Empath, 1983 December 7

              Page 2 THE EMPATH Wednesday, December 7, 1983
In te rn sh ip s
How To Apply
by Roberta Kaskel
1. What is an off-campus in­ternship?
An internship is a semester
long work experience taken
for academic credit.
2. Who is eligible to serve as
an intern?
Any student who has pro­gressed
through at least the
first semester of his / her
junior year.
3. What are the advantages of
being an intern?
You gain valuable job experi­ence,
you have an opportuni­ty
to reality test a possible
career field, you gain pre­paration
for graduate or pro­fessional
school, and you
establish contacts in the work
world.
4. Where do students serve as
interns?
Student interns are found in
places as traditional as a law
office and as nontraditional
as the studio of a professional
weaver. They serve in loca­tions
as close to the college
as Lexington Park and as far
away as the Panama Canal
Zone.
5. How is it determined where
a student will intern?
Once a student has initiated
an internship application the
student will work with the
program director to conduct
a personal career assessment,
and then explore the various
internship possibilities. The
Internship Director will nomi­nate
interns to appropriate
internship sites.
6. Can a student do an intern­ship
outside his/her major?
Yes, the college encourages
interdisciplinary internships.
An example of this might
be an English major interning
in a law office or a biology
major interning at a news­paper.
7. How does a student become
an intern?
You must make application
to the Internship Director,
Roberta Kaskel, in AA 101.
8. What is the deadline to apply
for spring, 1984 internships?
October 3, 1983.
9. Do I have to know where I
want to intern before I make
an application?
No, the Internship Director
can help you explore your
options and initiate contacts.
Hospital Intern
by Gregg E. Smith
Choosing a career path is a
very arduous task for some.
Personally, I have been in­terested
in about 10 different
fields and had no idea what I
wanted to do with my life.
Fortunately, we have an in­ternship
program at St. Mary’s
that can give a student experi­ence
in a working environment.
Internships also allow the stu­dent
to explore different career
opportunities within their own
work setting.
Since September, I have been
on internship at Calvert Memori­al
Hospital in Prince Frederick,
Maryland. Though I had no
idea what I wanted to do “when
I grew up,” I knew it was in
the health field. At C.M.H. I
have been exposed to many
different facets of a health
care facility.
My main role in the hospital
was working for the assistant
administrator of the hospital.
My duties included screening
applications, understanding the
entire employment process and
understanding benefit admini­stration.
I also participated in
a semester long manager’s work­shop,
with all the department
heads of the hospital. Coin­ciding
with the workshop was
my independent project, on
patient satisfaction in the Emer­gency
Department.
Though I was mostly in the
personnel office draped in suit
and tie, I was also seen in
surgical scrubs in the operating
room. This was by far the most
interesting event that I par­ticipated
in. I saw five different
operations including knee sur­gery
and a skin graph.
Among the other things that
I took an active part in included
an autopsy with the lab de­partment,
physical therapy,
many various emergencies in
the Emergency Department,
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H ie v u j C f fu d tn u id
and
Happy Hm fjean
from
DAVE, WAYNE AND MARY
COOK’S
LIQUORS
Park Hall, Md.
Roberta Kaskel, Internship Director Photo by Karin Corea
Government Intern
Stuart McHenry
I have been asked to write an
article about my internship by
this paper’s editor-in-chief Mary
Stakem. I guess I should begin
with the experience I had last
spring applying for the intern­ship.
When I decided I wanted
an internship it was almost
too late. If it wasn’t for the
deadline being moved back a
month, I would have been
unable to begin the application
process. If anyone is interested
in an internship, make up your
mind to apply early in the
semester prior to the semester
you want to intern. There are
more applicants for spring in­terns
than fall interns, so if
some of you are interested in
getting credit for work experi­ence,
but feel you may not
qualify because of grades or
other reasons, you might want
to consider applying for a fall
internship.
I’m working as an
intern for St. Mary’s County
Housing Authority and the De­partment
of Economic and Com­munity
Development. I ’m an
assistant to Joe Mitchell who
heads these departments.
It has been interesting up to
this point to see first-hand how
local bureaucracy works. Joe is
a very intelligent and knowl­edgeable
man and I have learned
a great deal working under his
supervision. Attending various
county meetings, working on
economic development projects,
as well as obtaining experience
in a professional office setting
has been worthwhile and in­teresting.
Right now we are in the
mid-point of the semester. I
feel as though I have learned
most of what I set out to learn.
Now I ’m beginning to get rest­less
about graduating this De­cember
and finding a job. I’m
in the process of putting my
affairs in order and finding new
enthusiasm to finish a successful
internship.
As most of you are probably
aware, interns are not allowed
to get paid, and in fact, pay to
work due to tuition costs. I ’m
sure many of you fellow stu­dents
are as strapped for cash
as I am. So you might be able
to imagine that enduring travel
expenses while putting in forty
unpaid hours a week gives you
little incentive to continue. I
hope that in the near future
the college stops restricting
internship sites from giving in­terns
some financial help.
One incentive the internship
program gives interns is a chance
for interns to find employment
at their sites after graduation.
Unfortunately for me, the
county government does not
have much opportunity for
employment. However, some
employers like the program
because it gives them a chance
to look at individuals before
hiring them.
Another incentive for com­pleting
an internship is the
letter of recommendation for
future jobs that your site super­visor
will hopefully give you.
Regardless of the incentives,
I try to live by the philosophy
that one should do well in
whatever he or she is doing
regardless of pay or any other
incentive. So I ’m sure my
internship will be completed
and successfully as I ’m sure
many of you will have successful
internships in the future.
(EljriHtmaH 3la^
by Keith Rippey
A small bar in the basement
of a 200-year old hotel in
Annapolis, Maryland is slowly
gaining prominence as one of
the premiere jazz clubs on the
East Coast. The King of France
Tavern, located in the basement
of the Maryland Inn Hotel in
downtown Annapolis, offers a
unique, intimate listening op­portunity,
showcasing many of
today’s foremost jazz musicians.
Just a few of the acts appear­ing
at the King of France Tavern
over Christmas vacation are:
jazz, blues, and pop vocalist
Ethel Ennis (December 21-25
and December 28 - January 1),
world famous jazz guitarist
Charlie Byrd and his trio
(January 11 - 15), and pianist
John Coates, Jr. (January 18 -
22).
Certainly, anyone in or near
the Annapolis area over vaca­tion
should try to take advan­tage
of this excellent entertain­ment
opportunity. For reserva­tions
and further information,
call the Maryland Inn: (301)
263-2641.