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Internships and Professional Seminar

Internship and Professional Seminar

The internships in the Graduate Program in Higher Education Leadership advance several objectives. The internship is an opportunity to build professional capacity and marketability. For many students, this means completing their internship in an area where they see themselves potentially serving in higher education. For other students who are currently serving professionally or as graduate assistants, the internship is an opportunity to broaden experience.

The professional seminar provides an opportunity for students to use the tools and knowledge acquired during the program to address a challenge or opportunity specific to the administrative area or institution in which they are employed full time. Professional Seminar is approved upon admission.

The applications must be submitted for approval in order to register for the course. Applications are due:

Spring Semester internship applications are due November 15
Summer Semester internship applications are due April 1
Fall Semester internship applications are due June 1

For the internship course, the application leads to approval of both the site and the internship site supervisor. The application asks the student to identify the rationale for this site as it relates to the students' educational and professional aims. It is the student's responsibility to secure an approved site and Site Supervisor. Messiah's Higher Education Leadership faculty can assist students in finding a site.

The applications will be reviewed by the Program Director in consultation with the students' academic advisor. Upon approval, the student will be granted permission by the Program Director to enroll in the course.

Internship Awards:

MACCA award

Laura Julius, a 2015 graduate of Messiah University's Master of Arts in Higher Education, won the Middle Atlantic Career Counseling Association's 2014 Graduate Student Professional Development Award for demonstrated commitment to the field of career counseling. Laura participated in the MACCA annual conference along with her internship supervisor, Karl Martz, during her internship in career services at Penn State Harrisburg.