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This Month's Featured Stories
AHSS Offers Internship Stipends to Budding Professionals
Internships have become an ever more important tool for students as they transition from college to the 'real world.' Internships help budding professionals clarify career goals, refine and gain job skills and more. Sometimes internships result in full-time job offers. In fact, according to a 2012 study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers gave 59 percent of their interns full-time jobs.
Numerous liberal arts departments at the University of Denver require students to take internships as part of the curriculum. To support students who pursue internships that are often unpaid, the dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences offers a competitive grant to students taking internships for academic credit. In summer 2013 seven students were the recipient of an AHSS Summer Internship Grant.
Aaron Brunhofer, a senior majoring in media, film and journalism studies, landed an internship at the creative department at MGM Studios in Beverly Hills, CA.
"My main focus is reading scripts sent to the creative department and making comments. As an aspiring writer and a film studies/production major at DU, I have become fascinated with screenwriting. It is great experience to gain exposure to professionally written scripts, read the types of stories studios are interested in and learn what works – and doesn't work – at the professional level," said Brunhofer.
The office of career services offers all DU students internship support and helps employers find promising internship candidates. The office accepts appointments with students and prospective employers year round. Learn more about internship opportunities. Support student internship grants.