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Articles of Interest - Internships

The articles in this section relate to internships. For more information about internships, visit our Career Resource Room and/or make an appointment with one of our career counselors.

Important information for students facing difficulty registering for internships directly through their departments: You can enroll in General Studies 200 or 400 (depending on your class level) and get academic credit for your internship. You must have faculty approval, and there are other requirements. Read more at the Division of Undergraduate Studies (PDF).

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Internships: The Best Place to Start - BusinessWeek's list of 50 Best Internships By: Lindsey Gerdes Elana Gerasimova spent the summer of 2006 working as an intern for JPMorgan's emerging markets desk. The University of Pennsylvania senior enjoyed the summer in New York because of the variety of tasks she was given and the executives she had the opportunity to work with. "They really made... (read entire article)

Interns, Get Moving By: JEAN CHATZKY Right about now, on college campuses around the country, midterm anxiety is heating up. The football season is in full swing. And any advance planning will probably focus on winter-break ski trips. But savvy students are thinking long-term. Career experts concur: the time to ...(read entire article)

Gaining Insight from Internships By: BRIAN GLENN Some argue that an MBA is just a piece of paper, and an expensive one at that. For any career switcher, it can provide a bridge from one career or role to a new one. For those of us who are not career switchers, but rather are trying to rise within the competitive ranks of the industry... (read entire article)

For Internship, A Spill Is No Setback By: VIVEK BHATNAGAR With the temperature close to 100F, we stopped at a gas station to pick up something to drink. Since I don't drink soda, I settled for a glass of cranberry juice. Phil, my boss, cautioned it was important to keep ourselves adequately hydrated in the hot, humid weather of Texas. When I got into... (read entire article)

What's Love Got to Do with Internships? By: MBA JOURNAL My dating career was always an accident waiting to happen. Like my neighbor's dog's daily attempts to catch a car, I raced towards the exciting and flashy, without much of a plan for what would happen if I actually caught it. I was normally left with little to show for my efforts except... (read entire article)

The New World of Internships By: LISA TAKEUCHI CULLEN Like many of his new classmates at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, freshman Cory Hipps spent the summer working. But instead of stocking jeans at the mall or pulling sodas at the Dairy Queen, Hipps, 18, clocked 9-to-5 days at the accounting firm Deloitte, testing software... (read entire article)

The New Battle for M.B.A. Grads By: RONALD ALSOP Are you a recent college grad still looking for a job and unsure of how to take the first step on your career path? Don't rule out a post-graduate internship or temporary job placement. Although internships are mostly known as a tool for people still in college, both internships and temp... (read entire article)

Summer at 'Warp Speed' By: MARJANI COFFEY One of my co-interns put it best: "I need a vacation from summer vacation." Once the school year ends, soon-to-be second-year MBAs head to various parts of the world for the 12-week job interview known as the summer internship. Not only is there pressure to nail your projects, but you're constantly... (read entire article)

Internship: Sometimes It's a Reach By: DANIEL MCGINN By this point in the summer, interns at many companies are busy learning the ropes and filling in for regular employees out on vacation. But there's a growing group of collegians who can find it difficult to gain these important career toeholds: students who spend a semester or full year... (read entire article)

Choosing the Right Internship By: JULIE GORDON Since internship expectations don't always meet the reality of the experience, some students are having trouble identifying which internship to choose (see BusinessWeek.com, 2/26/07, "Internships: Reality vs. Expectations" ). To find a fit, experts suggest that students... (read entire article)