Internships

INTERNSHIPS

INTERNSHIP FORMS

• Faculty Handbook for Student Internships
• Student Handbook for Internships
• Required Documents for Student Internships
• Site Supervisor Handbook for Student Internships

 

Internships offer valuable early work experience and a chance to build professional connections. They are available year-round from a wide range of businesses, organizations, and nonprofits.

A successful internship allows students to apply what they learn in the classroom to a real-world environment, which is highly valued by both employers and graduate schools.

Past local internships include:

• 3M
• 54 Veterinary Clinic
• Advanced Dentistry of Nevada
• Belles Boutique
• Evan’s Drugs
• Fast Comprehensive Care
• Healthy Nevada
• Missouri Department of Social Services \ Children’s Division
• Missouri Probation and Parole
• Missouri Veteran’s Commission
• Murphy Family Ventures
• Nevada Daily Mail
• Nevada Housing Authority
• Nevada Police Department
• Nevada R5 School District
• Nevada Regional Medical Center
• Nevada Water Treatment Plant
• New Growth
• Precision Coffee Company
• Vernon County Chamber of Commerce
• Vernon County Sheriff’s Department

Gain valuable, real-world experience and earn course credit with a local, state-wide, national, or international internship.

WHAT IS AN INTERNSHIP? An internship is a supervised work experience related to your major or career interests. You’ll work with a faculty member and a site supervisor to create learning goals and earn course credit. Since you receive credit, most internships are unpaid.

It is monitored by a faculty member and an internship site supervisor and offers course credit. (Because internships earn course credit, they are often unpaid.)

 

ELIGIBILITY & ENROLLMENT To be eligible, you must have second semester, first-year standing or higher with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater.

Here’s how to enroll:

• Visit with the Director of Career Services for information on internship sites.
• Get the Student Handbook for Internships.
• Choose a faculty member to supervise you.
• Complete the Internship Learning Contract (found in Required Documents) with your faculty sponsor and site supervisor.
• Obtain an Internship Add Form from the Career Services office and submit both completed forms to Kim Severance for approval.

 

CREDIT & GRADING Cottey awards 1 to 3 credits for an internship. Up to 12 hours for Bachelor candidates can count toward graduation. The tuition cost for a summer internship is $150 per credit hour.

Internships are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. To receive credit, you must complete your work, submit a Time and Activity Log, and submit your signed evaluations from yourself, your site supervisor and faculty sponsor.

For more information on internships, contact Kim Severance, Director of Career Services, at 417-667-6333, ext. 2184.

 

WANT TO HOST AN INTERNSHIP? Are you a business or non-profit looking to invest in the next generation of leaders? Offering an internship to a Cottey student is an excellent way to provide a meaningful learning experience. By sharing your knowledge and expertise, you can help a student build essential professional skills and make valuable networking connections.

To create an internship opportunity, please download and fill out our Internship Position Description Form. Once completed, submit the form and we’ll take it from there. We’re grateful for your partnership in helping our students prepare for their careers.

 

Kim Severance
Director of Career Services
Cottey College
1000 W. Austin Blvd
Nevada, MO 64772
Phone: 417-667-6333 x2184
Email: kseverance@cottey.edu