Messiah College Media Mentions

Mike True, director of the Internship Center, weighs the value of a virtual internship in an April 25 “Secrets of the Job Hunt” post.

Read “Should you consider a virtual internship?”

Mike True, director of the College’s Internship Center, talked with Intern Pro Radio on March 5 about the history of internships and their professional value.

Listen to “The evolution of internships.”

A March 4 story in the Chronicle of Higher Education features Messiah College Internship Director Mike True and current intern Rachel Vandernick, intern at an accounting firm. The story explores the value of internships in today’s job market.

“Internships make the difference” is not available online.

Mike True, director of Messiah College’s Internship Center, is skeptical of a new program at the University of Pittsburgh that guarantees placement for every student who wants an internship. True weighs in on the matter in an October 11 Inside Higher Ed article.

Read “Pitt, Johnson & Wales make big internship promises.”

The number of students seeking liberal arts degrees and internship experiences is increasing, according to an Aug. 8 Inside Higher Ed article. Mike True, director of Messiah College’s Internship Center, addresses the trend in the article.

Read “More colleges pushing internships in liberal arts.”

Clemson University in South Carolina has made a bold commitment to fund and provide more than 400  internships on their campus in the next few years. In a June 17 “Chronicle of Higher Education” article Mike True, director of Messiah’s internship center, said such opportunities are valuable in regions with limited career development options, but that an off-campus internship is still considered more desirable among employers. Read “Clemson meets student demand with big investment in campus internships.”

Mike True, director of the Messiah College Internship Center, answers questions at LovetoKnow.com about why students should seek internships. This article was posted May 14, 2012.

Read “Expert Q&A: Internship benefits.”

The entertainment section of the York Daily Record printed a brief profile about the Oakes Museum and the upcoming Curator Club in their January 19 edition.

Read “Touch, see and wonder at Messiah College’s Oakes Museum.”

The debate over whether interns should be paid or receive college credit for their workforce experience was recently reignited when the U.S. Department of Labor clarified the educational criteria for unpaid internships. The Chronicle of Higher Education spoke with Mike True, the director of the Internship Center at Messiah College, for its May 9 story.

Read “Would you like credit with that internship?”

Recent guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Labor regarding unpaid internships continue to create a stir, according to an April 23 Washington Post posting my blogger Jenna Johnson. Mike True, internship center director, is quoted.

Read “Campus Overload: Is your unpaid internship legal?”