"BEST FIT"

COME AND JOIN US!

Don't register for classes next semester blindly! Come to the "Best Fit" Forum and learn which classes will help you achieve your academic goals. Refreshment will be served.

National Geographic

National Geographic offers internships on a continuing basis throughout the year. They offer internships for students with a wide variety of backgrounds and majors: Journalism, History, Communications, Geography, Editing, Marketing, and numerous related fields and specializations. Here is a quick link to check out the internships they have posted in the last month.

Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume): Join a club or volunteer organization

Join a club (or other organization)


There are hundreds of active clubs on campus. Each one offers unique opportunities for student participation. Most clubs have regular weekly meetings; they also host special activities, lectures, service projects, movie nights, networking functions, etc. Joining a club is a great way to meet other students and connect with professors who have similar professional and personal interests.


Some clubs that American Studies students may be interested in:


Art History Club
Environmental Science Club
Amateur Radio Club
BYU Reading Council

Jail Outreach

Experimental Theatre Company

Mock Trial Club

Nonprofit Management Student Association

BYU Vegetarians

English Society

Springville Museum of Art

Internships at the Springville Museum of Art are offered on a rotating basis. Applicants may apply for a specialization within the following Museum departments: Curatorial, Education, or Operations. Communications & Graphic Design students are also welcome to apply within the Operations department. 

Internship applicants are required to commit to at least one semester of service, preferably longer, and serve a minimum of 6 hours per week. Internships are unpaid, but offer great experience. Interns gain a wide variety of practical experience in Museum work; such as curating and hanging an exhibition, creating and distributing media kits for special events and exhibitions, researching and writing grants, and more. 

Applicants interested in a Spring/Summer Internship must turn in all application materials by 30 March 2012. Visit the website for more information.

http://sma.nebo.edu/museum_info/volunteer/intern.html

Local Internships

There are many internship opportunities right here in Utah. Many of them are listed by employers on the website jobs.utah.gov. Just specify your search with the keyword "internship" and see what you can find. Look at the qualifications required and see how you can apply your skill set to be compatible with the listed requirements.

Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume): Add a useful minor

Add a useful minor

Most American Studies students should have time to complete at least one minor. The credit requirements for American Studies is less than 50 hours, leaving plenty of time to focus academic progress in another area of interest. Adding a minor can enhance technical skills such as editing, teaching, advertising design, management, foreign languages, statistics, urban planning, information technology, etc. Rounding out your undergraduate education by adding a minor will help you differentiate yourself from other American Studies majors as you apply for internships, graduate school, and beyond! And on top of all that minors allow you to develop new talents and explore other scholarly interests. Check out the complete list of undergraduate minors offered at BYU:  http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2011-2012ucat/Advisement/MinorList.php

Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume)

Develop computer skills, either through a CHum class or OIT class. 

The classes through OIT are free and offered on campus at various times throughout the semester - all you have to do is sign up. Which you can do by clicking on this link here:  https://mmlab.lib.byu.edu/mmlab/classes. The classes generally are an hour and are taught on a rotating schedule. 

American Studies Association

Although a bit difficult to sift through all of the entries, the ASA updates their internship listings regularly. 

This is worth checking out!

American Studies Association Internships Page

Beginning the Hunt: Where to Look

As you start your hunt for an internship, keep these hints in mind.

1. Almost every company, organization, or business wants (and needs) interns; look everywhere!

2. Look for opportunities with the companies, brands, or businesses that you love.

3. Apply to internships where both your "hard" skills and your interests qualify you.

4. Come visit the internship coordinator in JFSB 4095 Tuesday & Thursday 1-3pm. (Or by appointment.)