass Communication to work at least 150 hours for the internor Communication? Susan Hunt-Bradship. Typically businesses will work with the ford is the internship coordinator to get students’ schedule and work around their free in contact with. (If you are looking for a time,” Hunt-Bradford said. business internship or Art internship, you When a student has completed the internwill have to contact the coordinators in ship, Hunt-Bradford contacts their supervisor the field.) “Basically for an internship for and they fill out a form and give the student Communications or Mass Communicaa grade of how they did. “At the end of the tions, mostly mass communication, stuinternship I contact the internship supervisor dents can contact me with their interest at the business and they fill out a form and the in doing an internship. They will receive GRAPHIC BY: ASHLEY BIUNDO student gets their grade from the recommen3 credit hours, [these] mainly can be used dation of the supervisor,” she said. “I also have them turn in a as elective credit,” she said. “They pay for it just like a class. signed (by the supervisor) copy of the log of hours. I also have It’s listed on the interactive schedule as workplace learning.” the students write a page on what they liked and/or disliked Students are able to do two different internships and get about the internship, what they learned, etc.” credit, but they both may not transfer to a college as electives, Already have a degree? Hunt-Bradford also helps with Hunt-Bradford said. Check in with the college you plan on internships for students who already have a degree. “I somegoing to after Meramec. times have students who have already earned their bachelor’s Hunt-Bradford gives students resources, like www.indeed. degree seek an internship for the experience so I am able to do com, to help with the career they want to go into. She also that also. They still have to pay for it like a class but it is worth looks for internships and finds the one that most suits that it to get the hands on experience most internships provide,” student. “I have some media connections depending on what she said. they are looking for,” she said. Internships are flexible, meaning they will work around
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