Kolderie Academic Assistance Center - Internships


Internship
An internship is a great way to get early job experience as well as make valuable networking connections.  Internships are available throughout the year with a variety of businesses, organizations and non-profit agencies. A successful internship provides students with an opportunity to apply their classroom learning to the workplace. Employers and graduate schools value students who have put classroom concepts and skills to work in a "real world" environment as being both realistic and productive.

An internship database is available in the AAC with information on both established and potential internships for Cottey students.  Past internships include H&R Block, Ward/Kraft, the Nevada Daily Mail, the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, Nevada attorney offices, Vernon County Historical Society (Bushwhacker Museum & Jail), Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce, Council on Families in Crisis (Moss House), and more.

Cottey Intern at H&R BlockDEFINITION: An internship is a supervised work experience, related to a student's major or area of career interest, with intentional learning goals. It is monitored by a faculty member and an internship site supervisor and offers course credit.  Because they earn course credit, internships are often unpaid.

CREDIT: Cottey awards 1-2 credits in the fall/spring semesters and 1-3 credits in the summer. No more than 3 credits will count towards graduation. The tuition cost for a summer internship is $175 per credit hour.

ELIGIBILITY: Students eligible to participate in an internship must have first-year, second-semester or second-year standing by the beginning of the internship AND have a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher.

ENROLLMENT: To enroll in an internship at Cottey College, the student needs to complete the following:

  • Investigate possible internship sites.
  • Select a faculty member who wishes to supervise the internship experience.
  • Work with faculty sponsor and internship site supervisor to complete the Internship Learning Contract and Responsibilities Agreement.
  • Obtain an Add Form from Academic Records during registration or during add period.
  • Submit completed Internship Learning Contract, Responsibilities Agreement and Add Form to the Transfer & Career Planning Coordinator in the Academic Assistance Center for approval by the Cottey College Academic Committee.
GRADING: The internship experience will be graded as Pass/Fail. The faculty sponsor will award academic credit once the internship and evaluation have been completed. Students will submit an Internship Activity Log as documentation of their activities. The employer will submit an evaluation of the student intern and the student will evaluate the internship experience.

For more information on internships, contact Darcie Callahan, Transfer & Career Planning Coordinator at 417-667-8181, ext. 2132.

To establish an internship opportunity for a Cottey student, please complete and submit the Internship Position Description form to:

Darcie Callahan
Transfer & Career Planning Coordinator
Cottey College
1000 Austin Blvd
Nevada, MO 64772


Internship Resources

Internship Forms

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