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Internships

Internships are an ideal way for students to gain public history skills that can enhance a job resume or upgrade an application for graduate school or law school.

Departmental internships are available to any sophomore, junior or senior majoring in history or social studies for secondary education.

Internships count as a course (History 596) and require students to complete 110 hours of work-related activities. Interns will receive three hours of course credit, but they must pay the requisite course fee.

To make these opportunities more flexible, we have created our departmental internships as two-semester commitments of four hours per week. The four-hour limit allows students who work and carry a full load of classes to take advantage of this opportunity. 

Student interns will receive a $250 Book Store Scholarship each semester. They will also have access to office and desk space, computer equipment and opportunities to work and learn with faculty members.

Applications are available in the Department of History & Geography office on the fourth floor of the Landrum Center.

The five department internships available are:

1. Community and Student Engagement History Practitioner Intern - Phi Alpha Theta Community Service

This position will provide support services to the advisor and assistant advisor of the Phi Alpha Theta student honorary. The intern will coordinate Phi Alpha Theta, department, university and community service projects, such as NKU Spring Share Project, United Way fundraiser, holiday service project and high school education projects.

2. History Practitioner Intern - Military History Lecture Series

This position will provide support services to the directors of the Military History Lecture Series. The intern will work with speakers, develop promotional materials (posters and flyers), prepare professor sign-in sheets, update and maintain computerized mailing list and coordinate student volunteers. Intern must have some availability on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.

3. History Practitioner Intern - Community and Women's History

This position will assist in the development, coordination and implementation of the annual History Day Program.  This will involve meeting with area historical societies, preparing a variety of program and publicity materials, coordinating student volunteers and making other arrangements. Assistance will also be provided to other women's history, university and department community history programs.

4. History Practitioner Intern - Communications and Technology 

This position will assist in the development and implementation of department and university communication programs with students.  This will include development and maintenance of a LISTSERV program, assisting faculty in the development of PowerPoint presentations and assistance with the writing and production of the department newsletter.

5. Public History Practitioner Intern - Public History Program Development

This position will assist the coordinator of the Public History Program. Activities will include: researching and archiving materials related to Public History programming; developing and organizing a program policy manual; designing and distributing promotional materials for the program. This position would be of special interest for those interested in administration and program development.