By Aaron Bentley
As summer creeps closer, dreams of fun in the sun, long vacations and a break from school, float through the minds of students.
One thing that might be slipping their memories while fantasizing of fun is the need for a summer internship.
For those students looking for an internship, BYU has plenty of opportunities waiting. The Web site www.byu.edu/academicintern is the place to start searching.
Some students are on the ball and already have plans for their internships.
Ryan Zirker, 24, from Dubuque, Iowa, in the Master of Accountancy program is planning to spend this summer in Washington DC. Zirker will be working as an intern for an accounting firm there.
'I am doing an internship so I can determine if I want to do public accounting,' he said.
Meredith Majakey, 21, a junior from Prestonsburg, Kentucky, majoring in communications, also plans on interning before graduation.
'I plan on doing an internship this summer and next summer,' Majakey said.
She said she would like to do internships at KMBC in Kansas City and KSL in Salt Lake City.
An internship would help me put my foot in the door, make connections and see how the process really works, Majakey said.
One student has chosen to do their internship abroad.
Michelle Brown, 22, from Kanab, Utah, majoring in geography travel and tourism, hopes that foreign experience will help her in her future occupation.
Brown has traveled extensively, including trips to Japan and Russia, where she taught English to young children, she said.
For those interested in going to a foreign country to intern, several companies provide assistance in obtaining one.
EMDS Consulting, a company in Boston, Massachusetts, recruits students for foreign jobs. They act as a middleman between employees and foreign employers.
Other ways to gain foreign experience include study abroad, exchange student programs and teaching English as a second language.