Internships

Illinois Valley Community College is providing exposure to the real world of work. The knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and laboratory setting can be applied to real life situations confronting a person while working in the field. Students should take this opportunity to showcase themselves in front of people working in the employment environment. In this way, they can develop the confidence and self-assurance helpful in obtaining employment upon completion of their educational experience. The employer will be able to judge first-hand if they wish to offer the intern (student) full-time employment when the student graduates from IVCC. The experience provided during the internship better prepares the student for the college courses remaining in the student’s program of study by giving relevancy and meaning to the knowledge and skills taught in the classroom.

Students interested in an internship should:

• First meet with the appropriate program coordinator in your career field:

Listing of Internship Program Coordinators

Program Name and Program Coordinator's Email/Web Page

Program Name and Program Coordinator's E-mail/Web Page

Accounting Mike_Sankovich@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/sankovich  and Rick_Serafini@ivcc.edu  http://www.ivcc.edu/serafini Associate Degree Nursing/ Licensed Practical Nursing Certificate Pam_Mammano@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/mammano Automotive Dan_O'Connor@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/oconnor and Art_Koudelka@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/koudelka Business Administration/Marketing Bob_Reese@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/reese Certified Nursing Assistant Nora_Bazydlo@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/bazydlo Computer Aided Drafting Dorene_Perez@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/perez Criminal Justice/Forensics Rebecca_Donna@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/donna

Dental Assisting Pat McGuire http://www.ivcc.edu/mcguire Early Childhood Education Diane_Christianson@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/christianson Education EDC Jill_UrbanBollis@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/jurban Electronics. Oversees Manufacturing Jim_Gibson@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/gibson Graphic Design Technology Francie_Skoflanc@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/skoflanc Horticulture Lauri_Carey@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/carey Human Services Jean_BatsonTurner@ivcc.edu  http://www.ivcc.edu/jbturner Networking. Gina_Elias@ivcc.edu  http://www.ivcc.edu/elias/  Computer Science & Office Technology Doug_Stockley@ivcc.edu http://www.ivcc.edu/stockley

• Internship packages are available at the Career Services office. These packets contain the following forms:

Internship regulations;
Internship objectives;
Weekly Student Internship Report;
Final Student Internship Report;
The Employer and College Program Instructor Responsibilities;
Internship Agreement;
Internship Employment Hours Verification;
Internship Rating Sheet. 

• To search for current internship opportunities in northern Illinois simply go www.collegecentral.com/ivcc

• To access other web-based internship listing services click the following links:

CollegeGrad.com www.collegegrad.com 

Jobweb www.jobweb.com

Internweb www.internweb.com/stuques.asp

Wetfeet www.wetfeet.com

Internship Programs.com www.internshipprograms.com