Nebraska news: internship season just around the corner

The University of Nebraska news service reports in Internship season just around the corner that a Cornhusker will be interning in the re-election campaign of Tim Walz:

If you stay at Omaha’s Hilton Garden Inn, visit the Botanic Garden in Chicago or encounter Rep. Tim Walz’s campaign for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives this summer, you may bump into students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Summer is internship season for many college students, and they know internships are crucial. . . .

. . .Jack Ehrke, a UNL freshman on the pre-law track, echoed Sicner’s sentiment on the relevance of internships.

“It’s certainly important to gain that experience and make those connections that can help you later on in your career,” Ehrke said.

Both Sicner and Ehrke will be diving into their chosen fields this summer as paid interns. Sicner will be doing “front desk operations” at the Hilton Garden Inn in Omaha . . .

. . .Ehrke, a Mankato, Minn., native, will be working with guests of a different kind—namely those who are constituents of Rep. Tim Walz, Ehrke's district representative in Minnesota.

Though he is looking forward to his summer experience, Ehrke said he is nervous about dealing with constituents who might disagree with Walz’s views on certain issues.

“That’s just the nature of politics, and that’s something I’ll need to deal with,” Ehrke said. “I’m excited to get to have all these experiences this summer.”

To hear Ehrke talk about the variety of political science internship opportunities, click here.

Ehrke, who said he will soon declare a political science major, said internships are not required for his major like they are for Sicner’s, but he said “it’s certainly important to gain that experience and make those connections that can help you later on in your career.”  . . .

Another Mankato area college student coming home to work for Walz.