HPW Student Internship Experience – Alec Priewe Spring 17′ Working with NAOMI as a Community Organizer Intern was a unique and insightful experience. NAOMI is an interfaith organization that builds power for change through congregational organizing. That being said I got to work with many different groups in conjunction with our Poverty, Treatment Instead of […]
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I grew up wearing a faded blue Breakers Bar sweatshirt. I didn’t know where it came from or why the pale color made it look like it had been washed hundreds of times. I certainly never would have guessed that the story behind it would eventually intertwine with my Summercise internship in Nome. When I […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Brittany Penn Spring 17′ Interning at Wausau Academy of Dance was a wonderful experience for coordinating and implementing a wellness program for a site that has never had a wellness program. I was a part of the process from the beginning of creating what the program would look like for […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Rogue Larson Spring 17′ Quite the experience interning at SCSU. If you have never heard the saying, “hit the ground running,” you would here. I was immediately involved in professional staff meetings, worker staff meetings and meetings with other people around campus to assist in organizing and running big campus […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Drew King Spring 17′ Interning with HealthSource Solutions was an incredibly beneficial opportunity to both expand upon and utilize previously acquired knowledge from coursework at UWSP. I chose the worksite wellness direction for my internship and was able to essentially act as part of the team alongside wellness coordinators, wellness […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Marie Krengel Spring 17′ My internship at cardiopulmonary rehab gave me a multitude of opportunities and new experiences. On a daily basis, I got to implement and supervise physical exercise programs for heart disease and pulmonary patients. I did this by taking blood pressure measurements at rest and during exercise, […]
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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Colleen Behrens 16′ Interning at Portage County of Wisconsin was a very interesting experience. Walking into an internship expecting some direction, and receiving none is very intimidating. However, being lucky enough to work with a co-intern made this intimidating experience not so intimidating. To begin, Kaitlyn and I printed out […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Celina Romenesko 15′ Interning at the Sheboygan Area School District (SASD) was a great experience. I met with many people while interning to see what their jobs and their duties were like so I could put a better fit behind my own degree. I made many bathroom readings that my […]
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Overall Goal of Internship While interning at the Puyallup Wellness Center I had an incredible opportunity to learn and gain more knowledge within many different dimensions of wellness. Most of my time at the Wellness Center consisted of sitting in with the Naturopathic Doctors on the patient appointments. During this time I learned a vast […]
More...HPW Student Internship Experience – Kenadi Batchelor Spring 17′ While interning at the University of Iowa, I gained a wealth of experience in what it takes to be a strength and conditioning coach at the collegiate level. This internship gave me the opportunity to not only learn more about a BIG 10 Strength and Conditioning […]
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