Campuses are starting to dig themselves out from the massive snowfall. Well, at least they dug themselves out far enough that they can start to post their exploits to Facebook and YouTube. See below for the snowball battle royal that happened at the University of Maryland, College Park campus.
In every phone interview that I conducted for ACUHO-I interns this year, I openly discussed what makes the experience at our institution different than other internships candidates may have been considering. Aside from the administrative nature of the position and the opportunity to work in a department that is only two years old, I also pointed out the not-so-obvious: When I hire two summer interns, I double the size of our office staff.
Because of this, the intern process means something different for our department than it may for larger departments. Departments that hire six or eight interns as conferences staff potentially also double the size of their staff, but without the two additional bodies [and brains!] brought in each summer, our operation would fail to thrive. We rely on those two additional people to move our operation forward. I am continuously amazed by what these young soon-to-be professionals are able to accomplish in the eight weeks they are with us. In fact, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t use something created or enhanced by a previous intern. (more…)
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