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Calendar
What: Jonathan Stalling & Ben Cartwright Reading
When: 7-30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, International Room
About: A staged reading of Stallings's book, chanted by the author himself, and including video poems and translations
What: Job Search Materials Workshop
When: 12 to 1 p.m.
Where: 149 Burge Union
About: A workshop to make common job search materials stand out.
Friday, Sept. 6
What: Asphalt Orchestra
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: A contemporary music concert spectacle performed by 12 guerilla musicians welcome students back to campus and introduce them to the organization.
Saturday, Sept. 7
What: Gateway to Gameday
When: 4 to 6 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: Live radio, food and drink
specials and drawings to tailgate two
hours before the home football game.
What: Mammal of the Month
When: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Dyce Hall
About: Public unveiling of and information on September's Mammal of the Month for children and families.
EMPLOYMENT
What: CCO Super Service Sunday
When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Ballroom, Kansas Union
About: Annual service day where students are fed pizza, given a free t-shirt and volunteer with a local non-profit for 2 hours.
Sunday, Sept. 8
What: Allegresse Concert
When: 7.30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy
Hall
About: Flute, oboe and piano trio concert presented by the School of Music.
Students benefit from unpaid internships
The company allocated a small stipend to Wagner to help cover his travel expenses. He decided to stay with his aunt in the suburbs of Chicago to avoid housing costs, and said he wouldn't have been able to afford to take the internship if he had to pay extra costs such as housing.
KATIE MCBRIDE
kmcbride@kansan.com
From working in a hectic New York newsroom, to a posh financial institution in London, or a bustling advertising firm in Kansas City. University students can apply for a highly varied range of internships. However, there's a big distinction that can determine if a student chooses to accept that dream job for the summer or semester: whether or not they're going to be paid.
Experience is a crucial requirement for graduates seeking to be hired, according to a 2012 survey released by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The survey reports that employers who hire recent college graduates ranked internship experience as the most heavily weighted attribute taken into consideration during the hiring process. This credential outranked employment and volunteer experience, major, GPA and extracurricular activities. Despite their importance, students can run into difficulty when trying to secure internships, and may be forced to choose an unpaid position. Brent Wagner, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., landed a job as a sales intern for a music agency in Chicago this past summer. He was hired for the position because of previous networking with an alumnus of his fraternity, who also happened to be the executive vice president of sales for the company Wagner interned for
Wagner said the experience he had as an intern is applicable to any job he may have in the future, and that it was worthwhile to do the internship despite the fact that he wasn't paid. "I came to Chicago broke, and I left Chicago broke." Wagner said.
"But I got to see what it was like to take the train into Chicago every day and go to work. It got me to see what it's like to work the 9-to-5 job. I went into the city every weekend, and made new friends. It was an experience that changed my life." Wagner said.
you want for your career, said Kelsey Ploeger, assistant director at the University Career Center. "You get experience, and experience can point you in one direction or the other," Ploeger said. "It can keep you on the same path you were going down for your future, or get you to try to find something else that you will enjoy." Ploeger also said that if students
Ploeger also said that if students can't afford to work the entire summer without being paid, there are other ways to find internships. "If you know that being paid is one of your number one priorities, only
"I went into the city every weekend, and made new friends. It was an experience that changed my life."
Wagner said in terning with a company allows students to see what the inner workings are, unlike the small glimpse they may see when stopping in for a quick interview. Working an internship, whether it's a good or bad experience, can help you get a better idea of what
BRENT WAGNER
Junior from Kansas City, Kan.
search for paid internships," Ploeger said. "Or if there's one that you're really interested in and it's unpaid, try to talk to that employer honestly and see if there any way you could get paid." Ploeger said it helps to start the internship search as early as six
months in advance. Another option she suggested is splitting time between a part time job and an internship if the internship is unpaid. Paid internships do exist, howeve-
er, and are available for students. Through connections he made working at a part-time job on campus, Josh Adegoke, a senior from Shawnee, was able to find a paid internship in Pretoria, South Africa, at the Center for Scientific and Industrial Research.
Though he was fortunate enough to find a paid position, Adegoke says he still thinks unpaid internships can benefit students and their job search.
"If you can't find a paid internship, it's definitely worth it to do an unpaid one because experience is invaluable," Adegoke said. "If you have experience, you have an edge over someone who doesn't."
Edited by Duncan McHenry
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