In the spring semester of 2008, Sinks secured an internship with MTV in the planning and design department. "In the middle of the spring, they told me they were interested in me, and kept me waiting until the day before graduation to let me know that I had the internship and I needed to be out there in two weeks," explained Sinks. After scrambling to find a place to live, Sinks made it work and spent the summer in Los Angeles as an intern for MTV.

     During that summer Sinks managed to make connections with some people in the press department and was invited back this past summer for an internship in that department. After a successful summer as an intern and two weeks before he was supposed to head home, Sinks saw an opportunity to obtain a job in that department.

     As soon as the possibility was presented to him, Sinks emailed Associate Professor of Communication Trudi Peterson and Professor of Communication Bill (Doc) Wallace to see if he could finish his senior year at MC while still in Los Angeles To Sinks’ surprise, they both emailed him back telling him that there was a possibility of it working out.

     "The complications came later, after I had already moved back out here and they took about a month to get worked out, which was nerve racking for me, but more so my parents," said Sinks. "But they did get worked out, so I can’t complain,."

     Now that Sinks has had a couple months to experience life as a full-time employee at MTV while still being a full-time student at Monmouth College, he claims it is not as hard as he would have expected. "The whole full time job thing seems to make the days and weeks fly by a lot faster than normal, so even if I think I’m doing well keeping up, I still have to keep a close eye on due dates and things like that," commented Sinks. "Sometimes it’s just easier to tackle a full week’s load of assignments at one time on a weekend afternoon, rather than trying to fit everything in during the week."

     Sinks explained that so far, his favorite moments working at MTV have been a mix between daily meetings and working at larger events.

     "Working huge events like movie premiers and the Video Music Awards is amazing because, there’s no other place you can get that kind of experience, anywhere," explained Sinks. "But also there are the day to day things that I learn a lot from too, such as sitting in press strategy meetings or putting together a media analysis. It’s all really great."

     Throughout his whole experience of trying to get the college to let this work, Sinks saw some Monmouth College faculty go the extra mile for him.

     "I am forever indebted to Dr. Wallace, Dr. McGann, Dr. Peterson, and Dean Jakoubek for being willing to work so hard to help me out," said Sinks. "There is no way I’d be doing all of this if it wasn’t for them. They didn’t have to work so hard to find ways that would work for me to pull this off, it wasn’t part of their job description."

     He also explained that Professor Susan Van Kirk has been a major inspiration and source of advice for the past two years and stated, "I owe a lot of my sanity over the past two years to her."

     Even after deciding to give up his senior year with friends Sinks claims that he does not regret any decision he has made.

     "After everything, being in the place I am today was never entirely unexpected, but I sure didn’t think it would happen like this," said Sinks

     After graduation Sinks plans to continue what he is doing. "I’d like to see this whole MTV gig through for as long as possible. See where it takes me."