Student Interns Start Here

If you have completed 70% of your degree classes and are looking for an internship, be sure to read all the information on this “Internship” tab. There is also a link to Internship Opportunities here.

The work you do needs to include the opportunity for you to learn in areas that are supervisory or management oriented, or are positions you would like to learn more about. An Internship position differs from a job or position in a couple of significant ways. An internship can be paid or unpaid, depending on the company offering the position. An intern works with management to try out different areas of the work place and focuses on understanding management issues. So for example, in a hotel internship, you might work several departments of the hotel (housekeeping, front desk, banquets, restaurants, etc.) so that you can see the opportunities and challenges each department faces. In a job or position, you would simply perform the work related to that one position. Another example might include working with a catering company. An intern would work with management to help in various areas of the client interaction – perhaps sitting in on client meetings, working through the schedule and planning process, helping at the event, and participating in the event wrap up and closure. If you were only working a job or position, it might limit you to only one part of this process, such as helping with the catering of the event. Therefore, this internship is your opportunity to understand and experience a larger scope of work and begin understanding the management functions. Talk with your internship supervisor about the various things you will be doing and be sure they understand you will want to be involved in a larger scope of work.

Forms will be provided on the first day of class that we will be completing in class. If you need these forms before the semester begins, they are under the tab on the course Blackboard page if you have registered. If not, please email the course instructor.

important information about the course

Class Period and Class Work:

In addition to the work students do at their internship employment location, there are five scheduled on-campus required classes that are 1 1/2 hours long. The class meetings schedule for the semester is listed in the notes section under the ACC Schedule listing.
*Note: In the class syllabus, you are asked to purchase a book called StrengthsFinder by Tom Rath. You will need to buy a new book due to a testing code in the back of the book that will be used. (So a used copy of the book will not work.) Additionally, you will need to complete 240 working hours in your internship throughout the semester.

I am looking forward to having you in the Internship course. If you have questions, please contact the hospitality offices.

Liz Hundley, CMP
Department Chair, Programs of Hospitality Mgmt and Meeting & Event Planning
[email protected]

Completing the Required Internship Approval Form:

Accessing the Internship Agreement -The internship agreement can be completed 2 ways:

Via our online form through: Internship Agreement Form
- The online form is a 3 step process initiated by the student.
- The order is student, faculty and employer. In order for the form to be received by the instructor or employer the student must first complete their section of the form. This section asks for demographics and the instructor/employer contact information or email.
- Students must use their ACC gmail when entering their email information
  - The form will not accept an email address that is not in the ACC gmail format
- Once the email address for the instructor and employer has been entered and submitted section 2, the instructor section, is automatically sent out. The employer will be the last individual in the chain to receive the internship agreement.
- All parties will receive a digital copy of the completed agreements
- OEL will have records for all internship agreements available for department records

This form was designed to auto populate as MUCH information as possible. The Internship Agreement has been designed as a 3 step process that begins with the student. When they click the agreement they will see an “Employer Account Lookup” if that employer requested an intern with the ACC Internship Department they can select them from the dropdown menu. If their employer is NOT listed in the drop down then they will select “Can’t Find Account-Enter Employer Information Now”.

Students can save their progress at anytime throughout the agreement. Once they have hit submit, they will receive an email titled: Verify: Signed Response for Form Internship Agreement. Student’s must click that email and select the link provided in order to verify their signature.

Once students select the link, the faculty will receive an automatic email to access and review the form. The final person in the chain to receive the email will be the employer. Once ALL parties complete the form, everyone will receive a digital copy.