Internships are among the most valuable and sought-after experiences a college student can have outside the classroom. According to Machine Design magazine, almost 80 percent
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1. Go to the Job and Internship FairThere’s no better way to land a position with the company you want than to make a good
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Last spring, Eric Morgensen wasn’t sure whether he should apply for a summer fellowship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) offered through Caltech. Morgensen, a
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Landing an internship can be a daunting but necessary task for college students. NIU electrical engineering student Katie Berendt not only landed a co-op position
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The inaugural year of the IDEAL-NIU Intrapreneurship Program—designed to give students real-world experience bringing new products to market—has been a “huge success,” with nine students
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Earlier in the semester we published a piece about our Job & Internship Fair in the fall. As promised in that article, we did have
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Our spring Job and Internship Fair is this Thursday so we thought we’d make things easier on you all by giving you the top tips
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Last week on October 23rd, we held the first of our two annual job and internship fairs. Companies ranging from John Deere to ComEd were
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