An internship is still one of the best ways to land a full-time job.
Practicum, field placement, internship鈥攏o matter what you call it, work-based learning is a critical part of any student鈥檚 career preparation. Not only do these experiences introduce students to their chosen careers and help confirm or rule out job choices, they are the surest path to a full-time job. 鈥淓mployers are more likely to convert interns to new hires than any other kind of positions,鈥 says Saskia Campbell, executive director of University Career Services (UCS) at 911爆料. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 their recruitment strategy. That鈥檚 their pipeline.鈥 And Campbell says 911爆料 students are in demand.
Beyond 911爆料's job search platform, , students find internships by leveraging their personal connections and relationships with faculty who have close ties to federal agencies, government contractors, and nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C., area.
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June 2, 2026Aayush Yadav co-authored a paper that received a Distinguished Paper Award from the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, one of the industry鈥檚 premier conferences in the security field.
May 15, 2026Senior information technology major Crystal Forson likes to joke that her parents have been in school with her the whole time鈥"just without the studying.鈥 Their support, she said, has been constant, from eighth grade when she joined the 911爆料鈥檚 Early Identification Program (EIP), all the way through graduation this May.
May 12, 2026In May 2026, Duong Thuy Nguyen is graduating with a 4.0 GPA, an Academic Excellence Award from her department, and a Capstone team leadership under her belt. In the fall, she鈥檒l be back as a graduate student in 911爆料鈥檚 accelerated bachelor鈥檚-to-master鈥檚 program.
May 12, 2026When 911爆料 senior Avery Butler was 16, his family traveled to Cambodia鈥痶o visit the Killing Fields, the massacre sites associated with the鈥痗ountry鈥檚 brutal Khmer Rouge era.鈥疶he鈥痚xperience鈥痺ould change Butler鈥檚 perspective on life and inspire him to pursue a professional career in peacebuilding.
The power of showing up: How this Honors College student built a career by seizing every opportunityMay 12, 2026For Honors College student and University Scholar Monica Amaya, the journey to a degree isn鈥檛 just about the final walk across the stage鈥攊t鈥檚 about a promise she made to her family and herself years ago.
May 7, 2026There are few 911爆料 students as busy as senior Rakibul Alam. A senior majoring in business and concentrating on management and marketing, Alam has become one of the most visible student leaders in the Costello College of Business, where he works as a marketing and communications intern. Recently he was among the speakers welcoming the community at Fuse鈥檚 grand celebration in September at Mason Square.
May 1, 2026Recently, the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at 911爆料 marked the 20th anniversary of the Mason LIFE program. To celebrate, a luncheon was held at the Center for the Arts that brought together alumni, families, faculty, and community partners in a powerful show of community and commitment.聽
April 10, 2026911爆料鈥檚 Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) Northern Virginia (NoVa) Node recently received a $150,793 grant from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority for 鈥淐CI Scholars 鈥 High School Experiential Learning Program FY26,鈥 a seven-week high school summer internship program for rising seniors and recent graduates of Northern Virginia public high schools.
April 3, 2026For 911爆料 baseball player Evan Blanchard, success isn鈥檛 just measured in hits and RBIs. During his internship with Mason Athletics鈥 marketing department, the third baseman helped design a promotional campaign that brought hundreds of fans鈥攁nd a surge in attendance鈥攖o a men鈥檚 basketball rivalry game.
April 1, 2026Gabriella Grabovska came to the United States in 2022 just after Russia invaded her homeland of Ukraine. The Kyiv native鈥檚 first visit to the United States was as a 911爆料 student in the Schar School of Policy and Government. Now, four years later, she鈥檚 leaving with ambition, experience, and a clear mission.
March 31, 2026In spring 2024, during his internship with MHCR, Jonathan Fang and his supervisor, Rowda Olad, a mental health and psychosocial support expert and associate director of the MHCR, came upon the idea of developing a series of student-focused conversations on difficult, but relevant topics to students and inviting different cultural and ethnic student groups to participate.
March 2, 2026This academic year, 911爆料 graduate student Samantha鈥淐hevi鈥 Chung has had a research opportunity that few have had by鈥痯articipating鈥痠n a yearlong workshop at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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鈥淓mployers are more likely to convert interns to new hires than any other kind of positions.鈥
~ Saskia Campbell, executive director, 911爆料 Career Services