Below are some ways in which faculty members can support internships within their
department:
- Announce and/or promote internship opportunities in your classes.
- Add department internship information to your syllabus.
- Invite the Internship Coordinator for your school/college to speak with your class
about internships.
- Have former students return and report about internship and career experiences.
- Include internship subject matter in the overall curriculum.
- Work with your college's internship coordinator to create relationships with internship
providers and other organizations.
- Provide suggestions and feedback to the Internship Services department regarding processes
and procedures.
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While advisor roles and responsibilities will vary depending on the academic department,
the following should be referred to by all advisors assisting with the internship
process.
- Encourage internship involvement as a way to enhance a student's collegiate experience.
- Refer students to their internship coordinator.
- Encourage students to use UVU Handshake to search for internships.
- Inform students that they must complete internship orientation prior to their Internship
Application and subsequent course registration.
- Ensure that international students are aware that they will need to go through an
I-20 work authorization process as a part of their Internship Application process.
- Inform students attempting to obtain credit for an international internship experience
that there are pre-departure tasks which must be completed prior to course registration
and the internship experience, including travel registration.
- Post internship success stories and advertising on your office door, information board
or department website.
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