| Summer 2003 journalism internshipsThis Web page provides frequently updated information and instructions for students enrolled in JOU 396 Journalism Internship for the summer of 2003. If you're one of those interns, plan on visiting this site soon after the 1st and 15th of each month to check for the times of meetings, new feedback assignments and other course-related updates.
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Most summer internships are now over.
If you completed your internship and held your wrap-up session on or before August 15, your final course grade has been submitted to the Registrar's Office and should be available to you via Norse Express.
If your internship has been extended beyond August 15, your final grade was initially reported as an "I" with the understanding that all outstanding assignments will be turned in and your wrap-up session will be completed as soon as reasonable after your internship duties have come to an end. Extended-deadline wrap-up sessions can be scheduled any time after the start of fall semester classes and should be completed no later than September 15.
Final graded assignments are available for pick-up.
Your graded fourth memos and summary sheets showing the computation of your final grade will be left at the front desk of the Communication Department for you to pick up at your convenience. Given that classes are starting in less than a week and all of you will be on campus this semester, it's more economical in this time of university budget shortfalls to return them this way rather than mailing them. It also avoids the possibility of anything being lost in the mail, which apparently happened to one student's graded assignment that was returned by mail earlier this summer.
Your internship may be over, but the contacts could be forever.
I concluded the last internship Web posting by encouraging you to leave your internship on a positive note so your supervisor and co-workers would be left with a favorable impression of you. I hope you all followed through on that. Now that your internships are actually over and you're no longer going in to work at the site, I urge you to take appropriate follow-up steps to insure that they continue to remember you and remain impressed with your professionalism and commitment to the field.
If you haven't already done so, think about sending your site supervisor a thank you note. If you had a small of group co-workers with whom you worked fairly closely, consider sending the group a public thank you note and possibly a token thank you gift such as a box of candy, basket of fruit, home-made cookies, or something else they could all share.
Later, during fall break or over the Thanksgiving holidays, think about visiting the site to touch base with your supervisor and co-workers. You can express curiosity about the outcome of projects that may have been started during your summer internship, talk about ways your internship experiences have related to fall semester classes, or simply inquire about how things are going. They'll be impressed by your continuing interest and reminded that you're about to start looking for a full-time job. And, once you've made the first such follow-up visit, subsequent ones will be much easier to do and will most likely be even more productive.
Keep in touch with these folks. It can pay long-term dividends.
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