• A time of change at Temple•Across the institution and career services
• Who are these students?
Getting Temple Made for Success
• Admission qualifications
• Details of the award and maintaining it
• Options for using the award: type of activity, when, and where
Becoming a Merit Scholar
• Academic Unit
• Class Year
• Major
• Total Institutional Impact
Key aspect of this money: it is financial aid, not an endowed fund!
Who Receives The Money?
• Students must:• Find a qualifying internship, research opportunity, or study abroad
experience.
• Commit to participating or secure a position.
• Complete an application that requires 2 signatures and submit to administration by March 9th
• How do students actually use the money? Do they always use it?• Research leads for now
How Does It All Work?
• Staff must:• Publicize the application process
• Sign off on hundreds of applications
• Ensure that applications secure all proper signatures
• Work with students who haven’t secured an internship
• Assistant Vice Provost pores over paper applications: verify completion, work with University payroll to disburse funds.
How Does It All Work? (Part 2)How
• Who collaborates?
• How do they collaborate now?
•What happened in the past?
Making It Work…Together
• Posting and managing positions• Internship, research, reporting, and management
• Maintaining accurate records
• Converting those positions to internships open to all students.
Spring Semester Partnerships Part 2
•Improving the application process•Extremely paper intensive•Confusing to students•Puts pressure on the approver•Managing students money
Spring Semester Partnerships Part 3
• Lots of moving parts and we decide very little
• Definition of an internship
• Accounting for very different student interests-Internships aren’t the only option
Challenges
• University wide visibility
• Connect non-profit employers with top Temple talent
• Enhance student internship opportunities
Opportunities
• Site Visits
• Capturing Student Stories
• Merit Fair Improvements
• Risk management and responsibility
Future Ideas and Plans
Laura [email protected]
(215) 204-4474
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Twitter: @BuckeyeVirginia
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