Internship opportunities available left and right

Start early, Network a lot

By: Ashley Goodsell

Point Park University has plenty to propose in the areas of internships, scholarships and job offers.
Not only does the university provide students with workshops, internship and job fairs, but also, career development and human resources are heavily involved with temporary agencies and job listings in and around the area of Pittsburgh, PA.

Angela Meiers, the coordinating assistant of career development at Point Park University helps organize the pizza prosperity workshops that are held in the academic hall atrium overlook on the second floor, six times a semester.

“Originally, these [workshops] were just for prep before the West PAC job fair,” Meiers said. “And now, a lot of students are bringing their resume for us to review.”

These workshops include free pizza, tips for your resume and/or ways to prepare you for an internship or job interview. Computers are on-hand at the workshops, as well as brochures to further the student’s process in the job research. Job-searching sites such as Monster.com and J. Croyle Associates are just a few of the options that are provided on the laptops.

“Start early, you know, come to the [career development] office and get suggestions,” Meiers said. “Networking and informational interviews provide a great response.”

Other internship listings for the majors of Broadcast or Print Journalism, Digital Media and Design, Advertising and Public Relations, and Photojournalism are available on Point Park University’s website for a students’ convenience.

Some of these listings include opportunities from The Jewish Chronicle, Moon Community Access Television, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh Penguins, The American Red Cross, Wall Street Journal, Inspect Tech, and The Pittsburgh Pirates.

Michele Tabaka, a Freshman Advertising and Public Relations major at Point Park University is partaking in her first internship experience this summer at Springdale Highschool.

“I’m really excited to start working in my field this early in my college career,” Tabaka said. “Getting my foot in the door this early can really help me in the future.”

Career Development services at Point Park University highly recommend making a visit to them as a freshman to become more prepared when applying for an internship or a job. The West PAC internship fair is also a great place to put yourself out there and begin networking.

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INTERNSHIPS

Soupy wraps...

I hope that in the fall semester, the Buffalo Chicken wraps made in the cafe are less soupy than they have been this semester. It is only a select few wrap makers that put wayyy too much sauce on these, but for future reference I recommend not to ask for extra buffalo sauce. Although this picture was found on google, it looks exactly like what I received last week for my meal...the wrap fell apart before I could even eat it. Also, if anyone has seen the movie zombieland, this picture looks similar to a lost limb off of a zombie...gross.

Where is Frontier Hall?

So, in case you need your ID fixed or changed, Point Park has decided to make your situation twice as difficult than you actually expected. If you enter Thayer Hall and check out the old ID center right before you hit the financial aid office, you will find a notice on the door that looks exactly like the picture I posted above. The directions on the sheet then proceed to send you to Frontier Hall, which until last week, I had no idea that it even existed. After asking the security guard where it was located, I headed around to the shady corner of First Ave to a small building labeled with a green Point Park Frontier Hall flag. By the door there is an ID activation pad, which I though I might have had to use. Obviously if my ID is not working correctly, and the new ID center is located in Frontier Hall, I would not be able to get in the building. Fortunately enough, the activation pad was fake, and the door was conveniently open for anyone to enter (kind of risky, don't you think?)After all of this hassle, it ended up taking 20 minutes to find the ID center, but only 3 seconds to fix my ID. Convenience is oh so consistent here at Point Park. =)

Everything magically tastes like popcorn...

All out of Orville Redenbacher's popcorn? Too broke to buy some? For all of you popcorn lovers out there, worry no more. The microwaves that are accessible 24/7 in the cafe or in Thayer Hall are great for making everything or anything...taste like popcorn. If you check out the bottom of the microwave, it even looks and smells like burnt butter! So make your way down to one of these two microwaves today and get a free sample!

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Point Park is good for your health...

Okay, so I know I blogged about the hand sanitizer earlier in this semester, but I feel like this topic should be addressed a little bit further. Not only do we have hand sanitizer machines with an excessive amount of hand sanitizer, but now there is a wiping system located right next to them! How convenient...Point Park likes to keep their students clean. Or there might have been a MRSA outbreak and now they are cracking down. I guess we will never know...

But in case you don't know how to use hand sanitizer...don't worry, Youtube actually has a video how to do so (so weird...)

What to do (in a crazy order) for a Point Park Fire Drill...

Although the text on this image is hard to decipher, the order of the steps to exit your dorm during a fire drill is quite amusing. The list of steps is as follows:

-Close and lock door (shouldn't that be listed last?)

-Close windows

-Leave lights on

-Take I.D. and key

-Leave the building

First of all, this sign is so small that I didn't even realize this was on the back of my door (especially because there is a very large coat hanger...with tons of coats...blocking it). Besides that, I do not think in the panic of a fire students would stop and read the directions before they are engulfed by flames (or not engulfed by flames). How are we supposed to exit the building? Or leave the building, rather. I mean, I know the stairs are a good place to start, but the notice doesn't really instruct us on what to do...and if we are closing the windows and flames block the door...don't you agree we are screwed? But no worries, at least the lights will be on for someone to see us and save us. However, considering the fact we are closing and locking the doors FIRST, no one will be able to get us if we have our key! Especially if the door is blocked off with fire. Well I certainly hope Lawrence doesn't have any serious fires before this fire drill direction sheet is revised...

Everyone must be sick of school by now...I know I am. Once flip-flops are pulled out and the temperatures hit 70+ degrees...spring fever is definitely underway. Less and less people are showing up for class, procrastination is becoming extreme, and the Point is filled with students who are tanning, reading and frolicking in the grass pretending to be athletes. It's basically gotten to the point where it is just too hot everywhere to do anything. The dorms are 100 degrees (mainly because the heaters are still cooking and Lawrence has no air flow) and clothes are annoying to wear at this point. Due to the extreme temperatures and lackadaisical attitudes from everyone (including myself), I vote for no more school for the semester. Who's with me?

Darkness in Thayer causes danger...

So as I've heard and now have seen for myself, computer lab room 212 on the 2nd floor of Thayer keeps their students in the dark. Literally and Figuratively. While I was here on spring break, not only was I not notified that the labs were closing at 4:30 PM, but the hallways near the bathrooms are never lit for students convenience, which is totally dangerous. Other students have experienced this as well--and they are not happy about it. This is especially dangerous because if anyone at Point Park has seen the hallway by that bathroom (which I'm sure you have), it is kind of scary back there. I actually didn't even know those bathrooms existed until this semester, and now that all of this has been brought to my attention, I will probably never use them again. Just kidding...but seriously, probably not at night, beause I won't be able to see and who knows who is lurking back there? If you are working on a paper late at night (or maybe even early in the morning, we haven't investigated that yet), I recommend bringing a flashlight or talking to the janitors, because we all know light bulbs usually aren't burnt out that long before they are replaced.