2008 Woodie Awards
Internships vary across campus
Sarah Sole, News Editor
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: News
Students may experience discrepancies in how they obtain internships depending on what college, and in some cases what department, they are enrolled in.
While the Professional Practice Online Database's Electronic Application for Students and Employees is available for business, engineering, engineering tech, information technology, computer science and information systems, and computer information science majors, Cary Horvath, chair of the communication department at Youngstown State University, said communication studies majors largely generate their own internships. Though the faculty assists students, they "don't have the pipeline" in place to find internships for students, she said.
The Professional Practice Program contacts 35 to 60 employers during two main events held on campus in the spring and fall, said Gwenn Clark, Professional Practice program coordinator in the Williamson College of Business Administration. Students can submit their resume and GPA information in the PPODEASE database, and WCBA submits the resumes to employers. The employers will then send a list of students back to the college, and the college will notify the selected students, who can then use PPODEASE to schedule an appointment during the interview day on campus. Students whose minors are covered in the database are also permitted to use it.
Additionally, the business college posts job listings and holds workshops including one on business and dining etiquette, which offers a luncheon where students can network with professionals.
minors are covered in the database are also permitted to use it.
Additionally, the business college posts job listings and holds workshops including one on business and dining etiquette, which offers a luncheon where students can network with professionals.
Despite the aid WCBA offers students, Clark said she tries to make students be independent.
"I don't get the positions for them, I just give them the tools," Clark said.
While the Professional Practice Online Database's Electronic Application for Students and Employees is available for business, engineering, engineering tech, information technology, computer science and information systems, and computer information science majors, Cary Horvath, chair of the communication department at Youngstown State University, said communication studies majors largely generate their own internships. Though the faculty assists students, they "don't have the pipeline" in place to find internships for students, she said.
The Professional Practice Program contacts 35 to 60 employers during two main events held on campus in the spring and fall, said Gwenn Clark, Professional Practice program coordinator in the Williamson College of Business Administration. Students can submit their resume and GPA information in the PPODEASE database, and WCBA submits the resumes to employers. The employers will then send a list of students back to the college, and the college will notify the selected students, who can then use PPODEASE to schedule an appointment during the interview day on campus. Students whose minors are covered in the database are also permitted to use it.
Additionally, the business college posts job listings and holds workshops including one on business and dining etiquette, which offers a luncheon where students can network with professionals.
minors are covered in the database are also permitted to use it.
Additionally, the business college posts job listings and holds workshops including one on business and dining etiquette, which offers a luncheon where students can network with professionals.
Despite the aid WCBA offers students, Clark said she tries to make students be independent.
"I don't get the positions for them, I just give them the tools," Clark said.
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