School of Business - Internships
Internship Experience
The School of Business offers experiential learning through a formal internship program, in which students receive 3 hours of academic credit in exchange for a supervised professional business experience. BUS 480 and 481 are available to students who are approved for an internship. BUS 481 is reserved only for business majors
with a minor in human resource management.
Students are matched with companies ranging in size from sole proprietorships to multinationals. Some of the industries represented are pharmaceuticals, accounting, advertising/public relations, health care, computer
hardware and software manufacturing, entertainment and finance. State and Federal Government internships
are also available.
Students are required to complete 120 hours during the semester in positions such as marketing research
assistant, human resources coordinator, customer service representative, events planning assistant and
newsletter editor. Upon graduation, many of our interns receive offers for full-time employment as a result
of these internship assignments.
Meredith College has internship recruitment partnerships with outstanding companies, including Lenovo, Credit Suisse, the EEOC, Universal Music (Nashville) and Bank of America.
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Pricilla Elezaj: Christina Mendenhall: Meredith Howell: Company: Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Four Business School students completed internships at Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Students worked on tasks related to compliance, audit, or problem management and gained insights about the insurance industry through meetings with company's managers, directors, VPs, SVPs, and even the CEO. Students described their internship as an invaluable experience to complete meaningful projects both indivdually and through collaborating with many full-time employees. |
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Megan Adkins |
Sarah Buster
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Major: Economics Minor: Human Resource Management Company: Raleigh Medical Group |
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By interning at Raleigh Medical Group, Megan was able to get a glimpse of the medical field and how it affects our economic system. She had the opportunity to work with all departments and even shadowed one of the doctors. Through this experience, Megan gained confidence in her communication skills, increased her knowledge of insurance policies, and expanded her understanding of health economic principles. |
Through summarizing discriminiation cases, Sarah was able to improve her written and oral communication skills. She also gained formal knowledge of the EEO laws and how they are applied in the work environment. Her challenges throughout the internship developed her ability to gather facts of various cases and expanded her investigative skills |
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Andrea Gilley |
Brittany Moore
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Major: Economics |
Major: Business Administration Minor: Marketing Company: Keller Williams Realty |
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A senior Economics major, Andrea completed an internship at Credit Suisse in the Prime Trade and Prime Services Department. Her responsibilities included creating accounts for clients in Prime Trade and then fielding questions and dealing with any problems that arose. She developed new skills in software programs such as Angora, Hammertool, and SQL. |
At Keller Williams, Brittany had the opportunity to explore the real estate world, learn about real estate contracts, lead generation, and how to be a successful realtor. This experience improved her marketing skills by marketing properties with websites, flyers, newsletters, and email campaigns. |
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Ana Pereira |
Sarah Terrell
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Major: Accounting Company: Make-A-Wish Foundation |
Major: Business Administration |
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| Ana worked in the accounting and finance offices of the Make-A-Wish Foundation where her duties included accounts payable, general ledger journal entries, and cost accounting. She reconciled actual wish costs with budgets, validating costs with vendor invoices and in-kind donation detail. Being fluent in Spanish, Ana had exciting opportunities to help wish coordinators make phone calls to Spanish speaking families in the process of having their child's wish granted. |
Sarah was able to expand her knowledge of the marketing industry as it relates to the fashion industry. |
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Beth Wallace |
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In working for a non-profit agency, Beth was given opportunities to research grants from foundations and organizations and coordinate fundraising events. She |
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Students interested in receiving credit for an internship need to contact Kristy Dixon, Instructor of Business
Dixonkm@meredith.edu, or call 919-760-8131.
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