Students gain insight on finding internships
Chelsie Pacha, Transcript Reporter
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: News
Career Services held the 2010 Internship Panel on Tuesday, Jan. 26, from noon to 1 p.m. in Crider Lounge for students looking for internships this summer or beyond.
Students who have had previous internships discussed their experiences and answered questions from those who had them.
Senior Nathaniel Cook, an economics management major, was an intern with J3 Systems in Bucyrus. J3 is an independent software vendor that supplies retail inventory management software many general merchandise stores.
Cook said he had a great experience and was lucky to get a chance to travel.
"As an intern, I accompanied Fred Fisher, president and founder, on five business- related trips," Cook said.
"The trips included a systems installation on the islands of Aruba and Curacao, a reseller trade show in Las Vegas, a channel conference in Nashville, Tenn., and finally an end user trade show in Boston."
When Cook wasn't traveling he said he was working in the office.
Senior Emily Heppen, an English, non-fiction writing, major and sociology-anthropology minor, was an intern with the Columbus Parent/This Week Community Newspapers in Columbus; the Children's Defense Fund in Capital Hill, D.C.; and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C.
Heppen said she was kept busy during her internships.
" My duties as an intern included writing and releasing press releases, speaking to local news stations and the Associated Press, setting up for conferences and press shoots, writing and editing official material, updating social networking sites, monitoring and compiling press coverage, and working on marketing campaigns and strategies."
Senior Prakrity Silwal, a sociology-anthropology major, interned in Nepal and worked with Family Health International and in Programme for Immunization Preventable Diseases.
"I helped prepare for the 3rd National AIDS Conference and worked with the National Federation of Positive Women Living with HIV/AIDS to analyze their database collected by positive women from their monthly meetings and prepare a document," Silwal said.
Students who have had previous internships discussed their experiences and answered questions from those who had them.
Senior Nathaniel Cook, an economics management major, was an intern with J3 Systems in Bucyrus. J3 is an independent software vendor that supplies retail inventory management software many general merchandise stores.
Cook said he had a great experience and was lucky to get a chance to travel.
"As an intern, I accompanied Fred Fisher, president and founder, on five business- related trips," Cook said.
"The trips included a systems installation on the islands of Aruba and Curacao, a reseller trade show in Las Vegas, a channel conference in Nashville, Tenn., and finally an end user trade show in Boston."
When Cook wasn't traveling he said he was working in the office.
Senior Emily Heppen, an English, non-fiction writing, major and sociology-anthropology minor, was an intern with the Columbus Parent/This Week Community Newspapers in Columbus; the Children's Defense Fund in Capital Hill, D.C.; and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C.
Heppen said she was kept busy during her internships.
" My duties as an intern included writing and releasing press releases, speaking to local news stations and the Associated Press, setting up for conferences and press shoots, writing and editing official material, updating social networking sites, monitoring and compiling press coverage, and working on marketing campaigns and strategies."
Senior Prakrity Silwal, a sociology-anthropology major, interned in Nepal and worked with Family Health International and in Programme for Immunization Preventable Diseases.
"I helped prepare for the 3rd National AIDS Conference and worked with the National Federation of Positive Women Living with HIV/AIDS to analyze their database collected by positive women from their monthly meetings and prepare a document," Silwal said.
Be the first to comment on this story