What is a NODA Internship?
The NODA Internship Program matches orientation, transition and retention professionals and host institutions with energetic, dedicated graduates looking to expand their orientation experience and connections.

NODA Internships take place during the summer months. Currently, no academic year NODA internships are offered.

NODA internships are designed to:

• Facilitate the matching of motivated, quality students with challenging, exciting orientation positions at NODA member institutions across U.S and Canada.
• Encourage the renewal of our profession by creating employment opportunities for students interested in gaining orientation, transition, and retention experience.

Why a NODA Internship?
Interns gain valuable insight into varied methods of planning and implementing orientation, transition and retention programs. Interns have the opportunity to be involved in many different aspects of orientation, to expand their knowledge base and understanding of the diversity in programs, to develop an extensive support and mentor base, and to experience a variety of related areas.

Through providing an internship experience, the host institution/program has the opportunity to gain from the perspective and background of an enthusiastic and fresh viewpoint on specific projects as well as in program implementation. The short term nature can also provide an economical way to increase the number of staff during a busy time of year, while increasing the ideas, the experience and the connections for your program.

How Do I Learn More?
Contact Melanie Payne (mpayne@indiana.edu), NODA Internship Coordinator. Attend a presentation at regional and annual conferences about the NODA internship program.

Host and Candidate Information

Host Site Eligibility
All host institutions must have at least one current member of the National Orientation Directors Association throughout the internship period. The member need not be the direct supervisor of the intern.

Host Resource Center
To assist in planning for a NODA Intern, all hosts are provided access to the Host Resource Center where there are samples of contracts, appointment letters, interview questions, evaluations and much more.

Host institutions should follow university protocols in hiring, performance evaluation and dismissal of NODA interns.

Intern Eligibility
To apply for a NODA Internship, individuals must be either:

• A graduate student currently enrolled in a graduate program at the time of application to the NODA Internship program or
• An undergraduate student who will complete their undergraduate degree prior to the internship start date and will be starting a graduate program in the fall.

NODA Internships are intended to pair interns with institutions with which they have no previous experience. Therefore, a student may not serve as an intern at his or her current institution.

While all interns will have completed a Bachelor’s degree prior to the start of the internship, hosts may identify a preference for recent graduates or applicants with at least a year of graduate school experience.

Compensation and Length of Experience
Internship compensation packages and terms of service are determined by the individual internship provider.

Most internships will be 10-14 weeks throughout the period of May through August. Hosts may indicate if dates are flexible; candidates should apply only for those internships whose timelines they can accommodate.

Timeline
The deadline to apply to the Internship Program has passed for the Summer 2010 Internship season. Mark your calendar for October – when information about the 2011 program will be posted.

Good luck to 2010 hosts and candidates!

Contact
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