Day: October 29, 2009

I went to a personal enrichment workshop today, after hearing about it from a classmate of mine. In the workshop, a Umbuds person talked to us about problems that we may have with our professor and/or classmates. She also had us do some role-playing–she divided us into groups of four and had each group role-play a certain issue. Later she had us role-play for the entire class, and we were able to see various problems that we may have and ways of solving these problems. I had to admit it was boring at times, but it was also pretty useful.

I went to the career exploration workshop for internships last week. It was pretty good. We learned about the different types of internships (paid or unpaid), we learned that only the government (public institutions, etc.) can offer unpaid internships, and that in order for a company to offer unpaid internships–it must offer college credits. We also learned that most internship opportunities go to Juniors and Seniors  🙁 Anyway, everyone who went also got a manual full of sample resumes/cover letters, tips, and a lot of information. It was full of a lot of information. I’m not 100% sure, but I think that there’s another internship workshop coming up.