Being an Extern Sponsor involves giving a Kenyon Sophomore, Junior, or Senior a 3-5 day look at your occupation. Externs benefit from observing, asking questions, and talking with your colleagues in other aspects of your organization or in similar or complementary positions outside of your organization. Each sponsor is encouraged to arrange the Extern's week in the way that seems most appropriate for their particular occupation. The benefits to the student of the Extern Program are purely personal. There is no pay and no college credit involved.
Students are responsible for their own transportation, housing, and meals while they are Externs.
Kenyon students are fully covered by health and accident insurance twelve months of the year, twenty-four hours a day, thus the Sponsor's organization assumes no responsibility in this regard. It's a rewarding experience to know that I am helping someone else identify what they would like to do with their life.