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Internship/Work Experience Programs for Penn State Students
(All addresses are at Penn State's University Park campus.) Career Services, 111 Bank of America Career Services Building, 814-865-2377, provides information on internships with companies that recruit on campus and maintains a library of internship information. Career Services also offers the Multicultural Internship Program; Nittany Lion Recruiting, a Web-based job listing service; and LionLink, a professional networking program designed to assist students and alumni in exploring various career fields through information interviews with PSU alumni volunteers. Research opportunities in a wide range of disciplines are available to undergraduate students. The Penn State Washington Program provides students with a semester-long internship experience. Students are placed in internships appropriate to their majors, interests, and career goals. The program also offers classes, housing, special events, and programs. For more information, contact Scott Colburn at 215-801-6737 or sbc136@psu.edu. WISER (Women in Science and Engineering Research) offers students an opportunity to do research in a Penn State lab (University Park) for credit the first semester and for the choice of wages or credit in the second semester of participation in the program. Female first-year students who intend to major in Agricultural Sciences, Earth and Mineral Sciences, Engineering, Health and Human Development, Information Sciences and Technology, or Science are eligible. DUS students may apply. For more information, contact Jeanine Emigh, 218 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, 814-865-2535, or wiser@psu.edu. College of Agricultural Sciences: Consult online internship and career information at http://students.cas.psu.edu/1392.htm. The database at this site allows students and advisers to use the menu below the banner in the database to browse the many organizations that have internships and job openings. Students and advisers will have to log into the database to access this information using their PSU access account. College of Arts and Architecture: Students are encouraged to participate in internships and/or externships. Students in degree programs can work with their departments to plan these kinds of educational experiences. Opportunities are varied and include those related to the School of Visual Arts, Department of Architecture (Intern Development Program), and many more. Smeal College of Business: Applications and information for the Internship Program are available online and in 114 Business Building, 814-863-6161. College of Communications: To express interest in internships in the College of Communications, students should:
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences: Internship information can often be accessed via departmental Web sites. Interested students should also contact their department's advising coordinators who often are the first to learn of new opportunities. The college's director of academic advising, Jon Merritt, jhm3@psu.edu, maintains an extensive list of internship Web sites, which are good places to begin a search. Students in the college's engineering majors are also eligible for the Engineering Cooperative Education and Professional Internship Program (see College of Engineering). College of Education: Student teaching for students in art education, elementary education, secondary education, and special education is coordinated by the college's Curriculum and Instruction Field Experiences office, 170 Chambers Building, 814-865-1734. Student teaching for students in agricultural education, music education, and health and physical education is coordinated by these departments. For information on rehabilitation internships, visit the Rehabilitation and Human Services internship site. Other opportunities may be available through Education Career Services in 101 Bank of America Career Services Center, 814-865-5131. College of Engineering: Students are encouraged to gain work experience through the Cooperative Education and Professional Internship Program. Although this experience is optional, it is highly recommended. The co-op option allows a student to alternate multiple semesters of paid career-related experiences with semesters of classroom study during his or her last two years of study. The internship option allows a student to participate in one-time experiences anytime after his or her first semester of study. For more information, contact the Engineering Cooperative Education and Professional Internship Office, 205 Hammond Building, 814-863-1032. College of Health and Human Development: Most majors offer practical experiences, internships, clinicals, or practicums. In some cases, the work experience is completed as a requirement for the degree and is included in a credit-bearing course. To discuss work experience opportunities through one of the nine undergraduate majors, please contact the Student Services Center in 5 Henderson Building (814-865-2156) to schedule an appointment with an academic adviser. The center will schedule an appointment for students to meet with a department/school adviser for a discussion on major-specific requirements. For additional information on the majors, visit the College of Health and Human Development Web site. College of Information Sciences and Technology: Information about IST internships can be found online. Under certain circumstances, DUS students may be eligible to apply for IST internships. Contact the coordinator of internship services (careers@ist.psu.edu, 104 IST Building, 814-865-4509) for more information. College of the Liberal Arts: Information is available through the College Internship Coordinator in 119 Sparks Building, 814-867-2317. You can also access online information. Eberly College of Science: The Cooperative Education Program provides an excellent opportunity for Eberly College of Science students to integrate academic study with relevant experience in the workplace, through alternating semesters of work and study. Students participating in the co-op program can gain academic credit and valuable work experience related to their major. In addition, they are paid by their co-op employers. For more information, go to 108 Whitmore Lab or visit the program Web site.
Students may also contact the co-op office via e-mail at career@science.psu.edu. Privacy and Legal Statements | Copyright | © The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. Last revised October 2, 2009. |