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FY 2008 Annual Report of Achievements - Gallaudet University

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applications, developing portfolios, interviewing, working with interpreters, and understanding<br />

accommodation strategies. The emphasis is on empowering students to pursue and achieve career<br />

goals in the business and pr<strong>of</strong>essional world. Among the Career Center’s resources for students and<br />

alumni is an extensive career library.<br />

The internship program places students in private industry, government agencies, social<br />

service organizations, and educational institutions. Working with Career Center staff, students can<br />

arrange placement locally, nationally, and internationally. Also with staff guidance, students learn<br />

how to research and develop their own placements. Examples <strong>of</strong> placement sites include premier<br />

university research centers, the White House, federal agencies and research facilities, congressional<br />

<strong>of</strong>fices, hospitals, public and private schools, and deafness-related educational and social<br />

organizations. Many students participate in more than one placement, supplementing their academic<br />

studies with valuable hands-on experience. Students may earn up to 12 academic credits for their<br />

internship placements.<br />

Figure 18. Internship information, AY 2007-<strong>2008</strong><br />

a. Internships by type <strong>of</strong> work site<br />

b. Average hours worked per internship<br />

The Career Center collaborates with academic departments and employers to help students<br />

achieve internship requirements for select majors. The center also sponsors or cosponsors a variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> career-related seminars, conferences, classes, and programs throughout the year. A career fair, an<br />

on-campus student employment fair, and a graduate school fair are <strong>of</strong>ten among those <strong>of</strong>fered. The<br />

center also provides graduate school admission testing (Miller Analogies Test and Graduate Record<br />

Examination).<br />

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