Haile Micro-Internships

• BUS 396 is a “0” hour class that a student may take to get a credit for this HMI experience on their transcript
• The class is pass/fail and will not increase credit hours earned or affect tuition
• Student must express interest in taking the course to obtain a permit (email project manager of the HMI)

• Applications for Fall to Spring HMI are due in September/October
• Applications for Summer HMI are due in May

Please note: Before you can apply for a HMI, you are required to fill out an initial “Rookie” or “Mentor” survey. Once the previous step is complete, you will be notified of next steps by the project manager.

YES! Once you fill out an initial “Rookie” or “Mentor” survey, a list of projects will be sent to you for application

• You are strongly encouraged to apply for as many projects as possible
• Once you apply, project manager of the HMI program will find the best match based on your preference

• Fall-Spring HMI usually starts in September and runs through May
• Summer HMI usually starts in May and runs through August/September

A Haile Micro-Intern must be a full-time Haile College of Business student.

WE pay YOU! HMI interns are paid in January and May for Fall-Spring experience and in September for Summer experience

• $10 is paid to Mentors in the program
• $9 is paid to Rookies in the program

The Know Rivalry Project is an ongoing research collaboration that aims to measure sports fans' perceptions of rivalry and how those perceptions influence affiliation and consumption behavior. Primary Student Involvement: data collection from internet message boards and sources such as Reddit.

Faculty Lead: Dr. Joe Cobbs

Dr. David Raska and Dr. Eileen Weisenbach Keller developed an online course designed to help high school and college students in their personal development. Upon completion of the course, we will have both quantitative and qualitative insights into customer experience with this course and a better understanding of what needs to be changed; public speaking and video skills are necessary.

Faculty Leads: Dr. David Raska and Dr. Eileen Weisenbach Keller

In this project, we will build a database combining data on demographic characteristics of workers in SCM occupation, information on their employment, and earnings. In doing so, we will start the database construction from the Occupational Information Network from the US Bureau of Labor and combine it to the demographics of workers' occupation from the American Community Survey - Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS).

Faculty Lead: Dr. Christiane Biazzin

Haile Ambassador chosen for this position must communicate with all Mentors in the CONNECT Ahead Program and make sure that all tasks listed in the Timeline are completed by a specific date. Also, this individual must communicate with the supervisor (Olena Pilyayeva), provide updates, and any issues with groups/projects/anything else.

Faculty Lead: Olena Pilyayeva

This project explores internal and external factors that affect firms’ strategic decisions and investigates their influences on firm performance. Primary Student Involvement: collecting data on Fortune 500 U.S. companies’ strategic initiatives in recent years.

Faculty Lead: Dr. Jing Liu

This Career Coach will help students understand where to find Internships and navigate HireNKU, what is needed for an internship to be applicable for course credit and how to apply for an internship for course credit (via HireNKU). The Career Coach Micro Internship will not only conduct 30 minute appointments, but will also help with scheduling Career Coaching Appointments and sending out Career Coaching post appointment evaluations.

Faculty Lead: Emma Walker

We will be developing surveys for students and other questions that will allow us to analyze how experiential learning is impacting students, how prevalent it is within the College of Business, and ascertain whether students are currently working jobs that could be considered internships. Primary Student Involvement: data collection, data analysis, and data presentation using Excel (and Power BI if possible).

Faculty Lead: Dr. Lee Kersting