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Hi Alissa and former colleagues,
<div>I’m responding to Alissa's message to the Editors’ Group requesting information about college interns. I’m a 32-year communications veteran of MIT, though I retired very early after getting a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. However, during my tenure
in five different MIT communications positions, I hired interns to help in my work. I always used interns from the Simmons College Department of Communications. I’m a graduate of that department and had the benefit of doing several internships through it when
I was putting myself through college. I did both paid and unpaid internships and also received college credit for that work experience (though I did have to pay tuition for the credits I received).The Communications program at Simmons includes a wide range
of required courses including graphic design, copy and proof, PR & marketing, journalism, and now web design & development (though that came after my years at Simmons). I don’t have a current contact name and number for the staff member who coordinates Communications
Department internships at Simmons, but I’d suggest calling the Office of the Chair of the department at: 617-521-2827. It was great to work with some talented young women in the internships I supervised, and it was satisfying to provide work experience for
them as they assisted me with my responsibilities. (I think it was a real win-win situation, and I love those.)</div>
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<div>I hope this information is helpful to you and possibly to others in the Group.</div>
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<div>Janet Snover</div>
<div>MIT retiree</div>
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<div>On Aug 6, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Alissa Mallinson <<a href="mailto:alissam@mit.edu">alissam@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>I’m interested in hiring an (unpaid) college intern to help with communications tasks this fall. Does anyone have experience with this? Is there a particular process we have to follow or a best place to hire from? </div>
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<div>Thanks for any insight you can share!</div>
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<div>Best, </div>
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