Few employers place as high a premium on internship experience as those in the
communications field.
And getting that experience—especially at the most prestigious places—is increasingly competitive.
The success of the Snowden Internship Program encouraged Dean Tim Gleason to broaden the School's internship
efforts by establishing an Internship Coordinator at the School.
Beth Pfeiffer joined the School as Internship Coordinator last July after working at the UO Career Center for four years.
Pfeiffer has been reaching out to potential employers to set up new internship opportunities. She is also developing a
database that will allow students to search for internships according to their specific interests.
"The confidence an internship builds in terms of knowing what skills are needed and being able to talk to people about
them is important. I think a student's enthusiasm for the field really shows in an interview if he or she has had an internship."
For more information about the SOJC internship program, contact Beth Pfeiffer at
beth@oregon.uoregon.edu or visit the School's web site at
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu.
