{"id":5176,"date":"2009-10-20T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T17:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=5176"},"modified":"2017-11-20T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:15:14","slug":"unique-on-campus-microsoft-internship-builds-on-social-media-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/10\/unique-on-campus-microsoft-internship-builds-on-social-media-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique on-campus Microsoft internship builds on social media contacts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texting. E-mail. Twitter and Facebook. These communications and social media tools have fast become an integral part of every student\u2019s academic and campus community activities.<\/p>\n<p>Now <strong>Stefany Marcelino<\/strong>, a management information systems (MIS) major in the College of Business Administration, is using these same tools as part of a new ten-week internship program brought to Florida International University (FIU) by Microsoft Corporation and Campus Entertainment, the marketing partner of the National Association for Campus Activities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5176-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/biznews\/2009\/10\/stefany_marcelino.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/biznews\/2009\/10\/stefany_marcelino.mp4\">http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/biznews\/2009\/10\/stefany_marcelino.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Stefany Marcelino, Student, MIS Program\u201cI\u2019m working as a campus representative for Microsoft, helping them introduce the all-new Windows 7 operating system to students,\u201d Marcelino said. \u201cMy responsibility is to use social networking to organize opportunities for my peers to view Windows 7 capabilities on the laptop Microsoft provided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Social media innovation for Center for Leadership helps win internship.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The selection process for this internship was rigorous. Campus Entertainment sought a campus leader who connected with peers electronically and through involvement in clubs and organizations. The selected student also needed to be tech-savvy&#8212;having proven experience with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Marcelino, who works as a student assistant in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Center for Leadership<\/span>, fit the bill on all counts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything related to technology is Marcelino\u2019s forte,\u201d said <strong>Garth D. Headley<\/strong>, the center\u2019s director of programs. \u201cShe is our social media guru. She has created a buzz for the Center for Leadership on the Internet by establishing our presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other electronic communities. It\u2019s no surprise she was selected for this internship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Opportunity connects with career goals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m planning a career in MIS where I\u2019ll be going into companies recommending products to help meet business goals,\u201d Marcelino said. \u201cI\u2019m doing the same thing here&#8212;showing students how Windows 7 can help them through the college experience. Not to mention that I\u2019m excited to work with a leading technology company like Microsoft and play a role in supporting the launch of Windows 7.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texting. E-mail. Twitter and Facebook. These communications and social media tools have fast become an integral part of every student\u2019s academic and campus community activities. Now Stefany Marcelino, a management information systems (MIS) major in the College of Business Administration, is using these same tools as part of a new ten-week internship program brought to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[375,3959,834,1167,1658,1924,2474],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29837,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5176\/revisions\/29837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}