Elon College’s (NC) Campus Alamance initiative strives to connect students with internships in the Alamance County community, thus creating a jobs pipeline. An extra emphasis this summer – “Campus Alamance Contributes” – focuses on students becoming active, contributing members of the organizations with which they work.
“This has been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had, especially being able to reach my goal of helping people and being a source of joy,” student Jordan Smith, who is the Burlington Police Department’s first crisis counseling intern, told Elon News.
“I was a certified EMT for about four years, so I did get to see some of that side of emergency response, but not mental health and not on this scale,” said Smith. “Getting to talk with these people and help them come out of a crisis is really rewarding. It does have a sad side because you don’t want to see someone in that situation but, a lot of times, they just need somebody to talk to.”
Read more about this program here.
