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The VPA LA Semester staff partners with students to ensure they secure an internship for the semester. All students are required to have a one-on-one Zoom meeting with the VPA LA director to discuss areas of interest and potential internship placement. Students will be required to submit their resume to the director before this meeting. All students should set up an appointment with Niki Swackhamer, a career advisor in VPA’s Office of Academic and Career Advising, to go over resumes before submitting them to the director. Schedule an appointment with Niki.
Students should begin by researching internship opportunities online. Major media companies have formal internship programs with a variety of internships. These positions are very competitive, and it is in the best interest of the student to immediately apply for any openings that are of interest. These opportunities are posted as they become available, so it is important to check frequently:
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- Visit syr.joinhandshake.com
- Student Log-In (SUID and password)
- Click on “Career Center” – upper right
- Click on the “Experiences” tab
- Click on “Request an Experience”
- Choose “VPA – LA Internship Program”
- Complete all required fields
- Enter “Employer” – Please note:
- If the employer already has an account in Handshake, then they should show up in the drop-down box.
- If the employer does NOT have an account in Handshake, just continue typing and the drop down will disappear, and your employer will remain saved in the box.
- Under the “Approvers” section add Site Supervisor’s email
- Print out the attachment: “Employer Letter - STUDENT”
- Once all fields have been completed click “Request Experience”
- Once your request has been submitted, you will see the “FOR STUDENT ONLY” attachment to edit and submit to your site supervisor.
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Internship Requirements
Congrats! You are ready to begin your internship. Please fill in the highlighted areas on the “FOR STUDENT ONLY” form and email it directly to your site supervisor and copy Anna Proulx, VPA LA Semester program director, at asproulx@syr.edu. The site supervisor will need this for their company records.
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Anna Proulx will serve as the academic sponsor for this internship throughout the semester. Since your internship experience is tracked via our career development platform, Handshake, you may receive notifications and prompts from a handshake@notifications.joinhandshake.com email address. Notifications include a completion of a final employer evaluation. If you do not receive these notifications or have any questions regarding this or the program in general, please feel free to contact Anna Proulx at 818.561.7376.
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Now that your Handshake Experience has been submitted, it will move through an approval process. The site supervisor and VPA LA Semester program director will have five business days to approve all completed experiences. (An approval does not need to happen before you begin your internship). Since notifications are coming directly from Handshake, make sure you (and your site supervisor) are checking your spam folders if you are not receiving these in a timely manner.
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