Westminster College strongly encourages all students to serve an internship as a complement to their classroom studies.  Serving an internship is an invaluable way to gain the career experience needed to make employers seriously consider your application for professional employment. Most Westminster students serve at least one internship by the time they graduate. Internships may be served during any term, as well as summer and breaks. Academic credit is awarded for faculty-approved, registered internships. Some internships are paid, but most are not. 

The Career Center provides help by: 

•      Inviting recruiters to campus to interview applicants for internships 

•      Providing database lists of sites where previous internships have been served (available upon request) 

•      Posting announcements of internship opportunities via email, memo, and the Westminster Weekly 

•      Bringing alumni and other professionals to campus to speak about internship opportunities with their organizations 

•      Providing excellent reference resources in the Career Library, including the following: 

For a complete listing see: 
         http://www.westminster.edu/Student/career/student/library.html

Providing internet resources including:
        careers.pghtech.org/graduates.cfm
        www.ric-swpa.org/index.html 
        www.Internships-USA.com   (for user name and password, call 6338) 
        www.virtualintern.com
        www.internshipprograms.com 
        www.rsinternships.com 
        www.cie.uci.edu/iop/internsh.html 
        www.usinterns.com
        www.volunteer.org.nz
 

Students are encouraged to contact Janet Waugaman at the Career Center at 724/946-6338 or waugamjb@westminster.edu for help in arranging an internship.