Southwestern College

Internships

The Leadership program emphasizes internship experience for all team members.  Internships are yet another avenue for students to put their leadership lessons into practice, and they further allow students to gain crucial experience in the workforce.  Some internship experiences also count towards the Leadership Studies Minor (see the Academics section of the Leadership website).  Click below for link to database:

Check out our internship database! Click the link below.

 Internship Database

The Leadership team is currently working towards a goal of 100 percent of Leadership students completing an internship experience before graduation.  Please see the descriptions below of some Ships' recent experiences:

 

Hannah, 2013 graduate: Summer Americorps intern at Project Transformation in Dallas, TX.  Hannah is an English major with an emphasis in education and a minor in Leadership Studies.

 

Chastity, 2012 graduate: Summer internship as an elementary school teacher at Dingkey Kindergarten in Hohhot, China.  Chastity taught English and PE at the school.

Jacob, 2012 graduate: Music intern at First United Methodist Church in Winfield, KS. Jacob shares his musical talents by directing a youth praise band.

Andrew, 2011 gradute: Materials Science Research Experience for Undergraduates at the University of Oregon.  Andrew was a Biochemistry major with minors in Leadership Studies and Mathematics, and he tried internships in his field at both Oregon and KU.

Katie, 2011 graduate: Interned at Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, IL.  To find her internship, Katie utilized a well-established partnership that Southwestern has with a program called The Chicago Center and earned course credit during her internship.  The Chicago Center has internship openings for students in all majors.