Students should consider participating in VCU Student chapter of AMA and attend the events of Richmond chapter of AMA. We encourage student involvement in marketing related activities and educate them about opportunities in the field.

Contact:

Dr. Frank Franzak
fjfranza@vcu.edu

Students are encouraged to take advantage of marketing internships with an organization. The experiences will contribute to developing knowledge skills and abilities in a real-world environment.

Summer 2007 (note: many summer internships are out of town)

Kate Aliberti – A.R. Bevans, specialty fashion retailer (Richmond, VA)

Jared Cobbs – Enterprise Rent a Car (Richmond, VA)

Krystal Jones – Barden Realescape/PB’s Landscaping/White’s Nursery & Produce (NC)

Dennissa Karnjanaprakorn – Arnold Advertising (Boston, MA)

Krystal McLaurin – Transition Work Corporation (Philadelphia, PA)

Heather Ogle – Max Media (Virginia Beach, VA)

Shana Osborne – Dr. E.M. Howlette & Associates, optometrist (Fredericksburg, VA)

Doaa Ouzri – Macy’s East (Pentagon, VA)

Jason Thompson – Lockheed Martin (Arlington, VA)

Lynn Weaver – U.S. Army Recruiting (Richmond, VA)

Spring 2007

Diana Boxey – Richmond Kickers

Megan Brackett – Richmond.com

Sarah Haman – Betsey Johnson

Claire Langlois – Arthritis Foundation, Virginia Chapter

Daniel Mancini – Hohner, Inc.

Jennifer McLane – Owens & Minor

Valerie Morris – HP Hood

Kristina Palangi – Merrill Lynch

Heather Rider – CBS 6

Wendie Whittemore – Arthritis Foundation, Virginia Chapter

Fall 2006

Jennifer Andrews – Apex Systems

Velisia Escobar – New Founders Press

Monica Greene – Sears Auto Center

May Sae-chan – Asian American Business Assistance Center

Erin Sarkees – Capital One

Jonathan Sasser – Merrill Lynch

Sara Sritevarit – Virginia Commonwealth University

Jaclyn Tranlam – Caché

Summer 2006

Erin Fitzpatrick – Impact Media

Crystal Gambardella – McKesson Medical

Ashley Imbt – DuPont

Malgorzata Pietrusinska – McKesson Medical

Kwesi Safo – Safco Limited (in Ghana)

Cherry Lou Sancho – U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Washington, DC)

Course requirements:

• You must be a senior Marketing Major

• GPA of 2.5 or higher

• Preferably, the Internship is taken in the student’s last semester

• Satisfactory completion of approximately 300 hours of employment in an approved marketing position

• Maintain a journal summarizing your activities and describing the marketing activities of the company you are working for

• Weekly updates must be submitted via email

• Submit a Term Project report summarizing your employment experience and relating your previous marketing courses to your activities. A 10-12 minute PowerPoint presentation of this report is required.

For more information on Internships contact Dr. Frank Franzak at
fjfranza@vcu.edu.