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<\/a>The National Student Exchange<\/strong><\/a> (NSE) was established in the 1967-68 academic year with three state-supported campuses in the United States exchanging seven students among their universities. Administrators on those campuses wanted to help students who could not take advantage of studying abroad by providing them the opportunity to learn about new people and new places through study in another part of the United States. Using NSE, students could exchange to state-supported NSE member campuses in other states without having to pay the high cost for out-of-state tuition. NSE has retained that basic idea during its development as it has grown to over 160+ member campuses placing over 2,000+ students for exchange annually.<\/p>\nWhile the majority of members are still state-supported, NSE now includes several private campuses as well as Canadian institutions. The basic concept, however, remains the same. Students either pay their normal tuition and fees to their home campus or pay the in-state tuition and fees to the\u00a0host campus. Private campuses usually prefer the plan where students pay tuition and fees at the home campus as they do normally. Each campus determines the fee payment plan under which it can operate. Room and meals are always paid to the host campus.<\/p>\n
WOU students apply for participation with the WOU NSE Coordinator. If they are approved for participation, they are accepted on exchange by the host campus on a space available basis. Financial aid is applied for, awarded, and disbursed from WOU.<\/p>\n
Before students leave home for study-away placement\u00a0they are instructed to have written approval for courses to be taken along with a determination of how those courses will be accepted into their home campus academic program.<\/p>\n
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Minimum requirements for students applying for a study-away placement through the NSE<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/files\/2021\/10\/redBG.gif” custom_padding=”6px||0px||false|false” border_radii=”off||||” border_color_all=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding=”1em||1em||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_cta title=”Nothing becomes real until it is experienced.” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Nunito Sans|700|||||||” header_font_size=”32px” body_font=”Nunito Sans||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_padding=”35px||4px||false|” custom_css_main_element=”a {color:#fff;}” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For more information about the National Student Exchange program, contact:<\/p>\n Michelle Strowbridge<\/strong>\u00a0– CPP Director<\/em> [\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Student Exchange Study out-of-state for up…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5571,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"splash-page.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"National Student Exchange | Center for Professional Pathways","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" *Mayo, L., & Shethji, P. (2010). Reducing Internship Inequity<\/a>.\u00a0Diversity & Democracy,<\/i>\u00a013<\/i>(3).<\/p>\n\n Clark, A. & Plummer, K.\u00a0<\/span>First-Generation Students: Making Internships Possible, <\/span><\/i>National Association of Colleges and Employers Annual Conference, June 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nothing becomes real until it is experienced<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/h1>\nIt\u2019s no secret that internships are the most effective way for students to gain work experience before graduation. In fact, studies show that 7 out of 10 internships turn into full-time jobs. Most importantly, internships are a great way for you to explore<\/strong> your interests, develop professional skills, and grow your professional network.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Find your passion.<\/b>\n
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WOU COMMUNITY INTERNSHIP Program<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
<\/h3>\nThe WOU Community Internship Program (WOU CiP) provides access to academically and career relevant paid on-campus internship opportunities for Western students.\n\nReduce Internship Inequity<\/b>\n
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What are the Benefits of Participating in WOU CiP?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe WOU Community Internship Program (WOU CiP) connects you to paid internships on-campus.\u00a0By developing partnerships across campus, WOU students are able to gain invaluable internship experiences that facilitate professional development and integration of classroom knowledge.\u00a0WOU CiP is managed in collaboration with departments and Service Learning and Career Development professional staff. This means you are provided with ongoing support and guidance in your internship from start to finish, and any time thereafter. Support includes, but is not limited to:\n
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What are the Benefits of Doing an Internship?<\/strong><\/h2>\nInternships allow you\u00a0to gain the necessary professional skills that allow you to integrate academic knowledge with real world application. Not only do internships provide you with experience to add to your resume, they also allow you to gain a competitive edge in the job market. Employers typically favor recent college graduates that posses internship experience over those that do not. It is common for employers to hire high performing and hard-working interns because they are more familiar with your work.\n\nAdditionally, internships allow you to practice and develop skills sets that are aligned with your academic and professional goals. This gives you a chance to \"try\" a career path to better understand which career is right for you.\n
Internship vs. Part-Time Job: What's the Difference?<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhat makes internships unique is the focus on student learning. This is an opportunity for you to apply skills learned in the classroom or elsewhere, that tie to your\u00a0academic, career or personal goals. While you\u00a0might perform some roles that are not for your\u00a0learning, the goal is for you\u00a0to explore and practice your\u00a0professional identity under supervision and with mentoring.\n\nAn example could be a student wanting to apply their writing skills and learn professionalism by writing press releases for a department. The expectation is that the student need some coaching and guidance and not be expected to accomplish the task perfectly on the first try. With gentle feedback, however, the final output will be professional, well written and offer a fresh, student oriented perspective.\n
Learn more about internships and WOU's Internship Fund: wou.edu\/slcd\/internships<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n[fruitful_sep]\n
Guiding Principles<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>\n\nAs post-graduate employment concerns have multiplied for undergraduates so too have internships, co-ops, and job-shadowing opportunities. But institutions with internship requirements for graduation, institutions in rural areas and those in urban ones clogged with a myriad of other universities all face their own challenges to produce sufficient work experiences for their students. To address these shortages two innovative institutions have turned their focus inwards.\n\n<\/a>Integrating Academic and Career Development: strategies to scale experiential learning and reflection across the curriculum<\/a>, Education Advisory Board, August 2016\n\nUniversity as Employer: Western Oregon University Community Internship Program (pg 40 - 41)\n\nTypical Internship Components Also Exist on Campus: position within a functioning business;\u00a0Reporting line to a professional with expertise in the field;\u00a0Assignments target field-specific learning outcomes; Skills developed are transferable to other organizations or companies; and access to resources and facilities necessary for learning outcomes.\n\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award (finalist)<\/span><\/i>, National Association of Colleges and Employers, June 2016<\/span>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-108139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108146,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108139\/revisions\/108146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/professional-pathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}