CAREER DEVELOPMENT & EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING NEWS
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Excerpt from National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Website
FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AND INTERNSHIPS Data from NACE’s annual Student Survey indicate that first-generation students are less likely to take part in internships than their NFG counterparts. Despite FG students being less likely to receive compensation for their internships, they are more disposed than their NFG counterparts to find the experience “very” to “extremely” satisfying—77.8 percent versus 75 percent. To coincide with their greater sense of satisfaction, more FG students reported they desired a career in the same industry as their internship program (58.3 percent) than did NFG students (55.9 percent). This seems to align with the AACU study findings.
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ALTERNATIVE BREAK ADVISORS FOR SPRING BREAK Contact Kathryn Plummer for more information plummerk@wou.edu 503-838-8041
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The Experience Fair is a great place to find internships, practicums and volunteer opportunities. Please encourage your students to attend!
WOU Community Internship Program (WOU CiP) WOU CiP connects students to paid internships on-campus at no cost to departments. Funding for up to 200 hours per internship. All internships are two-terms taking place January June 2020 (winter and spring terms).
Department proposal submissions open: Monday, February 25, 2019 Deadline to submit proposals: Friday, April 19, 2019 Student recruitment takes place: Fall Term 2019 Learn more about the program and submit your proposal at: http://www.wou.edu/slcd/wou-cip/faculty-staff/ Have a question? Email woucip@mail.wou.edu or call 503-838-8716.