Office of Internship and Career Placement

To recieve the latest news on jobs and internships, sign up to receive messages from the SJGC Canvas by sending your name and FAMU email address to ranata.hughes@famu.edu. Once your email address is added to Canvas, you will receive an email invitation from “Instructure Canvas” (labeled Course Invitation). Open the email, click the button labeled “Get Started/Accept Invite” and sign into Canvas. 

Ms. Ranata HughesInternship CoordinatorEmail: ranata.hughes@famu.eduOffice Phone: 850.412.5395

SJGC Internship Qualifications & Requirements  

Requirements for a Credited Internship - MMC 4945 (1 Credit Hour) 

  • The student must have at least a 2.5 overall GPA and have junior status 
  • The student must register for the SJGC internship course
  • The student must read the syllabus, select a legitimate internship that relates to their major and prepare a cover letter and resume
  • The student must get their cover letter and resume checked by Ms. Hughes or another  SJGC professor, prior to sending it out to employers
  • The student can only intern with a legitimate company or organization that has the following qualifications: 
  1. Company/organization must be registered, licensed and or certified
  2. Company/organization must have been in existence for at least three years
  3. Company/organization must have an onsite supervisor who specializes in the student’s area of study to work with the student
  4. Company/organization’s internship offering must relate to the student’s major
  5. Company/organization must comply with all SJGC/university rules, fill out and sign the mandatory internship agreement form at the beginning of the semester and fill out the evaluation form at the end of the semester
  • Once the student gets hired as an intern, they are to fill out all internship forms, identifying who their internship field supervisor is and what company/organization they are interning with 
  • The student can work a minimum of 15 hours a week and a maximum of 20 hours a week 
  • All forms must be returned or emailed to Ms. Ranata Hughes (Office 4038, fourth floor of SJGC, ranata.hughes@famu.edu)  
  • The student must comply with all SJGC/university and corporate company rules, and must successfully complete their internship in order to earn credit