Student Intern Responsibilities
1. Secure an appropriate training site to meet your career objectives. Meet with your academic
advisor and complete advisor’s approval form of the training site.
2. Register for the AGBU 3993 or AGBU 4983 Internship in Agriculture Business I & II (3
credit hours) and pay fees. If on Financial Aid, check with Financial Aid office to complete any
necessary paperwork prior fee payment deadline (--------------------).
3. Attend a scheduled intern orientation training session prior to the first day of semester in
which internship begins.
It is the intern’s responsibility to benefit as much from the training program as possible. Read
and understand all information in the training packet. Complete all assignments as specified by
the deadline sheet, provide the employer with all the necessary information, and learn as much
as possible.
4. Complete the Internship Training Agreement as required by ATU’s Department of Agriculture.
The student, the supervisor (employer) and the student’s internship coordinator must sign the
agreement. The document is placed in the internship coordinator’s file by the first day of class
of the semester of the internship.
5. You and your immediate supervisor may be visited by the internship coordinator or
representative of the college during your training. In some cases, phone calls will be made to
the immediate supervisor. Appropriate directions are required to the job site as would the
employer give to a customer or potential client. This will provide precise detailed instructions for
the coordinator on how to get to the intern’s work site in which he/she reports to everyday. In
some cases, employment requires students to travel. The coordinator will call the week before
to identify the site location but the intern must still submit travel directions to the main place of
employment. Internet sources for directions will not be acceptable.
6. Interns are to perform daily tasks as required by the employer. A daily report of activities should
be completed and then summarized on the weekly report. Both the daily reports and weekly
report summary are to be submitted to the internship coordinator each week either via email to
agri@atu.edu or faxed to the coordinator’s office – 479-964-0139.
It is the intern’s responsibility to:
effectively perform all duties and responsibilities in a professional manner.
avoid discussing or criticizing the employer, supervisor or company.
report to work on time, be neat in appearance and be courteous at all times.
request in-advance permission from the employer and ATU coordinator for time-off.
represent yourself, ATU, Agriculture Department and the employer well.
taking time-off during the internship training period requires advance permission from the
employer and internship coordinator.
Note: The intern is considered a student and full-time employee therefore must abide by ATU
Student’s Code of Conduct and all policies established by the company/organization.
7. Prepare scheduled internship reports addressing assigned subject areas such as history of
company, purpose of training, summary of activities, significance of course work (access to your
transcripts and catalog will be needed), summary of special assignment and or tasks and overall
response to training.