Crush Your Internship With Alan Beaudrie

The faculty and staff at your institution may be, aside from family and friends, your best help in finding your internship. Listen to how you can utilize these resources to Crush Your Internship!

Many students have outstanding and life-changing experiences by being proactive and creating their own internships. There are many advantages of creating your own internship, and for examples of how students have done that, listen to David Wright in Episode 7 or Kristin Myren in Episode 13. Get ready to take notes as Alan gives you three simple steps to Creating and Crushing Your Internship!

Kristin Myren is a go-getter. She had multiple job offers before she even graduated college. She had set her sights on working for a specific company in her dream location in the state of Colorado, and achieved that goal within 1 year of graduation. Kristin crushed her internship, creating a student wellness program for the University of Arizona Campus Recreation Office that left her internship preceptor raving that Kristen was the best intern she had ever had. This program was so well received, one of the largest non-profit community health centers in the United States had Kristin come and present her program to their leadership. Kristin provides tips galore, so listen and learn!

Paige DeWitt-Holub loves history and has an interest in social justice. Only a sophomore, she has already interned with the New York State Bureau of Historic preservation and also with Children’s Future International, which helpsunderprivileged children in Cambodia pursue a lasting education and avoid tragedies such as human trafficking and child labor.

Alan shares the most important 3 things he learned this year that could change your life as a college student!

Shelby Calvillo interned at Tu Nidito, which Molly Mahoney also discussed in Episode 3. Shelby talks about what she learned about interviewing and networking in her internship, as well as her current job for the Pima County Health Department in helping stop the spread of disease, such as the food-borne outbreaks happening at Chipotle or through the transmission of West Nile virus from mosquitoes. And we also talk more about a love we both share: public health!

Alan and his 6 year-old son discuss the holidays and wish you a Merry Christmas.

Daniel Marin interned with the Secret Service in Tucson, Arizona. In this interview Daniel explains how he was able to obtain the internship, some of the "crazy stuff" he has been a part of (in fact some was so crazy we had to edit it out!) and valuable lessons learned from one of the most recognizable law enforcement agencies in the world.

Jason Wright interned at St. Vrain Valley School District in Colorado with the Security and Emergency Management Department. In this interview he explains how he was able to gain valuable experience in different law enforcement agencies, such as the local police department and SWAT team, as well as learn FBI threat assessment techniques.

Renee Schafer-Horton shares what she has learned as a journalist, academic advisor and as an internship coordinator to help students crush their internship. She also provides websites and other resources to help students find their internship. Renee has received numerous awards both as a journalist and as an academic advisor.

Nathaniel Ponvert wants you to follow your passion, but realize that you never know where it may take you. Nathaniel entered the University of Arizona with a love of photography, especially with an interest in the desert plants he was photographing. He followed that interest into selecting related general education classes in the field of science, which led to working closely with faculty who study plants in a lab setting. By continuously following his passion, it eventually led him to be a PhD student at Brown University.

Courtney Slanaker is the Executive Director of World Care, a Tucson, AZ-based humanitarian organization. In this episode you will hear about her amazing internship experience in Guatemala where a chance encounter with a young man with a rare genetic condition, Rufino, changed her life, his health, and caused her to start her own non-profit while still a college student.

Brooke McDonald is the co-founder of LeadLocal, a think, learn, and do tank, based in Tucson, AZ. LeadLocal has the Leading for Good program, which provides experiential learning for undergraduate students and real solutions for local organizations. Brooke gives examples of the types of internship experiences students can have with LeadLocal and the projects they worked on for the agencies. Robin Breault discussed the history of LeadLocal and how they structure their internship experiences in Episode 1.

Molly Mahoney is from Scottsdale, Arizona. She attended the University of Arizona and graduated cum laude with a bachelors degree in Public Health and a minor in Spanish in May of 2014. It was in her last semester at the University of Arizona where she completed a semester long internship with LeadLocal, an organization that partnered with Tu Nidito Children and Family Services to complete a community expansion plan for their Memory Beads program. Molly was able to work on a team of interns on this expansion project, which then turned into a job at Tu Nidito. She currently serves as Tu Nidito's Community Impact Coordinator, where she coordinates the Memory Beads program as well as grief support groups for children and families in Southern Arizona.

Dr. Robin Breault is the co-founder of LeadLocal, a think, learn, and do tank, based in Tucson, AZ. LeadLocal has the Leading for Good program, which provides experiential learning for undergraduate students and real solutions for local organizations. Additionally, she has over 20 years experience in teaching, training and coaching.