Gulf Coast University Student Internship Report

There are several recommendations that I would like for Florida Gulf Coast University Athletic Department to improve their internship program. First of all, I would have liked to have some more training when it comes down to hospitality duties and other responsibilities in keeping the members of the boosters club happy. Also, I would suggest that the agency offers more challenging tasks to allow interns to think more critically to be prepared for real world problem solving situations within the workforce. Lastly, I would advocate that FGCU should allow interns to try different job positions within the athletic department, so students can have a better understanding of what they really want to do as a potential future career.

Yes, I would definitely recommend this agency to future students, because working for Florida Gulf Coast University Athletic Department has allowed me to expand my horizons in figuring out what kind of available job positions within the sports industry that I would be interested in as a future career. Therefore, working in the fundraising and event development coordinator department for FGCU has given me the ability to gain vigorous networking skills with clients and other members of the FGCU boosters club called, The Eagles Club. Having this type of connection is a great opportunity for any new …show more content…
One of them was attending conference meetings on a daily basis, because it was such a difficult challenge for me to set up an appointment time with my CLT (Cued Language Transliterator) due to limited availability. So there were some days that I had to miss meetings due to not having a Cued Language Transliterator on standby. Also, I did not like having to work the hospitality suite during basketball games to cater to the members of the Eagles Club, because there were some instances where I had to deal with angry clients for not fulfilling their needs and