Perspective & Advice: How internships and mentorship can help students set sail
By: Christie Osborne
Digital Heritage Project Coordinator for the Mountain Heritage Center
While Western faculty and staff are largely willing to support student career goals and enthusiastic about
providing meaningful internship experiences that will translate to life after college, you have to take a
certain amount of responsibility too. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
(list box/Christie’s advice)
Career Journal, May 2010, Vol. 7 Issue. 3
http://www.wcu.edu/WebFiles/PDFs/career_journal_may2010.pdf