University of Texas of the Permian Basin
UTPB Student Worker Star
Program
By Tony Love
Internship
Career Development by Experience
N=15,500
Classes
Internships
Co-curricular
Job On
Campus
Job Off
Campus
Have not
Developed in
College
Teamwork
65.5
20.3
47.9
18.4
29.4
4.6
Verbal
Communication
70.4
25.3
45.8
21.4
35.4
4.9
Decision-making
60.0
26.4
41.2
19.1
35.1
10.1
Solve Problems
70.4
26.8
39.7
20.5
36.1
6.2
Obtain and
Process
Information
84.1
24.8
30.2
17.1
28.4
4.2
Plan, Organize
and Prioritize
78.7
25.9
40.1
19.9
34.2
5.8
Quantitative data
81.6
17.3
14.6
10.2
17.3
7.6
Career-specific
knowledge
80.3
32.7
26.2
11.1
19.7
5.8
Computer skill
64.9
19.2
11.7
12.8
17.5
19.1
Writing/Editing
85.1
16.8
12.8
9.2
11.6
6.8
Influence/Sell
37.5
19.6
28.4
11.7
32.5
20.4
Purpose of UTPB Star Internship Program

Provide talented students with challenging opportunities to work on campus

Improve core work place skills:
*teamwork * verbal communication * decision making * problem solving * obtaining and
processing information * plan/organize & prioritize * analyze quantitative data * increase
career knowledge * * increase computer proficiency * create and/or edit written reports *
achieve influence/buy in from others

Provide students with customer service training

Enhance student experiential learning opportunities

Provide course articulation opportunities*

Provide students with meaningful skills to note on their resumes

Provide the departments with skilled talent

Provide students with higher than average campus wages

Provide students with presentation skills
* Course articulation is optional and must be approved by faculty advisor and course instructor
Student Entrance Requirements

Student must have worked for the department a minimum of six months
before students can participate.

Student must agree to participate in the program for a minimum of six
months.

Student must first complete customer service orientation in the UTPB Career
Center

Student must have faculty advisor and course instructor approval if
articulating for academic credit (optional)

Student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA (cumulative)

Student must be paid a minimum of $9 per hour

Approval of Department Head
Internship Core Requirements

Must complete customer service orientation session in the UTPB Career
Center which includes phone etiquette, dress, email etiquette, punctuality,
interpersonal skills and time management.

Must complete student worker training manual for successor which will
include:
a) Key terms used by department
b) Instructions on step by step processes
c) Samples of documents and/or forms used

Must meet the minimum six month requirements

Must present a media driven presentation (Power Point or Prezi) to the
department noting what they learned during the internship

No more than 3 absences during the internship
Examples of Work That Can be Incorporated

Expense report preparation

Purchasing requisitions

Budget account reconciliations

Website updates

Create flyers, spreadsheets and graphs

Schedule venues on School Dude

Schedule catering on Catertrax

Prepare check registers

Scan and catalogue documents

Make deposits

Prepare Power Point or Prezi presentations

Create promotional videos

Conduct tours or presentations to students or potential students

Write and publish articles for departmental newsletter

Take pictures of campus events

Create mailing labels

Conduct research

Create advertising campaigns
Additional Things That My Student
Worker Has Accomplished
Presented the “women’s” presentation at our Dress for
Success seminar
 Tabulated results of our job fair satisfaction surveys where
she used her statistical knowledge to calculate the mean
median and mode
 Tabulated results of our salary surveys where she
calculated averages and standard deviations:
http://www.utpb.edu/academics/undergraduatesuccess/career-services/graduate-salary-information
 Delivered recruitment presentations to high school
students

How Do Students Benefit?

All students who complete the UTPB Star Student
Internship Program receive a certificate of
completion from the UTPB Career Center

Receive a higher than average student wage

Receive customer service training

Gain meaningful experiential learning that
articulates with major

Receive formal internship training to note on their
resumes
How Do Departments Benefit?

Students who are committed for a sustained
duration of time

Top level talent for a minimum cost

Reciprocation of skill sets (teach old dogs new
tricks). Things that I have learned from MY
student workers:
a)
How to operate a video camera
b) How to upload videos to Youtube and caption them
c) Numerous website best practices using Sitefinity
The End
UTPB Career Center