{"id":11582,"date":"2018-11-16T13:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=11582"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:57:53","slug":"externships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/externships\/","title":{"rendered":"K Expands Student Options for Externships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College students are about to have more options for externships, providing them with valuable experience applicable toward their chosen professions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11588\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11588\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/11\/Externships-1218LE-ENGAGEMENT-PIC-002-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Externships\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/11\/Externships-1218LE-ENGAGEMENT-PIC-002-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/11\/Externships-1218LE-ENGAGEMENT-PIC-002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/11\/Externships-1218LE-ENGAGEMENT-PIC-002-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/11\/Externships-1218LE-ENGAGEMENT-PIC-002.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Wasserman &#8217;20 (from left), Juan Avila &#8217;19 and Yasamin Shaker &#8217;20 participated in a Discovery Externship with host Becky Warner &#8217;04 at Full Tilth Farm in Poulsbo, Washington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An externship is a short-term job-shadowing experience that works like an apprenticeship, giving a training program through a brief yet practical experience. K\u2019s traditional externships have paired more than 700 students with alumni who provide a homestay and a work opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Such options will remain available. And starting next summer, K also will offer local and do-it-yourself (DIY) externships. Local externships will encourage students to apply for experiences in their hometown. DIY externships will encourage students to use an online networking application through the <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/\">Center for Career and Professional Development<\/a> (CCPD) to work directly with K alumni in creating an externship of their own design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to provide more flexibility, so we can broaden alumni participation and student opportunities,\u201d CCPD Assistant Director Richard Sylvester said. With these experiences, \u201cwe seek to better meet the needs of current K students as they prepare for a rapidly changing job market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/externships\/past\/\">Past opportunities<\/a> traditionally have varied in character and geography. They have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>helping at a community kitchen and farmer\u2019s market in Chelsea, Michigan;<\/li>\n<li>working with children on the autism spectrum at Daily Behavioral Health in Cleveland, Ohio; and<\/li>\n<li>getting up close with octopi in the crystal waters of the Caribbean for the Northeastern University Marine Science Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In many cases, externships such as these have lasting effects on how students approach their careers. That\u2019s because they serve as real-life applications of majors and give students a head-start on their networking despite shorter time commitments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy providing three tracks, we hope to offer a wider slate of externships and allow students to secure the externships that are best suited for them as they begin to explore the world of work,\u201d Sylvester said.<\/p>\n<p>The CCPD is currently seeking alumni professionals interested in hosting student externs in summer 2019. \u201cBy the time we launch to students in January, we hope to have dozens of new alumni lined up as workplace and homestay hosts,\u201d says Sylvester, who encourages interested alumni to contact him directly at <a href=\"mailto:richard.sylvester@kzoo.edu\">richard.sylvester@kzoo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/externships\/\">more information<\/a> on externships and how to apply for them, visit the CCPD in Dewing Hall, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/\">its website<\/a> or call 269.337.7183.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College students are about to have more options for externships, providing them with valuable experience applicable toward their chosen professions. 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K\u2019s traditional externships have paired more than 700 students with alumni who provide a homestay and a work opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Such options will remain available. And starting next summer, K also will offer local and do-it-yourself (DIY) externships. Local externships will encourage students to apply for experiences in their hometown. DIY externships will encourage students to use an online networking application through the <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/\">Center for Career and Professional Development<\/a> (CCPD) to work directly with K alumni in creating an externship of their own design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to provide more flexibility, so we can broaden alumni participation and student opportunities,\u201d CCPD Assistant Director Richard Sylvester said. With these experiences, \u201cwe seek to better meet the needs of current K students as they prepare for a rapidly changing job market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/externships\/past\/\">Past opportunities<\/a> traditionally have varied in character and geography. They have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>helping at a community kitchen and farmer\u2019s market in Chelsea, Michigan;<\/li>\n<li>working with children on the autism spectrum at Daily Behavioral Health in Cleveland, Ohio; and<\/li>\n<li>getting up close with octopi in the crystal waters of the Caribbean for the Northeastern University Marine Science Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In many cases, externships such as these have lasting effects on how students approach their careers. That\u2019s because they serve as real-life applications of majors and give students a head-start on their networking despite shorter time commitments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy providing three tracks, we hope to offer a wider slate of externships and allow students to secure the externships that are best suited for them as they begin to explore the world of work,\u201d Sylvester said.<\/p>\n<p>The CCPD is currently seeking alumni professionals interested in hosting student externs in summer 2019. \u201cBy the time we launch to students in January, we hope to have dozens of new alumni lined up as workplace and homestay hosts,\u201d says Sylvester, who encourages interested alumni to contact him directly at <a href=\"mailto:richard.sylvester@kzoo.edu\">richard.sylvester@kzoo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/externships\/\">more information<\/a> on externships and how to apply for them, visit the CCPD in Dewing Hall, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/ccd\/\">its website<\/a> or call 269.337.7183.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11582"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11590,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11582\/revisions\/11590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11582"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=11582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}