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Internships to play
bigger role at UNC
Popular posts can benefit students
BY WHITNEY KISUNG
STAFF WRITER
You take the classes, you learn
the jargon, you get the degree and
you’rfe good to go.
That’s how entering the real
world after college graduation
used to be.
But now, more and more stu
dents use their time in college to
gain real-world work experience
in their fields through internships.
They say those jobs provide a way
to learn career skills and a way to
enter into life after college.
And at UNC, the positions
are increasingly becoming part
of the average undergraduate’s
experience.
“I thought of this as a starting
place to gain experience,” said
junior Mike Masterson, who is
interning with Chapel Hill-based
University Directories. “I’d never
had office experience.”
At UNC, internships can be
compensated through stipends
or through academic credit
that either does or does not count
toward a degree.
Academic credit usually is
awarded only for unpaid intern
ships. Any internship through
the College of Arts and Sciences
must be unpaid to receive credit,
though professional schools can
have different standards, said
Kenneth Janken, director of the
Office of Experiential Education
and professor of Afro-American
studies.
And now, getting an internship
can help you get your diploma.
The class of 2010 will be required
to meet an “experiential educa
tion” requirement that can be
fulfilled through an internship,
study abroad, service-learning or
a course.
In light of those new require
ments, some departments are
revisiting their internship pro
grams. The Department of Public
Policy, for example, recently with
drew from its Web site a statement
that both unpaid and paid intern
ships qualify for credit.
Jay Eubank, director o.f
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career services for UNC’s
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication, said the major
ity of students he works with
in finding internships do not
want the academic supplement
because they have enough hours
to graduate.
“I don’t encourage it a whole
lot because a lot of students don’t
need it,” he said.
He also said faculty members
in his department prefer that
students earn academic credit
through the department’s classes,
rather than relying on credit from
internships.
Still, in the past few years,
companies have increasingly
requested that their interns
receive academic credit instead
of money, Eubank said.
“The bottom line is they prefer
not to pay an intern,” he said, not
ing that unpaid internships appeal
to a smaller pool of applicants
those students who can afford to
work for free. “It probably limits
who employers are going to get to
look at.”
Said Janken, “This is one of the
things that I’m most uncomfort
able with. To me, it seems that
there’s an exploitation of student
labor.”
Many students agree that the
academic credit doesn’t outweigh
the lack of a paycheck:
“I have to live during the sum
mer, 50... I’m not going to take an
unpaid internship,” senior Jimmy
Lindsey said.
Eubank suggested that if stu
dents must take an unpaid intern
ship, they should work only part
time —and find a second job that
pays.
If students have additional
income, they are more likely will
ing to work for less.
“I could have probably found a
higher paying job or internship, but
it was worth it to have this experi
ence,” said junior Matt Wagner,
who is able to intern for the town of
Hillsborough this summer because
he has additional income.
Helping students navigate
VS.
Internships
Where to look
You can find internships on
academic department Web sites,
at careers.unc.edu and at
internship fairs, or you can create
your own internship with a
business or nonprofit.
Types of compensation
Most departments only offer
academic credit for paid
internships, but many “unpaid”
internships award stipends.
Getting academic credit
Students can get credit for
internships of at least 100 hours
with approval from their major
department and the director
of the Office of Experimental
Education.
these sometimes tricky waters
will be the Office of Experiential
Education, which was created in
January. As its first major task,
the office will test Carolina’s new
“experiential education” pro
gram— and, therefore, get more
involved than before in students’
internships.
Janken said he is comfortable
with observing the program in
action before deciding if he should
make any changes.
The 411 on academic credit
To apply for academic credit for
an internship whether it’s for
major credit, general degree credit
or non-degree credit students
typically must fill out a form that
outlines their expectations of the
experience a few weeks before the
preceding semester ends.
The student must work for at
least 100 hours and have a GPA of
2.0 or more.
At the end of the internship,
the director of the department
that will award credit evaluates
the student’s reflection and the
site supervisor’s assessment of
the performance.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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UNC sets a date for
‘Meet the Heels’ event
Hoops stars shine in summer league
STAFF AND WIRE REPORT
The 2006 University of North
Carolina football team will host
“Meet the Heels” on Aug. 12 from
6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Kenan
Stadium. Coach John Bunting and
the entire Tar Heel squad will sign
autographs and pose for pictures
with fans beginning at 7 p.m.
Woody Durham, now in his
36th year as the “Voice of the
Tar Heels,” will introduce the
team beginning at 6:45 p.m.
followed by pictures and auto
graphs with the 2006 Tar Heels
on the field.
Concession stands and restroom
facilities will be open on Kenan
Stadium’s south-side concourse.
Free parking is available in the
Boshamer, Stadium Drive, Craige
Deck and Smith Center lots.
In case of rain, Meet the Heels
will take place on the third-floor
concourse in the west end zone.
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Tar Heels light it up
Former UNC basketball standout
Sean May grounded for most of
his rookie season in the NBA due to
injury broke out for the Charlotte
Bobcats in NBA summer-league
play.
May, who led Carolina to a
national championship in 2005,
averaged 18.6 points and 5.2
rebounds over five games in the
Orlando summer league as the
Bobcats went 3-2 and tied for
the league’s best record. He was
named to the Orlando All-League
team —as was Bobcats rookie
Adam Morrison, who posted 24.6
points per game in the league.
Other Tar Heels also have seen
success in summer-league play.
David Noel, a second-team All-
ACC performer in the 2005-06
season, scored 26 points for his
squad in a July 15 game against the
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Washington Wizards in the SoCal
Summer Pro League.
Jawad Williams, the starting
power forward for the 2004-05
national championship team, had
three games in which he scored in
double figures for the Los Angeles
Clippers in the Las Vegas Summer
League.
Marvin Williams, the sixth man
on that title team, has averaged
more than 20 points per game for
the Atlanta Hawks in the Rocky
Mountain iu. ie, signaling that
good things a s to come for the
No. 2 overall pick in the 2005
NBA Draft.
Jackie Manuel, the Tar Heels’
defensive stopper on their national
title run, put up close to 5 points
per game in limited playing
time for the Chicago Bulls in the
Orlando Pro Summer League.
The other Carolina alumni in
summer-league play included
Raymond Felton, who had 9 points
in 18 minutes in his one game for
the Bobcats, and Joseph Forte.
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