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Congratulations on receiving an internship position! |
Your internship has the potential to be a fantastic life-changing learning experience for you. In order to ensure the best experience possible (and to ensure that you will receive your stipend!), please review and complete the following forms BEFORE you leave.
- Paperwork Check list (Provides an overview of paperwork and student expectations- this form MUST be signed and returned before your internship.)
- Enrollment in cooperative work experience (co-op) is required to participate in a MATE Internship. You may enroll at your home institution or at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC), where the MATE Center is located. See the “How To Enroll in Co-op” document for instructions.
- Apply for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Card as soon as possible. It takes 3-6 weeks to get a card after enrollment. MATE will reimburse you for the cost of the TWIC application upon completion of your internship and paperwork.
- MATE Suggestions for What to Bring for At-Sea internships
- Contact your mentor and work together to complete the Internship Agreement and Internship Work Plan to be sure you understand what your duties will be while acting as a MATE Intern. You must return the Agreement and Work Plan (at least partly complete) electronically to Tami Lunsford (tlunsford@marinetech.org) prior to departing for your internship. As part of the Work Plan, you must write three learning objectives. These must be in a specific format. For information and instructions on writing a learning objective, see the “How to” document.
- If you are an at-sea intern, please complete the pre-internship quiz online.
The following items should be completed DURING your internship:
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Complete the Internship Agreement and Internship Work Plan forms you began with your mentor above.
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Post weekly email updates http://www.marinetech.org/discussion/, under the "Interns" discussion group.
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Keep a daily journal of your activities.
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Take photos and videos of yourself during your internship. Click here for a guide on taking good internship photos!
Please download and print the Internship Agreement and Work Plan forms
and take them with you on your first day of work.
Submit the following items within FOUR weeks after your internship:
- MATE Internship Evaluation
- Submit a 2-3-page paper describing your internship. It should include a brief description of the lab and/or ship where you worked, the length of your internship, and a description of your duties as an intern. Based on your work plan, which tasks did you complete? Which tasks did you not complete? What did you learn from each success or failure? Overall, was the internship a good experience?
- Create and submit a PowerPoint presentation on your internship. Click here to download the MATE Student intern PowerPoint presentation template. Instructions can be found on the notes page of the document.
- Reimbursement Request (This is the form interns submit to receive their stipend and any travel expenses that the MATE Center pre-approved for reimbursement.)
- Submit your top 3-5 photos and videos taken during your internship onto the MATE Internship FlickR page. Label the photos with your
name, the name of the ship, and the date of your internship.
- Register on MATE's alumni website at: http://www.marinetech.org/alumni/
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