Applying for Internships 6. How to get help with the internship process 8. Internships are valuable ways to gain work experience in areas that you find interesting. They can help you decide whether to pursue a certain career field. They also provide job market contacts and relevant experience, which help you compete for jobs after graduation.
Typical internships involve planning, working on and completing a specific project.
Sewanee offers several internship programs intended to help students pursue internships in a variety of fields. Comparing British and American legislative systems, corresponding with the public, writing press releases and speeches and researching issues for members of Parliament. Creating a videotape on family planning for clients of a needs-based family planning agency. Developing a database program, training staff users of the program, and helping to draft an Executive Order for the White House. Researching and compiling a list of services available in a particular county to AIDS patients, then producing and distributing a pamphlet with this information.