Center for Service-Learning & Internships

Field Coordinator: Missy Harris
Phone: (828) 689-1297
Email:mharris@mhc.edu

While LifeWorks recognizes the wide range of experiences students are already engaged in, our staff also works with faculty to design particular experiences in the community for students, from short-term projects and weekly placements to internships and extended service-travel trips like the MHC Out West program. Students can search our online database of service-learning projects and internships to explore the wide range of activities currently available. (To list volunteer or internship opportunities on our database, download and complete the organization/agency opportunity form and return it to the LifeWorks office.")

To apply for an internship, you must first download the Internship Application Page, fill out the required information and get all necessary signatures. The Application Page must be turned into LifeWorks before the last day for registration and schedule adjustments. Next, after you are established at your internship placement, complete the Internship Learning Contract and bring a copy to LifeWorks by mid-semester. A student earns one semester hour of internship credit for every 37.5 contact hours (spread out over a semester, this averages out to 2.5 contact hours per week for every credit hour). A GE 261 internship may carry from 1 to 12 semester hours of credit during a regular semester; 12 is the maximum that may count toward graduation. A professional internship may carry up to 15 hours of credit; 18 is the maximum of professional internship credit which may count toward graduation. Twenty-one credit hours is the maximum internship credit of any kind that may be counted toward the bachelor's degree.