Overview
Internships - Information for Faculty
Metro State faculty devote many hours to supervising students in internships because they realize concrete benefits for their students, their departments, and themselves.
Benefits for faculty
- Develop mentoring relationships with internship students and help direct them toward appropriate choices.
- Develop professional contacts and exposure to new information and technology
- Learn more about employment sectors in your field
- Professional stimulation
- Enhance your visibility in non-academic circles
- Personal gratification
- Students with practical work experience are generally more committed to their field and make germane contributions in the classroom
- Internship students become more academically motivated
- Enhance the learning opportunities for your students
Benefits for academic departments
- Well-trained student interns advertise the quality of Metro State's programs and enhance the reputation of their departments
- Students who have had gratifying experiences through internships often recruit others to their major
- Industries or agencies that have developed internship affiliations may turn to that institution when making equipment donations or sponsoring scholarships