Franklin & Marshall College

Community Based Learning Internship for Credit Seminar 

F&MConsults is a one semester, one credit community based learning internship for credit seminar, for which you will earn a grade.

F&MConsults includes an internship component whose goal is to provide a local community client with timely and high-quality research and analysis on areas of uncertainty.  Student participants will work directly with an internal “champion” from the client organization and will work together in order to establish a team environment that will strengthen the connection between the experiential and academic components of the internship.

Class meetings involve discussion of key strategy concepts, both from readings and from client input, data gathering and analysis approaches, and a team project. Students will work in teams to research and make recommendations.  Student projects will involve presentations, an extensive written document, smaller writing assignments, and discussion. Evaluation will include input from clients, teammates, and instructor.

Applications due dates for the next term are yet to be determined.

Applicant Key Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking skills
• Excellent judgment about data sources
• Excellent research skills, specifically qualitative analysis and problem-solving
• The ability to work in teams and independently within parameters
• Excellent writing skills 

Student Participation Requirements

•  Meet the research and analysis requirements set by each F&MConsults topical “champion”
• Provide regular updates to the F&MConsults topical champion
• Generate a robust bibliography of sources used in research and analysis
• Identify and share relevant research content with other interns
• Create an executive summary of research and PowerPoint presentation in partnership with other interns to be presented to client
• Enter into a confidentiality agreement with client, if necessary
• Meet with professor and other interns regularly to report on progress and receive feedback
• Make a unique contribution to academic knowledge based on their research experience

Read About F&MConsults Client, Lancaster General Health

“To have an internship where we took part in the strategic planning of a nearby hospital was very gratifying.  I felt a deep sense of being involved in the community.”  – Nadia Daneshvar ‘11