Crocker Farm; Amherst, MA

Interning here my job responsibilities were helping the children with their daily routines, implementing "tools of the mind" curriculum, and facilitating social engagements among children. As the semester went on, the amount of responsibilities increased.

I would highly recommend this site to other students. The people and the children are so great; I had an awesome experience. The challenge of my assignments as well as fairness of work load were great and helped me to learn a lot.

For future students, start looking early for internships, and do more than one!

Leslie Padilla Public Relations; Devon, PA

My job responsibilities were: compiling press lists, market research, and pitches and follow ups.

I personally had an excellent experience interning here, the atmosphere was great and I was able to learn a lot. However, I'm not sure that I would recommend this site to other students because I had a personal relationship with my boss Leslie and feel this placement might not work for most others. But overall, I was very satisfied with the job.

Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts; Easthampton, MA

My job role was to be present at every Grantmaking meeting as the official note taker. I conducted research on different ways the Women's fund could partner with various organizations in addition to just giving them grants. I created spreadsheets that recorded grant history, as well as current data about this year's grantee selection process. I contacted members of the Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact about attending board meetings.

I would say that my placement was very good and would recommend it to other students seeking a placement because the staff is wonderful. They are attentive and very helpful and encouraging and made the atmosphere warm and pleasant.

If I could change something about my experience I would have liked to have made more site visits to the philanthropies but my schedule did not allow for it.

Behavioral Health Network; Northampton, MA

My primary job responsibilities were to

• Shadow the support specialist staff
• Shadow the case managers 
• Show the Speech and Language Pathologist
• Implement home programs
• Work on research projects

My placement was excellent and I would not change anything about my experience. My advice to others would be to make the effort to seek out a quality adviser.

Orchard Hills Athletic Club; Lancaster, MA

Primary job responsibilities:

1. front desk


2. fitness


3. blogging


4. accounting


5. one on one aid for life skills

Working here, I was surrounded by good people and found it to be a great place to work. My assignments challenged me, but I was extremely satisfied with the job.

Some advice to future interns would be to make sure you get along with existing employees, it makes the time spent there all the more better.

Renaissance Preschool; Amherst, MA

Primary job responsibilities: Ensuring the safety of all students, invoking creative learning strategies to preschool children, assisting children in problem solving skills, and participating in any extra work needed around the school.

I enjoyed working here so much and I have already recommended it to two friends. My mentor, Dotty, was wonderful and so easy to work with.

I found it to be a wonderful experience and atmosphere and wished I could have worked there everyday of the week.

Commonwealth Research Group; Mass Mental Health Center/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA

Job Responsibilities: Mandated data entry, checking and cleaning, attended weekly grand rounds at the main hospital, and administrative work to assist two studies.

The people I worked with were very welcoming and eager to teach me how research worked.
The atmosphere as well as my overall experience was excellent.

The only thing I would have changed was the location because it was too far away.

UMass Athletic Media Relations; Boyden Building

My job responsibilities were primary media contact for women's rowing and secondary contact for ice hockey and softball. I was also responsible for the generation of game notes, recaps & satisfied packages.

This was a great environment to work in. Supervisors are willing and able to teach you and help you grow to be able to take on greater challenges.

I would tell future interns to soak in the experience and embrace the challenges that are thrown your way.

Whitmore Admin. Building; UMass

Primary job responsibilities: monitor UMass Amherst 2015 Facebook page, post relevant stories/ events/ links on page, create surveys & data analyses of social media in the college application process.

Interning here, I learned a lot about strategies for planning and marketing which is becoming a prominent role in many modern day employment opportunities.

Advice for future students: talk with career services, go to the erecruiting page, and see if current internship opportunities can offer you an job.

Dept. of Comm. TV Studio; Herter Annex Studio

I was in charge of managing productions in the TV studio. I would meet with directors in pre-production meetings, design light, setting and sound, and was a technical assistant on days of production.

My responsibilities did not change during my time spent there but as I became more comfortable and better at my tasks, I was able to do more and more on my own, without help from others.

Interning here allowed me to get a good feel for working in a real live TV studio and I would definitely recommend this site too others pursuing a job in this field.

Dunn & Phillips, P.C; Springfield, MA

Primary Job responsibilities: meeting with clients, background research, preparing documents for courts/ judges/clients etc., office work, filing, answering phones, emails, scheduling meetings, sitting in on court to get a feel of what is it like.

Working here I received hands on experience that most places wouldn't offer to interns. It was completely worth the experience to see if you want to pursue law school or not and i would highly recommend this site.

Fermi National Accelerator Lab; Batavia, IL

Job responsibilities: developing a software to be used in Radio frequency measurements of a cavity.

My exerpience here was great. I learned a lot and had great supervision and guidance throughout my entire internship. I would definitely recommend this site to future students.

Cisco Systems; Boxborough, MA

I began the internship with a project to familiarize myself with the team and the technology. This project had me consolidating virtual router topologies into a common space so that they would be accessible by all engineers.

My second responsibility was to fix TE team bugs-both applying past fixes to other release trains and fixing new bugs.

This was a great experience working with great people and I would recommend it to other students. I learned a lot, and got a feel about what it would be like to work there for real.

Deloitte & Touche; Boston, MA

Job Role:

1. Provided the flexibility to serve the complexities of clients and understand the clients' business
2. Performed review and audit documents, client operating procedures and systems of the internal control.
3. Applied concepts of risk assessment, and designed and did tests of controls and effective audit procedures
4. Identified accounting and auditing issues and performed research to solve the issues

My site was very good and I would recommend it to other students because Deloitte provides a dynamic working environment, helpful challenges, and the ability to network and meet new people with diverse backgrounds.
If I could change one thing I would have liked to have more intern events during the busy season.

My advice would be to network with as many people as possible.

The Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA

My primary job responsibilities were to assist my supervisors in both Marketing and Development departments with whatever tasks they felt would be most needed. This included drafting press releases, donor correspondence, tracking or membership and donations, upkeep of contact list database, and producing mailings.

With time my projects and responsibilities did become more important and significant and gave me more responsibility as an intern.

I would rate this site as average but would recommend it to others. Though it is slower paced than I think other public relations positions would be, it gives great insight to the world of PR and marketing on a national, and even global level right out of Amherst.

I think that if more clear directions and a set program were planned for the interns they would have performed better and the museum would certainly have benefited as well.

I would tell students pursuing a field experience placement in the future to be open minded. In the UMASS area in particular, students are required to be a little more creative when looking for internships that suit their skills and benefit their future. I have found that it was more important to have a position that used my skills, than to find ones that were the exact type of position I wanted to see myself working in after graduation.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette; Northampton, MA

During my placement:

• I wrote articles that were featured in the paper for the features section of the newspaper
• I had my articles edited
• 10 of my articles were actually published

I had new assignments every week which were all different but my responsibilities stayed the same basically.

Overall my placement was excellent and I would definitely recommend this site to other students because it was a great learning experience and it was very different from normal school work, and much more exciting.

If I could change anything I would make it closer to campus.

My advise to others would be make sure that it is something that you love or else you will spend a lot of time doing something you do not really enjoy.

Greater Media NJ; Cedar Knolls, NJ

Job Responsibilities:

1. Providing ideas and news stories
2. Editing and preparing sound clips
3. Administrative tasks
4. Corresponding with radio listeners via telephone

There were no changes in my responsibilities through my placement.
I would rate my internship as excellent because of the great work environment.

My advice to others would be to find a placement that will be most beneficial to achieving your professional goals.

The Recorder; Greenfield, MA

I would cover local sports, do small writing jobs, cover games around western mass., write sports previews, weekly columns, and other small jobs around the office.

My overall experience here was great and I found it to be very relevant to my major. Everyone was always very helpful and always there to guide me.

I would tell future interns to ask a lot of questions and really take advantage of the opportunity.

Media Education Foundation Umass Amherst; Amherst, MA

Job Role:

• Filming
• Editing
• Transferring
• Compressing and Uploading lectures to course website

Nothing changed through the duration of my internship, I was told everything expected of me beforehand so there were no surprises.

My placement was excellent and I would strongly recommend this placement to others. My supervisor, Sut Jhally is basically a learning tree. The filming and editing also meant that I got to learn the material that he teaches, since you are there recording his lectures. In addition, the editing process is a very good skill to have and is extremely useful in today's world.

I would not change anything about my experience, and I would advise to not work for someone that does not have a structured plan for the internship. Planning is everything and helps the relationship and experience immensely.

Daily Collegian (UMASS); Amherst, MA

My primary responsibilities at Massachusetts Daily Collegian as the assistant editor of the Arts & Living section were to;

• create weekly story lists to distribute to my writers


• held weekly story meetings to assign stories


• served as section editor on Wednesday meetings to discuss the section's status


• worked as a writer, covering various Arts-related topics

As the semester progressed I was given less guidance and more freedom to solely design the Wednesday night layout. I also felt more comfortable hosting meetings with writers one-on-one to discuss their work and improvements they needed to make. I also had to ask for help less and less while working with InDesign in the graphics room.

This was an all around excellent field placement and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested. Working at the Daily Collegian provides students with experience that no class can compare to. You will face real life pressure, deadlines, while expanding your skills and knowledge in the field of Journalism.

If I could change one thing about this placement, I would have liked to have gotten out of work before 1am more often, but that goes along with the field so it is to be expected.

ESPN 1000 Chicago; Chicago, IL

I assisted in daily activities of the ESPN Events Department to include

• preparing weekly press releases,


• writing promotional announcements,


• working special events,


• researching marketing concepts,


• contacting vendors,


• proofreading campaigns


• compiling and carrying out special projects to include sports functions,


• sporting events,


• sports celebrity roasts,


• golf outings,


• and other special events.

This was a great and welcoming atmosphere to work in, and would be an amazing experience for anyone looking to break into sports media.