Health and Human Services Professional Development

Finding an Internship by   Elissa Mitchell   on   July 11, 2013 Completing an internship during your degree program is often a great way to get hands-on experience in a structured learning environment While some lucky students (or unlucky, depending on how you view it….) are automatically placed into internships by their programs, most students must take some initiative if they want to find an internship before graduating. If your program has an internship course : Many schools that offer internship programs or courses have requirements for those courses. For example, some require that you complete your core coursework (and have a grade average of a ‘B’ or higher) to participate. Others want you to work with the instructor to secure a placement  before  actually enrolling in the course. Some programs only allow internships for seniors; others include younger students as well. Be sure to  start early and examine the requirements for your program ...

Professor and Supervisor Fraud?! Yes, there are Stupid Questions. by   Jill Bowers   on   August 26, 2013   When teaching classes or leading groups, I often say, “there is no such thing as a stupid question.” I say this to make sure that everyone feels comfortable, and I very much appreciate questions that imply that students or members of the audience are critically thinking about what I have talked about, that they want to learn more, or that they want to ask one more burning question so they can take the information I have discussed, research some on their own, and go out and solve the problems of the world! Yet, please know that there are, in fact, many stupid questions. I walk into every new class with the utmost respect for students and enthusiasm for getting to teach and work with them. At the same time, there are questions that kill me and I want to say, “Of course, you did not miss anything because I don’t generally prepare for this class and we also ...

Among the Employed by   Jill Bowers   on   October 24, 2013   According to a study at   Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce (via  Yahoo! Education ) , graduates of the following discipline areas were   least likely to be unemployed: Nursing   (unemployment rate: 4.8%),   Elementary education   (unemployment rate: 5%),   Physical fitness and parks and recreation   (unemployment rate: 5.2%),   Chemistry   (unemployment rate: 5.8%),   Finance   (unemployment rate: 5.9%),   Mathematics   (unemployment rate: 5.9%),   Hospitality management   (unemployment rate: 6%),   Drama, theatre, and arts   (unemployment rate: 6.4%),   Family and consumer sciences   (unemployment rate: 6.4%), and   Marketing and marketing research   (unemployment rate: 6.9%). Rationale for higher employment rates in certain fields could be linked to natio...

Future PhD’s Success Guide         by   Jeremy Kanter, Guest Author   on   May 12, 2014           Many underclassmen don’t realize all of the necessary steps involved in applying for a PhD program, and research training is just one of those steps. Many of us use our first couple of years just to get acclimated to undergraduate life and focus on “the now.” I recently read,   Publish and Prosper , by Nathaniel Lambert, highly recommend if you are pursuing a PhD, and wanted to share some of the guidelines I followed.         Find out what interests you.   This is the greatest place to start. It is VITAL to understand what ignites your passion and find the research questions you want to answer or areas you want to study in graduate school. This can be done by reviewing classes you have taken and topics you have enjoyed learning about. Obviously, as an undergraduate, you will n...