The Office of Career Development and the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography will host their seventh annual Trick to the Treat of an Internship or Research Experience on Oct. 31 in the Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery in the Alvin Sherman Library, for students interested in research, medical or other science related internships.
“We will be showcasing internships and research opportunities that current students have already completed,” explained Emily Schmitt Lavin, the department chair for the department of biological sciences.
Students will present their own experiences in biology and medicine internships. Information will be provided on why and how to apply to science-related internships and research opportunities. Presentations from last year included students who interned with the Rumbaugh Goodwin Institute of Cancer Research, Cano Health Clinical Studies, Beginning Experiment: Nanoparticle Research and students who participated in surgical shadowing in Austria. The surgical internship is a six-week shadowing program at a hospital in Graz, Austria. Students involved can have the opportunity to assist with transplant surgeries and hospital rounds.
“The tools for how to get one of these internships or the learning from a peer about how they went about finding an internship is universal [to all students, regardless of their major]. What else is really special about this is it is a collaboration between our college [the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography] and the Career Development Office,” said Schmitt Lavin.
“It is a great avenue for students who are interested in getting their foot in the door in research or immersing themselves in an internship that is either science or health care related to figure out what it looks like,” said Emilio Lorenzo, the associate director of employer relations in the office of career development at NSU. “The first time doing an internship or research [experience] can be a little scary, but if you’re hearing it from your fellow peers [who can] tell you not just about the experience itself but how did they obtain the opportunity, what was it like starting. It gives them a lot of information about figuring out [if] this is the type of [opportunity] that they want to do.”
According to Lorenzo, this event will provide students with help to develop skills that they may lack that will benefit them in research and internship opportunities within various scientific fields.
“If you want to gain an edge in becoming a health care professional or moving forward in your career this is an event that will not only help you gain that edge, but it is going to help you dominate [because] you are going to understand the types of opportunities that you can immerse yourself in that is going to prepare you for those careers and give you that experience,” said Lorenzo.
Contact Career Development at (954)-262-7201, or Emily Schmitt at (954)-262-8349 to RSVP, or register on Handshake.
