Internships should be designed to professionally develop student learning by allowing them to apply their academic knowledge to their relative industry.  Much of your role is to think of reasonable activities that you have for the student that will:

1. Promote their learning within the industry.
2. Equate a reasonable amount of work as it relates to the duties of a normal FTE.
3.  Our internship posting guide has tips for creating a great internship
4. Also download our Internship brochure

National Guidelines & Policies

• NACE  - the National Association of Colleges & Employers, and a wealth of information.
• Position Statement on US Internships
• 15 Best Practices for Internship Programs.
• US Department of Labor's Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

Handshake is a modern career development platform where you can:

• Post jobs and internships
• Approve Internship submissions
• Get updates from EWU Career Center about upcoming events
• Browse career resources tailored to your interests
• Connect with Career Advisors in order to maximize your exposure.

Posting a job/internship to Handshake

1. Go to ewu.joinhandshake.com to create an account or login
2. Complete your profile to personalize your experience.
3. Click "Post a Job" located in the middle of the page, on the left column.
4. Enter your job and/or internship description.
5. Visit support.joinhandshake.com if you need further instruction.

In order for the student to do an internship, they must complete an internship learning contract which allows them to get credit.  Someone in your office will have to be assigned as the site supervisor and be available to help the student complete these forms.

Students need to discuss the following with their Site Supervisor before they are able to present their internship to their faculty internship advisor.

Among other things, these are the two main discussion points that need to be discussed with the intern:

• Internship Description: About the organization and what the internship entails.
• Learning Activities: What the student will specifically do as part of the internship.

Internships are a symbiotic relationship. Interns provide much-needed help to the organization, and in turn you provide valuable networking, training, and experience.  The extent to which that relationship is cultivated, can greatly increase the level of support a student can provide.

The purpose of the evaluations is to identify the intern’s strengths and any areas needing improvement.  Both the midterm and final evaluation forms are based on the SCANS skills and competencies from the U.S. Department of Labor.  The evaluation will be automatically sent to you, during the appropriate times, via email.