(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 Keith Fledderman at 202-232-4783 or krf115@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 Lorene Stitzer, 218 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, 814-865-2535, or wiser@psu.edu.

College of Agricultural Sciences: Consult the internship database online, or visit the Agricultural Resource Center, 113 Agricultural Science and Industries Building, 814-863-8142.

College of Arts and Architecture: Students are encouraged to participate in an externship during their sophomore year. DUS students interested in the EXTERN Program should contact the DUS coordinator in 115 Arts Building. Students in degree programs should work with their departments.

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:

1. visit www.psu.edu/dept/comm/undergrads/internlist.html,
2. copy the entire line of the internship(s) in which they are interested, and
3. paste the internship(s) of interest into an e-mail to Colette Sacolick at cms324@psu.edu.

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 Office of Preservice Teaching Experiences, 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, contact Amy Seachrist at avs3@psu.edu or 814-865-1887. Other opportunities may be available through Education Career Services in 114 Bank of America Career Services Building, 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 participation 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. To discuss work experience opportunities through one of the nine undergraduate majors, please contact the Student Services Center in 215 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 an in-depth discussion on major-specific requirements. For additional information on the majors, visit the college 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 (internships@ist.psu.edu, 102E IST Building, 814-865-4013) for more information.

College of the Liberal Arts: Information is available through the Undergraduate Advising Center in 138 Sparks Building, 814-865-2545. 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 co-op@science.psu.edu.