Internships in Professional Writing
ENGL 488 & 490: Internship Courses
We offer two internship courses.
ENGL 488 satisfies the internship requirement for the writing and publishing track in the Professional Writing major. It is usually taught in Spring semesters.
ENGL 490 is usually available during summer.
Past Internship Opportunities
Students have found internships locally at high technology and not-for-profit organizations, some affiliated with Purdue, while others have gone further afield to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville in a variety of businesses and industries. Great internships begin with your career goals and interests in mind, and students are encouraged to work closely with professional writing faculty to determine the best internships to support their career goals and interests.
Recent Internships
- Above the Fold Magazine / EZAdsPro
- Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County
- Find Eight Digital Marketing
- Food Finders Food Bank
- Go Greener Commission of Greater Lafayette
- Greater Lafayette Museum of Art
- Homestead CS
- IBM
- Imagination Station
- Indianapolis Monthly
- International Center
- IU Health
- Journal and Courier
- Lafayette Adult Resource Academy
- Lafayette Crisis Center
- Lafayette Urban Ministry
- League of Women Voters
- Legal Aid
- Mentzer Printing Ink
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Purdue Convocations
- Purdue Marketing and Communications
- Purdue University Press
- School Datebooks
- Subaru-Isuzu Automotive
- Tippecanoe County Historical Association
- Treefrog Marketing
- Trinity Mission
- Wiley Publishing
- YWCA of Greater Lafayette
Please contact Dr. Jennifer Bay (jbay@purdue.edu) for more information on internships in Professional Writing.