Friday is the deadline for SIUC students to participate in the spring’s SIU Alumni Association-sponsored extern program.

The program was instituted by the Alumni Association as a means for students to receive additional training in their fields of study.

All students who successfully complete the week-long program over spring break will be rewarded with a free nine-month membership to Career Services.

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Last spring, 40 percent of the students who participated in the program received full-time jobs from the same company or business that sponsored their externship.

The program serves mainly juniors and seniors, but some sophomores are allowed to participate. Students must have 2.0 grade point averages or higher, must be enrolled for fall and spring, must have completed the application process and must have gone through an interview.

For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 453-2408.