Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Minimum Poster Expectations!



College of Communication and Media Science
Poster and Classroom Presentation Criteria
ALL internship students will be expected to do a 5 to 10 minute comprehensive presentation of their internship experience to a CCMS class taught by their faculty internship supervisor.
ALL internship students will need to produce a standard A1 sized professional quality poster , BUT DONE BY THE STUDENT, to present the internship to the ZU community, these will be posted in the Atrium and explained by the student.
Students will be available during a designated common break in the atrium to explain their poster and answer questions.
BELOW are the expectations of both the presentation and poster.
General Introduction:
*All basic information included:
-Name, internship site, general introduction of the organization,
including its mission, customers, number of employees, etc.
-Department(s) where students worked
-Supervisor(s)

Work Assignments:
*Outline specific tasks assigned and completed
*Explain learning outcomes realized from these assignments

Evaluation of Work Assignment:
*Discuss what was learned from the internship
*Include an overall evaluation of the organization
*Make recommendations to the organization
for improving the internship experience

ZUs Role in Your Internship
*Include what should have been learned at ZU before going
to the internship
*Make recommendations for improving the internship program

What will be evaluated
*Delivery was well-paced and points were clear
*Good use was made of the available technology
*Use of English was clear and correct; grammar errors
were avoided; pronunciation and articulation made
*presentation easy to understand
*Presentation was well-organized and complete
*Physical behaviors (gestures, etc.) contributed to the
overall presentation
*High quality poster, professional standard, representative of a student graduating from CCMS

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

List of Students with complete internship files.

If your name is not on this list your CV and Choices have not been sent to career services.


Alyaa Ambar Faraj Eid Al Rumaithi,
Amal Yousuf Mohammed Abdulla Al Mulla,
Amna Hassan Khamis Hassan Obaid Al Jallaf,
Asma Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Al Marzouqi,
Asmaa Khamis Saeed Khamis Saeed Al Hammadi,
Fatima Mohamed Said AL Assar,
Hanadi Abdalla Ibrahim Hussain,
Hanan Mohamed Hasan Ali Yousif Al Hammadi,
Mariam Ali Juma Ali Mohammed,
Maryam Abdulla Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Madani,
Maryam Obaid Saif Ahmad Altayer,
Meera Essa Abdulla Alkous,
Moaza Salem Khalfan Saeed Salem Al Hakim,
Shaikha Awadh Saeed Juma Al Kaabi,
Shamma Salem Muraded Al Afari,

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Complete Files

Listed below are the students that have complete files and their file has been sent to Career Services.

If your name is not on this list SEE ME ASAP!

Alyaa Ambar Faraj Eid Al Rumaithi,
Amal Yousuf Mohammed Abdulla Al Mulla,
Amna Hassan Khamis Hassan Obaid Al Jallaf,
Asma Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Al Marzouqi, 
Asmaa Mohammed Ali Mohammed Turki,
Fatima Mohamed Said AL Assar,
Hanadi Abdalla Ibrahim Hussain, 
Maryam Abdulla Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Madani,
Maryam Obaid Saif Ahmad Altayer, 
Meera Essa Abdulla Alkous,
Moaza Salem Khalfan Saeed Salem Al Hakim, 
Shaikha Awadh Saeed Juma Al Kaabi,
Shamma Salem Muraded Al Afari, 

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Welcome!

Dear Interns,

Girls I hope you have had a restful summer and are ready both mentally and physically for your internship experience.  All internships will be taking place during POTb of the Fall Semester.  During POTa we will be meeting EVERY Tuesday at 12pm as a group to go through the new and improved internship preparation workshop modules.

It is mandatory that you attend EVERY Tuesday workshop, attendance will be taken.

I will be asking you for a CV (electronic copy) and a parental permission form with your site choices (attached) ASAP so we can start the process of getting you placed.

The documents you need to submit are:

· Copy of your passport (plus the last page)
· Copy of your family book
· Copy of your Emirates ID
· Passport picture
· Internship Parental consent form (attached)
Please send these copies to me ELECTRONICALLY! I do not need nor want hardcopies!

The parental agreement form to complete is attached to this email message.

You can see a list of sites students have been to in the past by going to the resource blog for internships,http://ccmsinternshipdxb.blogspot.ae/.

You will also nee to submit an electronic version of your CV, goto this site for writing and format samples.


The meetings will take place every Tuesday, 12-1pm in the R-L1-071.

In these meetings, you will receive

· Briefing on the exact internship procedures 
· Information on  CCMS requirements you need to fulfill in order to pass
· job interview training 
· First hand experience reports from past interns
· Insight into the employers expectations of an internand many other important information.

One very important item on the "to do"-list for Term A is the completion of your e-portfolios. We will take time during the meetings to explain what exactly you have to upload on your e-portfolios. The portfolios will be reviewed at the end of your student career and are part of the graduation procedures. 


Am looking forward to seeing you all at our first meeting Tuesday and wish you a great start into the semester. 

Dr. James