Faculty Advisor

Dr Craig Dunn

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Keywords

Internship

Abstract

This spring, I went into this internship wanting to get my foot into the business door. Although sponsorship and PR may not be my field of work in the future, I felt like this internship was going to be a good start to get some experience with interacting within the business realm. I experienced going through an interview process, collaborating with other people, creating Excel spreadsheets, contacting businesses, connecting in business language, and advertising a program through a community mindset. All of these experiences related back to my coursework in one way or another. Because of my previous Excel classes, I did not feel lost when putting together spreadsheets of contacts. My conflict management class prepared me to work in a business setting with diverse ideas that sometimes conflicted, but were managed with the help of my course work. Public speaking and marketing techniques that I learned through WWU helped me to communicate with sponsors in a professional way. Although I was unsure of exactly how correlated this internship would be to my major, it connected in more ways than I could’ve imagined.

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Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

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