With summer approaching, students have made plans to keep busy in the season through leisure experiences and learning opportunities. Programs through N.C. State as well as jobs throughout Raleigh have aided students in building résumés or in enjoying time off.
The Fellowship Office of NCSU advises students and connects them with opportunities in nationally competitive scholarship programs throughout the summer.
“With these programs, you gain skill sets and they can help you to know whether you still want to go into the field you thought you would want to go into,” Tiffany Kershner, coordinator for Distinguished Scholarship and Fellowship, said.
Kershner said students from State have been accepted into programs in Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Washington, D.C. and many other international locations for Summer 2013.
“These opportunities are valuable because they can make you more competitive for grad school and career fields,” Kershner said.
NCSU’s Study Abroad Offices also have summer programs. Study Abroad programs range in duration and location.
Stuart Anderson, sophomore in business accounting, committed to spending a month in Valencia, Spain through the NCSU Summer Program Valencia.
“I have never been to Europe so I decided to go because I figured it would be a good way to spend my summer,” Anderson said. “I think it will improve my Spanish and [help me] learn about the culture.”
Anderson is set to live in Spain the month of July, taking classes in hopes of coming closer to completing her Spanish minor.
“I will be staying with a roommate from State and a host family while we are there,” Anderson said.
Other students have found themselves with job positions or internships throughout Raleigh.
Meredith Crump, junior in communication media, obtained an internship with Butterball, LLC over the summer beginning in June after a spokesperson talked to her Introduction to Public Relations class.
Her position as a marketing intern will have her working 40 hours per week from June to August.
“I took the internship because I felt that it would directly relate to my public relations concentration and I will be doing many different tasks,” Crump said.
Crump said she looks forward to working in the company’s developing public relations section.
“One task I look forward to is creating a crisis plan and working to improve it, because I will have knowledge for future positions of starting a crisis plan from the ground up and seeing how it evolves,” Crump said.
