At the Natural Heritage Center we have used large numbers of students who receive credit for their work experience with us. Generally these credits are allocated as "Independent Problems" or "Internship" credits depending on the Dept. they come from. We have involved students from
the Dept. of Biological Sciences, Fine Arts, Graphic Arts & Print Media, Geosciences, and Computer Sciences.
We generally contact the professor whose work is in the subject area we are interested in and this professor helps us to identify students with the appropriate skills and interests. If you do not know the professors then you will want to contact the Dept. Chair who knows their
expertise and interests. The key is to build working relationships with those faculty who are near to your interests. These faculty can then become a pipeline for students coming to your museum and they will need to oversee the student projects/work in some way.
I hope this helps!
Stefan
Dr. Stefan Sommer, Director
Natural Heritage Center
Idaho State University
Campus Box 8044
Pocatello, Idaho 83209
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Jessica Trickett wrote:
> Hello All-
>
> Here at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society in Youngstown, Ohio, we are
> thinking about ways to collaborate with the local university in order to
> have students active in our museum. Do any of you participate in any
> programs where students work a semester in your museum for class credit? If
> so, from what departments do they come (History, Education, Fine and
> Performing Arts)? In what areas of the museum do they work? Who is/are the
> contact person/people at the university (Professor, Department Chair, Dean)?
> What kinds of pros/cons have you experienced? Any input would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jessica D. Trickett
> Curator of Collections
> Mahoning Valley Historical Society
> 648 Wick Avenue
> Youngstown, Ohio 44502
> 330/743-2589
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