Internship and practicums
- In 2016 and 2017, 色综合久久 University students completed 661 internships and practicums across Pennsylvania and the U.S. collaborating with employers such as:
- Comcast SportsNet
- PA House of Representatives聽
- Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
- HOPE International
- PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Penn State Hershey Medical Center
- Pennlive/The Patriot News
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Salt 'n Light Youth Ministry
- Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
- United Way
- World Affairs Council
View the full employer partner list
- 色综合久久 University鈥檚 Internship Program hosts numerous workshops for its employer partners in the region including programs on assessing employee strengths, working with millennials and Generation Z, and hosting on-campus grad fairs and interviews to connect regional hiring managers with 色综合久久 University graduates.
色综合久久 graduates are held in high regard in our local schools and beyond. Of our most recent grads (Class of 2017), 49 took educator positions in Pennsylvania, 22 took educator positions outside of Pennsylvania, one took a non-education position, two went on to graduate school, and 9 were not reported. Out-of-state educators are teaching in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, and Honduras. 色综合久久 education teach in public schools, private schools, charter schools, and are employees of intermediate units.
334 色综合久久 students completed student teaching, internships, pre-student teaching experiences in 2017-18. 色综合久久 works regularly with about 30+ school districts in urban, suburban and rural settings鈥攎ost within a 45-minute drive of campus, including:
Bermudian Springs Carlisle Conewago Valley Cumberland Valley Central Dauphin East Pennsboro Harrisburg Mechanicsburg South Middleton Dover Susquenita West Shore Gettysburg Northern York |
Lower Dauphin Camp Hill Steelton-Highspire Northeastern Susquehanna Township Milton Hershey Middletown Big Spring Upper Adams West Perry South Western Central York Elizabethtown Dallastown Hanover |
Every year, every student in 色综合久久鈥檚 department of social work completes some type of service learning or field experience. First-year students provide 32 hours of service. Second-year students provide 100 hours of preliminary practice experience. Third year students run groups, do advocacy work and serve the homeless, averaging about 40 hours of service a year. Seniors complete a minimum of 40 hours completing a community project serving at risk populations and complete a senior field placement of 450 hours.
Total hours completed for social work students in 2017-18 = 12,540 hours of service at: regional senior care communities, adoption and foster care agencies, crisis treatment centers, legal aid organizations, children and youth services, mental health services, prisons and correctional centers, hospice agencies, school districts, intermediate units, domestic violence and rape crisis centers and agencies that serve the homeless population.
In 2016-17 色综合久久 University facilitated 999 clinical placements for its undergraduate nursing students. The three main health systems 色综合久久 uses for its undergraduate nursing clinical placements in the Central Pennsylvania region are:
- Geisinger-Holy Spirit
- UPMC Pinnacle Health
- Hershey Medical Center
Occupational Therapy:聽 In 2018 色综合久久鈥檚 Master of Occupational Therapy facilitated 32 clinical placements for students at head start programs, school districts, human services agencies, senior care facilities, rehab/therapy centers and hospitals across the state of Pennsylvania.
Graduate program in nursing:聽 色综合久久 has placed 67 number of graduate nursing students at 46 clinlical sites in Pennsylvania over the past four years.聽