Real world experiences prepare you for life.

A majority of Hollins students have at least one internship during their four years, many have two or more. Internships take our students all over the country, from hospitals to newsrooms, from museums to government agencies, and from movie studios to law firms. Hollins students have interned with The London Times and Miramax Films; with ABC News; with the U.S. Senate, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Many students seek help in finding internships from Hollins' Career Center.

Hollins places such importance on internships because they help our students test out careers in the workplace. They also help students in finding a job after graduation. Interns tend to receive more job offers and higher salaries than graduates who have not had work experience. On average within one year of graduation, 70% of Hollins graduates are employed, and 27% attend graduate or professional school.

(Photo, above: During Short Term 2008 Rachel Bandy interned at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va. Photo by Travis Fullerton, courtesy, VMFA.)

 

	Raisha Kasaju was one of five Hollins students who interned at UBS Financial Services in New York in January 2010. As part of the competitive internship awards program, this internship was sponsored by Holly Hendrix '75, Senior Vice President, Investments at UBS. See sidebar to read more about Hollins' competitive internship awards program.
	During the January 2011 Short Term, Cassie Bjerke interned with the office of the curator of the Supreme Court. The primary focus of her first couple weeks was to help organize the files of portrait paintings of former Supreme Court justices. She also updated 19th- and early 20th-century card catalog entries into an online database. A big part of her day was filled with staffing the information desk. On occasion, she gave courtroom lectures to school groups.
	The summer before her senior year, Frances Kalema interned with BET Networks in New York City. She worked in the music programming and development department, where she created flyers, worked on BET's "Music Matters" campaign, and assisted on pilot shoots for development. She also created the final template for BET’s music playlist. During her internship she was able to develop networking and business skills that she knows she'll put to good use after she graduates.