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Website: www.iup.edu/career E-mail: career-development@iup.edu
Career services are available to students and alumni. In addition to career education, the primary functions of the office are to arrange for campus interviews, build and maintain a current online database of job and internship opportunities, maintain extensive online resources with employment information, conduct follow-up studies of graduates, and provide general assistance in the career-planning and job-seeking processes. The center provides multiple opportunities for networking and career fair participation, while maintaining an active social media presence with students, alumni, employers, and other stakeholders.
Service Learning offers IUP students curriculum-based, wage-supported, and volunteer opportunities to explore, expand, and fulfill their altruistic interests. The office works closely with nearly 60 Indiana County human service, federal, state, and local government agencies and the Indiana Area School District to place students in volunteer host sites. Visit the office website at www.iup.edu/servicelearning.
Internships/Cooperative Learning: Many departments of the university have developed internship/cooperative education programs that allow a student to participate in university-supervised work experiences for variable academic credit. Internships/co-ops are viewed as an integral part of a student’s academic preparation. An internship/co-op gives the student an opportunity to apply theoretical and philosophical tenets of a discipline in a practical job experience related to the student’s academic program.
For general information about university internships and co-ops, consult the experiential learning liaison in the Career and Professional Development Center, 302 Pratt Hall, the student’s department internship/co-op coordinator, or the website www.iup.edu/internships.
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