UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, April 12, 1994
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Internships prove vital in job hunt
By Jennifer Fround Kansan staff writer
With an increasingly competitive job market, KU students are figuring out that internships are almost a prerequisite for finding a full-time job after graduation.
Fred Madaus, director for the business placement school, said that in the past he did not stress the importance of internships as he does today.
"I used to tell students that there were three positive aspects to an internship," he said. "Money, credit and experience. Even volunteer service is better than working construction unless you are able to gain supervisory skills. Today, an internship is an investment."
Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science, said internships were particularly important if a student wanted to enter into politics.
"Contacts that a student makes in an internship are everything," he said. "There are 100 applicants before you, and they're looking for someone they know. An internship really gets your foot in the door."
Julie Cunningham, director of engineering career services, said contacts were essential, even in finding an internship.
"Interships are hard to come by," she said. "They are filled by word of mouth or by contacts through relatives."
Kiki Garcia, Wichita senior, said that she learned a lot about the internal maneuvering of the political system through her internship with Jim Slattery. Garcia got the internship through a contact in the Hispanic American Leadership Organization
"I got a real taste of politics," she said. "I learned the dos and don'ts and the unwritten rules you use when dealing with certain groups."
Lynn Thomas, Leavenworth junior, also said he learned a lot from his internship at Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
“It's the best thing I've ever done,” he said. “At first I was hesitant because I would miss Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family, but if I could do it again I would.”
Thomas learned about the Disney World program through a seminar presented by the company at KU.
directly to KU, internship opportunities are available through placement centers in various schools.
Besides companies coming
Jill Jevins, office assistant at the business school placement center, said there was a $60 fee to use its services, which include a disk that allows students to design their resumes, as well as being placed on a list that goes out to prospective companies looking for interns.
Jevins also said that students are not required to be in the School of Business to use their services. The same thing is true of other schools.
Collier said that internships consisted of two programs. A student may apply to be an intern either in Topeka or in Washington, D.C. The D.C. program is more competitive.
While school officials suggest that students apply for internships as a junior or senior, they said that it would be good to start early so that the student has experience compiling a resume and interviewing.
Most schools do not offer credit for internships unless students get special permission from a professor.
Med Center faculty changes grading to percent system By Ashley Schultz
Kansan staff writer
Faculty of the University of Kansas Medical Center voted April 4 to change the grading scale for incoming medical students to one based on percentages.
The change is rooted in a 3-year-old student proposal, said Joseph Bast, associate dean of graduate studies and research and member of the education council. The council brought the change to a faculty vote.
The current system uses five grade categories; superior, high satisfactory, satisfactory, low satisfactory and unsatisfactory. These categories are based primarily on percentages. The new system would calculate students' grades to the nearest percent and abolish the categories.
The ballot for the proposal stated that the change was intended to alleviate student concerns about grading inconsistencies and "cut-off" points. It also would lessen the implications of, for example, a student getting a 79 percent as opposed to an 80 percent, which, under the current system, would mean the difference between satisfactory and high satisfactory grades.
Seventy percent still would be the minimum passing grade.
The measure passed by a vote of 207-41, said Martha Hiebert, administration officer.
"The intent was to start it in the fall if possible." Bast said. "If that were the case, it would only affect the incoming students, not the students already on campus."
The council will convene before the end of the semester to work out further details. It is unclear how soon the grading policy will take place.
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