Course Description:

An internship is a high impact learning experience where knowledge and theory from students’ program of study are integrated with shadowing, volunteering, or paid employment with a private company, not-for-profit organization or government agency toward the intentional development of transferable knowledge, skills and abilities and practical application of professional competencies. The semester prior to the internship, Academic and Career Advising Center staff assist students with preparing their application materials and searching and applying for English Studies related internships within the local community, stateside or abroad, as well as in defining learning objectives, educational and career goals, and professional deliverables to be met throughout the course of training and practice. During the semester of the internship course, under the mentorship of a dedicated professional who has the education and/or background and expertise of the students’ discipline of study, students immerse in a remote, hybrid or in-person professional setting. Through guidance, support and regular feedback from the mentor and the internship course instructor, students strive to satisfactorily learn and practice their internship position and achieve their learning objectives. Students follow a course curriculum including: 40 contact hours at the host site per credit hour registered; participation in classes, meetings or workshops as scheduled by the course instructor; timely completion of homework assignments in support of student learning outcomes, professional readiness and career exploration; and end of semester evaluations. Internships culminate in a letter grade determined by the above criteria. Written pre-approval of the internship by the course instructor and School Director is required.
3.000 TO 9.000 Credit hours.

Notes Taken:

Plan Strategically 

• Who? (Target Audience)
• What? (Goal of the video, brand awareness, personal connection)
• Where? (Where is it posted, Tik Tok, reels, etc)

Platform Specifics

• Using trending sounds for tik tok, but ensure content aligns with brands goals and priorities storytelling to promote a story.
• Instagram reels focus on visually appealing content

Colleges use social media to market these:

• Provide information about the programs they offer
• Announce university events
• Share news and articles
• Promote their campus culture

Popular tik tok sounds/ trends

• Song “She Looks So Perfect”
• Trend: We’re (blank students) of course we do (blank)

Storm Chat Ideas

• Favorite winter activities?
• What are you looking forward to most this semester? How is beginning of semester going

Upcoming events

• Black History Month pop culture stance february 5th 12:30-2
• Presidents forum Feb 13th 6pm
• University awards April 12-5 5-8

Analytics report

• Go into accounts and look at analytics 
•  Monthly analytics

Storm Chat List:

1. What are you looking forward to most this semester? How is the beginning of the semester going?
2. Who do you want to win and why? What is your favorite super bowl snack
3. Favorite winter activity?
4. Spring Break Plans?

In process edit of first storm chat:

Analytics findings:

-More Followers gained at end of the month then begging

-Jan 29 and Feb 2 most followers lost

-Age range viewing most 45-54 and least is 55+

-70.8% viewers are males and 29.2% are females

-Only 13 new followers in the past week

First Bi-Weekly Post:

Overall this has been an exciting jump into things with this internship. To start we were tasked to start generating a list of storm chats. This is when we go around asking students questions. We have also been tasked with creating an analytics report of the overall progress of the university’s social media platforms.

Analytics Report:

Tik tok:

Gained 30 new followers but lost 34 followers

Most successful post in terms of views was the college of business meeting the college of medicine in terms of likes for most successful post in the Hockey School= Learning to Ice Skate post. This post received 230 likes where the college of business and medicine one had 140. I think the reason for this is because UNE has always been known for its college of medicine and introducing a new program with what the school is known for catches peoples attention. For the hockey one as of lately UNE has become a big hockey school and a video learning how to skate people love and it had a trending sound behind it. Overall they both had trending sounds and did well as a post.

Least successful post was the “Hooked on UNE” with 93 likes. I think this was the least successful post because of how early it was posted in the day but also that it did not have a trending song or trending hashtags to reach peoples pages.

Second Bi-Weekly post:

With the weather we have gotten this has been majority remote. We have been tasked to create multiple storm chats as well as trend videos. These videos are all posted on the university’s social media platforms.

Third Bi-Weekly Post:

These past few weeks have been more planning and researching current trends. I have been tasked to create a new series on tik tok as well as create a trend for alumni that would be nostalgic. The new series is dorm tours and this would partner with the admissions office as well as housing. I have also been tasked to do copy writes for social media platforms such as linkedin and facebook.

https://www.une.edu/news/2025/new-research-une-offers-hope-pain-management-without-opioid-side-effects

Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., professor of psychology in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the lead researcher on a paper showing how the activation of the dopamine D1 receptor can enhance opioid-induced pain relief. The research paper examines the utility of exploiting neurotransmitter receptor interactions with the goal of enhancing or maintaining pain relief and reducing opioid-induced side effects. 

https://www.une.edu/news/2025/unes-norm-oreilly-begins-2025-flurry-scholarly-activity

Norm O’Reilly, Ph.D., dean of the University of New England College of Business, begins 2025 with the publication of two academic papers, a forthcoming book release, and a research presentation to an influential audience of sports industry professionals. O’Reilly came to UNE in July with two decades of leadership experience in higher education.

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