{"id":42303,"date":"2021-04-26T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=42303"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T20:21:30","slug":"bemidji-states-communication-scholars-society-connects-students-to-internships-and-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/bemidji-states-communication-scholars-society-connects-students-to-internships-and-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji State\u2019s Communication Scholars Society Connects Students to Internships and Employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9 clearfix my-4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Communication Scholars Society\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/538827112?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In a time when connections have been hard to forge, Bemidji State University&rsquo;s Communication Scholars Society is finding new ways to build relationships between students and employers across the state.<\/p>\n<p>At its conception, club founder Dr. John Perlich, associate professor of communication studies, wanted to create a student organization that would enrich Bemidji State&rsquo;s new communications studies program. He wanted to not only provide students with social opportunities amidst COVID-19 but also connect them with potential internships or jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Communication is applicable to any career field or field of study,&rdquo; Perlich said. &ldquo;It is a vital tool that will really be useful in anyone&rsquo;s career path.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The scholar&rsquo;s society welcomes students from all academic departments and explores the many ways to communicate socially and professionally. During monthly meetings, students are given a space to overcome communication anxiety, propose ideas to increase student engagement and discuss career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying to find internships wherever I can and connect them with students,&rdquo; Perlich said.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, Perlich and the communication scholars attracted the attention of Minnesota&rsquo;s major league baseball team, the Twins. Atessa Majd, a human resources specialist and corporate recruiter for the Minnesota Twins, reached out Perlich looking for society scholars who may be interested in interning for the team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She approached me and said &lsquo;I hear you have this communication group. Those are the kinds of students we want working for the Twins in internship positions,&rsquo;&rdquo; Perlich said.<\/p>\n<p>Communication scholars Philip Cronkey, a senior environmental studies student from Nowthen, Minnesota, and Lisa McCollum, a social work senior from Solway, Minnesota, agree that learning communication skills is vital for all careers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s beneficial for everyone,&rdquo; McCollum said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re going to communicate one way or the other on a daily basis and I think everyone should at least take some communication classes if not join the communication club or minor in communication studies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As an environmental studies major Cronkey knows that his field requires creating connections and joined the communication scholars to bolster his ability to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve gotten more comfortable speaking publicly and this club has given me opportunities to expand on these skills,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, Perlich plans to invite guest scholars to speak to the group and continue his efforts to identify potential internships and jobs for students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can connect people with professions, we can excite students about the importance of communication in all of their careers, and then more than anything we can give students a social opportunity,&rdquo; Perlich said.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. John Perlich, associate professor of communication studies, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">john.perlich@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2021-B-162<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a time when connections have been hard to forge, Bemidji State University\u2019s Communication Scholars Society is finding new ways to build relationships between students and employers across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,872,950],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-homepage","category-landing-page"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42303"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42309,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303\/revisions\/42309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}