University of Texas of the Permian BasinUTPB Student Worker Star

Internship ProgramBy Tony Love

N=15,500 Classes Internships Co-curricular

Job On Campus

Job Off Campus

Have not Developed in College

Teamwork 65.5 20.3 47.9 18.4 29.4 4.6Verbal

Communication 70.4 25.3 45.8 21.4 35.4 4.9

Decision-making 60.0 26.4 41.2 19.1 35.1 10.1

Solve Problems 70.4 26.8 39.7 20.5 36.1 6.2Obtain and

Process Information

84.1 24.8 30.2 17.1 28.4 4.2

Plan, Organize and Prioritize 78.7 25.9 40.1 19.9 34.2 5.8

Quantitative data 81.6 17.3 14.6 10.2 17.3 7.6

Career-specific knowledge 80.3 32.7 26.2 11.1 19.7 5.8

Computer skill 64.9 19.2 11.7 12.8 17.5 19.1Writing/Editing 85.1 16.8 12.8 9.2 11.6 6.8Influence/Sell 37.5 19.6 28.4 11.7 32.5 20.4

Career Development by Experience

Purpose of UTPB Star Internship Program Provide talented students with challenging opportunities to work on campus

Improve core work place skills:

*teamwork * verbal communication * decision making * problem solving * obtaining and processing information * plan/organize & prioritize * analyze quantitative data * increase career knowledge * * increase computer proficiency * create and/or edit written reports * achieve influence/buy in from others

Provide students with customer service training

Enhance student experiential learning opportunities

Provide course articulation opportunities*

Provide students with meaningful skills to note on their resumes

Provide the departments with skilled talent

Provide students with higher than average campus wages

Provide students with presentation skills

* Course articulation is optional and must be approved by faculty advisor and course instructor

Student Entrance Requirements Student must have worked for the department a minimum of six

months before students can participate.

Student must agree to participate in the program for a minimum of six months.

Student must first complete customer service orientation in the UTPB Career Center

Student must have faculty advisor and course instructor approval if articulating for academic credit (optional)

Student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA (cumulative)

Student must be paid a minimum of $9 per hour

Approval of Department Head

Internship Core Requirements Must complete customer service orientation session in the UTPB

Career Center which includes phone etiquette, dress, email etiquette, punctuality, interpersonal skills and time management.

Must complete student worker training manual for successor which will include:

a) Key terms used by department

b) Instructions on step by step processes

c) Samples of documents and/or forms used

Must meet the minimum six month requirements

Must present a media driven presentation (Power Point or Prezi) to the department noting what they learned during the internship

No more than 3 absences during the internship

Examples of Work That Can be Incorporated Expense report preparation

Purchasing requisitions

Budget account reconciliations

Website updates

Create flyers, spreadsheets and graphs

Schedule venues on School Dude

Schedule catering on Catertrax

Prepare check registers

Scan and catalogue documents

Make deposits

Prepare Power Point or Prezi presentations

Create promotional videos

Conduct tours or presentations to students or potential students

Write and publish articles for departmental newsletter

Take pictures of campus events

Create mailing labels

Conduct research

Create advertising campaigns

Additional Things That My Student Worker Has Accomplished

Presented the “women’s” presentation at our Dress for Success seminar

Tabulated results of our job fair satisfaction surveys where she used her statistical knowledge to calculate the mean median and mode

Tabulated results of our salary surveys where she calculated averages and standard deviations:

http://www.utpb.edu/academics/undergraduate-success/career-services/graduate-salary-information Delivered recruitment presentations to high school

students

How Do Students Benefit? All students who complete the UTPB Star

Student Internship Program receive a certificate of completion from the UTPB Career Center

Receive a higher than average student wage Receive customer service training Gain meaningful experiential learning that

articulates with major Receive formal internship training to note on

their resumes

How Do Departments Benefit? Students who are committed for a sustained

duration of time

Top level talent for a minimum cost

Reciprocation of skill sets (teach old dogs new

tricks). Things that I have learned from MY

student workers:

a) How to operate a video camera

b) How to upload videos to Youtube and caption them

c) Numerous website best practices using Sitefinity

The EndUTPB Career Center