Summer internships now available

By Erin Sommer

Friday, February 2, 2007

As summer approaches, hundreds of University of Kansas students will begin searching for internships.

For the first time, students will have the opportunity to work abroad in either London or Dublin for credit as part of a new internship program run by the KU Office of Study Abroad.

Once we get this program off the ground, I think we will look at developing other sites.

-Angela Dittrich, assistant director, Office of Study Abroad

The program is called Internships Abroad. It is a collaboration between KU and European Study Abroad, or EUSA, a non-profit organization run by Boston University.

The seven-week program allows students to earn academic credit and to gain professional experience in fields such as art, business, communication, politics and health care. The Office of Study Abroad provides accommodations in student housing.

“Once they’ve been accepted, EUSA guarantees an internship. If a student is asking for a specific request, we’ll go out and find it,” said Samantha Cooper, EUSA director of university relations.

Applications are due Feb. 15. In addition to an application, interested students must submit a résumé, a statement of purpose, a photograph and an ARTS form or transcript. An academic reference is also required. Students should submit materials to the Office of Study Abroad.

EUSA representatives will be on campus in March to hold interviews and begin placing accepted students in internships. A phone interview with prospective employers might also be required.

“It’s such an individualized process between the student and the internship sponsor abroad,” Cooper said.

The organization currently finds internships overseas for students from 46 U.S. universities.

Angela Dittrich, assistant director in the Office of Study Abroad, said the internship program was the result of several years of discussions with EUSA and visits to the program’s sites. She said student interest also played a part in the program’s development at KU.

“It’s something that to some degree was student driven. We found students coming in to investigate overseas internships,” Dittrich said. “Once we get this program off the ground, I think we will look at developing other sites.”

Students interested in participating in this program can contact the Office of Study Abroad in Lippincott Hall.

Information will also be available at the Study Abroad Fair from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 7.

Kansan correspondent Erin Sommer can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.

— Edited by Trevan McGee

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