11th Grade Student Hannah Greiner Participates In Internship at Virginia Gay Hospitals
Benton
Community partners with Kirkwood in order to provide job shadow and internship
opportunities in our local area.
Students can spend a day in a job shadow gaining insight into a wide
variety of professions in order to see if the career may be a possible “fit”
for the student. We have had students
participate in a wide variety of career visit days as well as customized job
shadows, and students have benefited from being able to see a “day in the life”
of local professionals. We have also had
students start with a job shadow and like it so much that the student ended up
working for the organization that he or she job shadowed for.
Junior
Hannah Greiner recently participated in an internship experience with Virginia
Gay Hospitals. Greiner states “I was
fortunate enough to do an internship through WLC at Virginia Gay Hospital in
Vinton. The internship was a multi-department rotation which pretty much means
I got to go everywhere in the hospital shadowing different departments and
specialties. I was even able to observe different types of surgery! This
internship was so helpful and I learned a lot about myself and my interests
which is exactly what I was hoping for. The staff at Virginia Gay was truly
amazing and I will always be grateful to them for being so welcoming and kind.
My internship host at the hospital was very good about trying to get
me everywhere I wanted to go. I love that I was able to get a head start on
making connections and getting more experience being in a healthcare
setting working with patients. This was a great start for me and I can't wait
to do more job shadows/ internships in the future! I highly recommend trying
out a job shadow or internship through WLC, it will be very beneficial!”
Further information about the program can be found here: https://www.kirkwood.edu/workplace-learning-connection/job-shadows/index and a short youtube promotional video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECJwtr1e2j4. Please direct further questions related to the internship or job shadow experience to Aaron Cretin at the Middle School/High School.