While working a graphic design internship with Fight Colorectal Cancer, Leigh Stracener experienced firsthand how art can make an impact. The internship gave Leigh an outlet to use design skills to spread important awareness for a life-saving organization, and it also happened to included an opportunity to travel across the country to share the message. A sea of blue flags were … [Read more...] about Design for Change: Internships that Make an Impact
Written by Courtney Cochran, Program Director of Collegiate Sales Society In college, an internship is like your favorite kindergarten field trip. During your trip, you discover how the lessons you’ve learned in the classroom can be paired and applied with skills and professional development. But, what I bet you might be feeling right now is a little stressed, definitely … [Read more...] about Everything They Didn’t Tell You About Internships…and What You Should Know
“As soon as you feel like you have enough knowledge from school, try to do an internship, because it’s best to have that foot in the door.” ~Willie Drake With a focus on information technology and psychology, Willie plans to graduate with his Bachelor of General Studies degree in May 2020. Since beginning his internship at O’Reilly Auto Parts this past April, he has learned the … [Read more...] about Part of a team: An interview with Willie Drake, Merchandise Data Analyst Intern with O’Reilly Auto Parts
Written by Takudzwa Chawota, Graduate Assistant with the Career Center and psychology/Industrial Organizational graduate student. This past summer I completed a 12-week internship program at Express Scripts Inc., headquartered in St Louis, MO. I came across this internship position on Glassdoor in February 2018. From the time I completed the online application, the interview … [Read more...] about Internship provides opportunity to work on challenging and meaningful projects
Listen, I know what you're thinking. What is a theatre major, with a minor in screenwriting, doing writing blogs for Missouri State? Good question. The even weirder part is that it all started in a general education course my freshman year. Media 120: Mass Media and Society I seized the first opportunity I had to take a media course at Missouri State two short years ago. I … [Read more...] about A Storyteller At Heart