During March through April, tentative assignments are discussed with sponsor firms by phone. Final assignments are made by the Internship Director in conjunction with the industry sponsor. In late March and early April new interns will attend an orientation meeting to be briefed on what to expect and how to establish personal contact with their sponsor. It is the student's responsibility to arrange their own travel, to coordinate reporting details directly with the sponsor and to find living accommodations. During the summer, faculty members visit many of the interns and sponsors.
Priority is given to new sponsors.
Additional faculty contacts are made by telephone throughout the year. It is the program's goal that every sponsor firm be personally visited at least once every two years. Evaluations and Reassignments Evaluations are requested at the end of each summer from both sponsors and interns. Should an evaluation from a sponsor indicate that a student's performance was only adequate or provisional, or should an intern's evaluation indicate that the sponsor's training plan had shortcomings, faculty will follow-up to address the issues. In additional to completing evaluation forms, students must prepare a written report on their internship period to demonstrate their communication skills.