Internship Program for Liberal Studies Students at Endicott College

1. Internships for Liberal Studies Students Devin Rozansky Internship Coordinator

2. Overview • Introduction • Overview of Endicott model for internships • Counseling the Liberal Studies student • Senior internship seminar • Student Case Summaries

3. Endicott College • Founded in 1939, by Dr. Eleanor Tupper and her husband, Dr. George O. Bierkoe • Vision of educating women for greater independence and an enhanced position in the workplace • 2,000 undergraduate students, 1,000 graduate and professional studies students, and 200 students at campuses in Madrid and Mexico.

4. Introduction • 9 years at Endicott – 1 in Career Center, 8 years as Internship Coordinator • Variety of majors: Criminal Justice, Psychology, International Studies, Hospitality, Liberal Studies. • Current load of 350 students, 8 majors. • Office has grown from 3 internship coordinators to a director, 4 full time, and one part time coordinator. • Endicott College commitment to internships

5. Why have the discussion? • Liberal Studies students are not typically required to complete internships • Frequent questions from parents, students • Students are usually confused, defensive, passive about their future • More valuable for Liberal Studies than any other group of students

6. Overview of the Endicott College Model • Required internships of all majors • Clinical experience in some majors • Traditional majors for internships • Also in all Arts and Sciences majors

7. Endicott’s model for Applied Learning • Comprehensive academic internship program • Promotes professional development • Enhances and deepens learning within the discipline • Fully integrated into Endicott’s identity • Tied to the mission • Multiple experiential learning requirements • Everybody is connected to Internship! • Learning-centered internships tied to academics • Grounded in best practices for work-in-learning and experiential learning programming

8. Series of three required internships

9. Internship 100 • Foundation for Internship Sequence: • Exploration of the major • Start testing career • options • Begin to develop basic • professional competencies

10. Internship 200 • Growth: • Explore a different focus within the major • Explore an area in more depth • Overcome challenges with search process • Apply skills and knowledge

11. Semester Internship • LearningPartnership: • 12 credit, graded class • Strategic professional • partnership • Demonstration and • continuation of learning • Vehicle to transition to • professional world

12. Counseling Liberal Studies students • Focus on Liberal Studies – similar for all the Humanities majors • Two types of students • Different strategies

13. Counseling Liberal Studies students • Students with ideas • Try to draw out what is the target, is it feasible • Students with no ideas • Lots of hand holding - more meetings • Talk them through possibilities • Type Focus with the Career Center

14. Counseling Liberal Studies students • Students with no ideas • Or work the other way. Look at where they live, see what are viable options. Where they have connections • Takes more effort with some of them, but very worth it

15. Senior Seminar • Two internship faculty have been teaching the liberal studies classes for 8 years, honed this class • Some elements common to all sections regardless of major • Process, how are things going, common workplaces stresses/triumphs • Other areas of focus

16. Senior Seminar • Tom Harvey • Focus on leadership, building a personal brand. • Seminar provides the opportunity for guidance. • Asked to share personal writings • Extensive reflection, where have they been, where are they going. • Exploring concept of Emerging Adulthood

17. Student Case Summaries Joe Wildey 2007 grad INT100 The Post Star -Hometown newspaper INT200 Office of the Mayor Senior Internship -Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders - -3 years later hired by GLAD

18. Student Case Summaries Ryan Byrnes – 2010 grad INT100 Waived Transfer student INT200 Montserrat College of Art: Student development office Semester internship Project Adventure Hired by Project Adventure after graduation

19. Student Case Summaries Erin Fay 2010 grad INT100 - RISD English professor INT200 - Cambridge College -Worked with Assistant Dean -Research Semester Internship - Independent bookstore Still looking for job currently

20. Conclusion • Valuable experience for Liberal Studies students • Can be crucial in their post-college path • Plans for future research • Questions?