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AN INTERNSHIP SUCCESS STORY

Emily Oland Squires says she is a proud product of the Maryland State Archives Internship Program. "I applied to the 1995 summer program as a graduate student and was chosen to conduct a biographical research project in women's history.  I became so engrossed in my internship project that I offered to continue it as a volunteer throughout the following year for academic credit towards my Master's degree. I applied and was accepted again to the 1996 summer program and returned to act as a peer mentor for the new students.  After graduation, I left the Archives, but didn't forget the wonderful experience that I had as an intern. In 1997, I was offered the opportunity to return to the Archives, and now I take great pride in heading our Student Outreach programs. I try to insure that each student we work with has an experience that is as rewarding and as educationally enriching as my own."

Internships provide students with valuable experience:

  • Integrate theory and practice in their disciplines.
  • Test their skills and ideas in job situations.
  • Learn about professional behavior, including ethics, conduct and job responsibility, and working.
  • Learn valuable information interacting with experienced professionals
  • Gain a realistic perspective of the working world.
  • Obtain marketable work experience.
  • Build valuable networks for future job searches.

Questions?

Deborah Hodges
Coordinator, Special Employment and Outreach Programs
Department of Budget and Management
301 W. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

dhodges@dbm.state.md.us

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