Making the Connection: How Advisers Can Help Students Reflect on the Internship Experience

Authors

  • Merrill Walker University of South Carolina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26209/mj1461319

Keywords:

advisers, connection, internship, student

Abstract

No Abstract Provided.

Author Biography

Merrill Walker, University of South Carolina

Merrill E. Walker is a graduate student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also a graduate assistant in the university's School of Journalism Student Services office. She can be reached at walkerm9@email.sc.edu.

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