Help a Student Find their Community
Want to know more about the Career Exploration Communities (CECs) and how they can benefit students? Learn all about the CECs here.
Is your student having trouble deciding which community is right for them? They can take our CEC quiz to get a percentage match with each CEC!
Connecting with the CCPD
What Happens When I Send a Student to the CCPD?
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Watch this short video to see what happens, start to finish, when students engage with our office!
How to Connect with the CCPD
Do you have questions but don’t know who to contact? We’ve created a guide to help you connect with the correct CCPD staff member based on your needs!
Career Readiness for Faculty
The Career Readiness for Faculty Moodle space will provide access to resources such as a list of alumni interested in leading class presentations and information interviews with students, as well as resources for class activities, syllabi, and more.
Serve as a Faculty Mentor for Academic-Credit Internships
Academic-credit internships require the supervision of a Centre faculty member and an on-site supervisor, combining a substantive academic component with a significant career-related component to bridge the liberal arts education and workplace expectations.
In academic-credit internships, the academic component must be an integral part of the work experience. It is designed by the faculty mentor in consultation with the student and, if possible, the employer. This component might include a paper, a journal, a portfolio, or written notes from a series of interviews. Readings, assigned by the faculty mentor and by the employer sponsor, are generally also required. The academic component must be specified in the internship learning agreement.
Acceptable performance on the academic component and on-site work will allow a student to earn a “credit” designation for the appropriate number of academic credits. This credit designation will be based on the completion of all required internship hours, the academic component, and any paperwork required by the Center for Career & Professional Development (timecards, evaluations, etc.), as well as a satisfactory final evaluation completed by the site supervisor. Credit designation does not count for or against the requirements for a major program or the pass/fail option. Students who do not perform at an acceptable level in either area will be assigned a no-credit designation. This will appear on the student’s transcript.
A student who wishes to enroll in an academic-credit internship must have at least sophomore status. Variable internship credit is awarded according to hours worked. One hour of credit is awarded for every 40 hours worked per term, meaning that students working 120 total hours over the duration of the term will receive three credit hours for that term. During the fall and spring, Centre College typically offers two- and three-credit internships. Two-credit internships require 80 total hours of work (6-7 hours per week), and three-credit internships require 120 total hours of work (10 hours per week). All work must be sanctioned by and done on behalf of the internship supervisor and must be documented on a time card provided by the college.
If conducted during CentreTerm, the internship is full-time for three to four weeks for a total of 120 work hours and is not done while taking another course. If the CentreTerm internship lasts for more than three weeks, the internship will need to either begin before the actual beginning of the term or, more likely, last beyond the official end of term. Internships completed during the fall and spring terms may provide a more comprehensive exposure to the sponsoring organization, while an internship completed during CentreTerm may be more intensive and more closely resemble the eight-hour-day work schedule.
The internship must start during the first week of the term. At the beginning of the term, students will attend a required group meeting with the other students enrolled in an internship. For CentreTerm, this meeting will take place at the end of the fall term.
- Attend a pre-internship meeting. This meeting will provide and introduction to experiential education and review the requirements for the internship.
- Midterm Evaluations. Both the student and the supervisor will complete a short evaluation at the mid-point of the internship.
- Timecards. Each student will be required to complete a timecard and submit it with the supervisor’s signature at midterm and the end of the term.
- Final Assessments. Both the student and the supervisor will complete a final assessment.
- Internship Showcase Presentation. At the end of the term, the student will participate in an internship showcase. Faculty, staff, and supervisors will be invited to attend. Students will be expected to talk about the internship experience with the Centre community and will need to provide a visual aid. This is an open house format.
- Completion of all academic requirements as assigned by the faculty mentor.
- Consistent attendance with a satisfactory final evaluation.
All students must complete an Internship Learning Agreements prior to the start of their internship.
Academic-Credit Internship Learning Agreement Deadlines:
Fall 2024 Internship – September 1, 2024
CentreTerm 2025 Internship – December 10, 2024
Spring 2025 Internship – December 10, 2024
Summer 2025 Internship – May 1
**Please note that students are encouraged to submit their Internship Learning Agreement before the deadlines stated above to allow for ample time to process and obtain approvals.
Internship Funding Proposal Deadlines:
CentreTerm 2025 – November 11, 2024
Summer 2025 – April 10, 2025
