This program is designed to be a capstone leadership experience for students wanting to reach their fullest potential. By participating in the Wackerle Leadership-Intern Program at Monmouth College you will gain the knowledge, skills, and experience to not just get a job but to be successful in all aspects of your life. This experience is a GREAT stepping stone into the world or work!

Some of the internship areas include:

• Marketing-Advertising (program advertising, marketing plan development, needs assessment)
   
• Public Relations (image management, communications plan, develop and edit of newsletter and other Wackerle publications)
   
• Event Planning (program planning & coordinating, facilitating, training, advertising, budgeting, conduct focus groups to determine program needs and wants)
   
• Greek Life (advising student groups, writing articles in paper, coordinating Bacchus/GAMMA, recruitment, marketing, coordinate filed trips to other campuses to assess their Greek systems)
   
• Leadership Planning/Training (evaluate and coordinate leadership programs, develop training programs, facilitate programs)
   
• Service / Civic Engagement (public service, work with off-campus agencies, coordinate service opportunities, design service brochures, work on web-site, coordinate National Service week)
   
• Career Planning (work with the Wackerle Center to coordinate career resources specifically for a department, e.g. web resources, power point presentations, class presentations, bulletin boards, fliers, etc.)
   
• TNT Involvement Center (coordinate center activities, resources, assist students with Co-Curricular Profile, coordinate student organization registration, present at Intro to Liberal Arts classes, design brochures)
   
• Higher Education Administration (if you are interested in going into Higher Education as a career path there are many opportunities for internships including all of the areas above plus Multicultural Affairs, Admissions, Development/ Fundraising, Spiritual Life, Student Activities, Residence Life etc.)

Benefits / Expectations of Program:

• Attend weekly staff meetings-facilitate at least one meeting per semester
   
• Have weekly meetings with supervisor
   
• Attend Alternative Spring Break for FREE (Optional)
   
• Read a selected book (1 per semester), discuss at staff meetings and apply to life/internship (books so far have included "The Leadership Challenge", "The Tipping Point")
   
• Interview / job shadow someone in your career field of choice
   
• Dress professionally & learn professional etiquette
   
• Evaluated by supervisor
   
• Collaborate with peer interns and professional staff members
   
• Learn facilitation/presentation skills
   
• Attend the Professional Etiquette Dinner and Dress for Success program for FREE

Call 457-2115 for more information. 

Student Success: It’s All in the Numbers...

4615: Total number of career related contacts with students

958: Number of students participating in career programs

793: Number of students and alumni assisted with career needs

588: Number of students and alumni registered on WackerleTrack to date (8/27/2007)

340: Number of resumes edited

218: Number of students reporting completed internships

100: Percent of 2006 graduates who report being employed or enrolled in graduate or professional school

77: Number of programs sponsored

(Statistics are for 2006-2007 academic year.)