Consider Internships

So as your looking at what your going to do next year, or if your looking at your computer screen wondering what you can do, you should look at some internships. Internships are a great way to get experience, possibly get some money, and get exposed to a field you want to major in or pick in the future. For example there is an array of internships down at ASU. The one that I know best is Biodesign, this is an internship where they teach you how interact with various cells and as the name suggests, it relates to Biology. My sister, Mugdha Golwalkar, can answer some of your questions regarding this particular internship, but it requires attendance of at least twice a week excluding weekends. Many internships will require such hours, think of an internship like a job. If you only show up one day or two days at your job, your not going to get paid much and your not going to get that much experience as opposed to going everyday. There is an array of internships around us, all you have to do is look. I suggest looking on the SAGE blog for posts about internships as well asking any of us about them. Remember if you have any questions email us at mailto:dvsagedvsageclub.com@gmail.com. If you have any questions regarding the above internship email me at shardul.golwalkar@gmail.com.

--Shardul

The Thousand Parsec Project

The Thousand Parsec project, which I have been working on for my
internship this year, has just released version 0.3.1 of the Thousand
Parsec Client. For information, see the announcement here:
http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/news.php/2008-03-25-2020

To learn more about Thousand Parsec, you can read this FAQ:
http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/faq.php

There's also this "Getting Started" page:
http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/gettingstarted.php

Finally, there's the Thousand Parsec Wiki:
http://www.thousandparsec.net/wiki/Thousand_Parsec_Wiki

To download the new version of the Thousand Parsec Client, go to this
page:
http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/downloads.php

- Nathan Partlan

If You're Filling Out your Schedule for Next Year, HURRY AND READ THIS!!

Quickly!! Schedules are due practically yesterday!
1) Are you a sophomore or junior?
2) Do you want to explore aspects of a career that you don't know much about, or get a sneak preview of the work world?
3) Do you want an extra period of release?

If you answered "Yes!" to any of these questions, you need to put "Honors Professional Internship" on your schedule this instant!

What it is: The Honors Professional Internship (not to be confused with the Business Internship, in which you spend one period at school and the other two at work) is similar to the Business Internship, but offered only to Gifted students who want a more in-depth experience in the area of their interest (ie: engineering, biodesign, computer technology, medicine, etc). I chose to work for WSI, an online marketing company, but you can choose any company in any field you wish. The bonus is that it only takes up one period (instead of 3) and you spend the whole hour off campus as an intern. NOTE: If you take this class instead of the Business Internship (recommended) you will still need to take care of that business credit necessary to graduation; luckily you can easily take Economics or Entrepreneurship (or anything else in the business section of the DV handbook) to satisfy this requirement.

What you do: First and foremost, you need to go talk to Mr. White (that friendly guy down in the counseling office) and tell him you're interested. Then, the hardest part is to actually find the internship; don't worry, there's dozens to choose from and even though you may have to put up with a few rejections at first, it's no harder than being hired for a job. (Note: yes, i know that most internships aren't paid but it's worth it, believe me)

Any Questions? If so, you can contact me at my email thedukeofhousemagrace@gmail.com, Mr. White or any of the other students involved in the Internship program (they're on the gifted web page http://www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/dvh/GiftedProgram/page9.html). For more information on the Honors Professional Internship (as well as Advanced Studies) you can flip to page 33 in that nifty handbook (the code is IS15).

Good luck! And make sure you get those schedules in on time! :o
-Kadra