Still Looking for an Internship?

Once you’ve been approved for internship eligibility it can be stressful trying to find and secure an internship. One good thing about securing an internship is that you don’t need to secure one until the first day of the semester you’re interning. This means, if you don’t yet have an internship, you have all of winter break to find one. Continue reading

How to Download your Progress Report as a PDF

When applying for internship eligibility it is important to upload your ENTIRE progress report as a PDF. Uploading screenshots of your progress report is NOT sufficient. Saving your progress report as a PDF is not only required for internship eligibility, but it is also handy to know for future reference. See the graphic below for the process Continue reading

Attention Advisees: Pre-Registration is Still Open Until June 11

As we near the end of the first week of regular undergraduate pre-registration for fall classes, there are still quite a few empty seats in classes.

If you have not pre-registered and/or not been advised, please know that you may pre-register until June 11. It will not reopen until August 19 (The registration moratorium for continuing undergraduates is from June 12-August 18).

All those planning to graduate in May 2024 in the Strat Comm concentration who have not yet taken CMM316 should take it in the fall. In the other two concentrations, all those graduating in May 2024 should take CMM302 in the fall.

CMM712 will be canceled as no one has pre-registered.

What To Do Once You Have Been Approved for Internship Eligibility

Once you’ve been certified eligible to intern you may find an internship (in order to graduate you must intern at least one semester). When you do this there are a few steps you have to take. First, when you are approved you will be sent a congrats email/text, make sure you not only read the email but also to save it, you will need to reference it later The congrats email has all the steps and resources you need to find and secure an internship.  Here are a few resources for where to go from here. Continue reading

Post-Graduation Career Help is Available!

The Career Resource Center is an amazing place on campus to help you prepare for heading into the career world. They can set up mock interviews and they have drop-in hours for resume and cover letter help, and career preparation resources. All of these resources are available to you even if you’ve graduated. They have career specialists eager to help before or after you walk the stage! Continue reading

Juniors and Sophomores, Get Ahead!

Juniors and Sophomores! Even though you have some time, you should start to think about when you want to complete your required internship. You could always start the process today by making sure you’re eligible for an internship. Applying for internship eligibility is required at least one semester before you start looking for an internship placement. However, once you are certified eligible, you remain eligible until graduation as long as your GPA doesn’t drop below a 2.5. Remember, there are no retroactive credits given for an internship, this means you must complete an internship for credit after you have been approved. It’s worth it to get approved sooner than later, just to ensure you have time in case something goes wrong.  Continue reading