East Stroudsburg University
DeNike Center Room 231
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
(570) 422-3305
(570) 422-3015 (Fax)
Department Chair
Recreation & Leisure Services Management
S. Elaine Rogers
erogers@po-box.esu.edu
(570)422-3297
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Our internships are intensive, full-time fieldwork experiences. They are a required component of the degree program. Internships provide students the opportunity to apply in a work setting what they have learned in the classroom. Students complete 480 or 600 hours at their internship placements. These fieldwork experiences are determined by a student's career preference. Faculty carefully advise students during the internship planning process.
| "The Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, FL, is a private resort where I did my internship. I planned and implemented events for children and adult groups who came for conferences and vacations. It is absolutely beautiful; it's like being in paradise." Megan McHale, summer 2007 |  |
"My internship experience at Marworth, a chemical dependency rehabilitation facility in Waverly, PA, has made a significant impact on my life. I was provided the opportunity to apply concepts I learned in the classroom. Prior to this experience, I had no idea how I could relate to persons with chemical dependency. It has been an experience I will remember for the rest of my life."
Caitland Hawk, summer 2007 |  |
Why should I do an internship?
- Gain practical skills specific to your career path
- Learn by doing
- Receive guidance from practitioners and faculty
- An in-depth, intense learning setting
- Opportunity to observe professionals' work behaviors as a student develops professionally
- Integrate concepts and theories at a work site
- Experience the work world first-hand
- Possible job offer
- Reference from supervisor
Where do I do an internship?
Students are encouraged to complete their internships anywhere they will receive good supervision that will enable them to develop excellent entry-level skills for the work force. There is no geographic limitation placed on students by the faculty. Faculty will have on-going contact with an internship supervisor. Listed below is a small sampling of internship sites where students have been placed:
- Denali National Park, AK
- Hospital of University of PA (HUP), Philadelphia, PA
- Hilton Grand Vacations Club @ Sea World, Orlando, FL
- Boy Scouts of America, FL National High Adventure, Islamorada, FL
- Philadephia Phillies, Philadelphia, PA
- RCI Resort Management, Fairfield Seawatch Plantation, Myrtle Beach, FL
- Sunrise Assisted Living, Westfield, NJ
- Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, Stroudsburg, PA
- Springfield Hospital Center, Sykesville, MD
- Shenandoah National Park, East Luray, VA
Students consistently report the value of their internship. It enables them to understand the link between the classroom and professional work.
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