Undergraduate Admissions
Gannon Interns in Demand
Placement sites for student internships and co-ops up 13%
GE Transportation, Erie and Grove City.
Erie Insurance.
Giant Eagle’s corporate headquarters.
Spike TV-MTV Network and overstock.com
Those are just some of the sites at which some 179 Gannon University students, from the fall of 2007 through the summer of 2008, strengthened their skill sets and enhanced their resumes by participating in internships and co-ops. The 117 sites locally, regionally, and nationally hiring Gannon students represents a 13 percent increase compared to the same time period from the prior year.
The statistics were generated by the University’s Center for Experiential Education, which produces an annual placement report related to Gannon students’ participation in internships and co-ops. In addition to working with the Center for Experiential Education, students also secure internships and co-ops through other avenues, including faculty members and personal contacts.
Other key findings from the report:
• Other placement sites/organizations included the Erie Times-News, Buffalo News, Saint Vincent Health System, HealthSouth, Community Blood Bank of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Community Shelter Services, Erie Center on Health & Aging, Erie Community Foundation, Erie County Controller’s Office, Erie County Detectives Office, Erie Historical Society, Erie Police Department, Millcreek Police Department, Erie River Rats, Erie BayHawks, Erie Waterworks, Erie Zoo, Family First Sports Park, FedEx, FirstEnergy, Ohio Edison, Penelec, Lockheed Martin, Lord Corporation, Marquette Savings, New York Life Insurance, Northwest Savings Bank, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Presque Isle Downs & Casino, The Bank of New York Mellon, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, and Zurn Industries.
• Nearly 75 percent of the placements were compensated. Some graduate students earned more than $21 per hour, and some undergraduate students more than $17 per hour.
• Students worked an average of 15-20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters.
• The report notes that more than one-third, or 35 percent, of the students continued working at their respective sites during the spring and/or summer. The report also notes that five students secured internships at more than one site.
• During the fall of 2007, two students completed internships in Washington, D.C., through participation with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
• During summer 2008, nearly 100 students secured internships and co-ops.
• A mechanical engineering student began placement with Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz., in the summer of 2007 and continued his placement during the summers of 2008 and 2009.
• Also in the summer of 2007, an environmental engineering student participated in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Erie Insurance.
Giant Eagle’s corporate headquarters.
Spike TV-MTV Network and overstock.com
Those are just some of the sites at which some 179 Gannon University students, from the fall of 2007 through the summer of 2008, strengthened their skill sets and enhanced their resumes by participating in internships and co-ops. The 117 sites locally, regionally, and nationally hiring Gannon students represents a 13 percent increase compared to the same time period from the prior year.
The statistics were generated by the University’s Center for Experiential Education, which produces an annual placement report related to Gannon students’ participation in internships and co-ops. In addition to working with the Center for Experiential Education, students also secure internships and co-ops through other avenues, including faculty members and personal contacts.
Other key findings from the report:
• Other placement sites/organizations included the Erie Times-News, Buffalo News, Saint Vincent Health System, HealthSouth, Community Blood Bank of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Community Shelter Services, Erie Center on Health & Aging, Erie Community Foundation, Erie County Controller’s Office, Erie County Detectives Office, Erie Historical Society, Erie Police Department, Millcreek Police Department, Erie River Rats, Erie BayHawks, Erie Waterworks, Erie Zoo, Family First Sports Park, FedEx, FirstEnergy, Ohio Edison, Penelec, Lockheed Martin, Lord Corporation, Marquette Savings, New York Life Insurance, Northwest Savings Bank, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Presque Isle Downs & Casino, The Bank of New York Mellon, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, and Zurn Industries.
• Nearly 75 percent of the placements were compensated. Some graduate students earned more than $21 per hour, and some undergraduate students more than $17 per hour.
• Students worked an average of 15-20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters.
• The report notes that more than one-third, or 35 percent, of the students continued working at their respective sites during the spring and/or summer. The report also notes that five students secured internships at more than one site.
• During the fall of 2007, two students completed internships in Washington, D.C., through participation with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.
• During summer 2008, nearly 100 students secured internships and co-ops.
• A mechanical engineering student began placement with Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz., in the summer of 2007 and continued his placement during the summers of 2008 and 2009.
• Also in the summer of 2007, an environmental engineering student participated in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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