Moving from Private Industry to Academia

Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is a new assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University this year.

Kent State Today is following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-'24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group includes students, faculty and administrators who are at different places on their Kent State University journey. When Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., decided to leave his job in his native Bangladesh to pursue his doctorate degree at an American university, his intention was to return to a job in the private sector upon graduation.  A new assistant professor in Kent State's Department of Computer Science, Hasan...

Internship Funding Opportunities

Students are responsible for finding their own internships, and are encouraged to look for them in agencies or organizations where you may wish to work in the future, or that you'd like to explore as a future career option.

Two amazing internship opportunities exist that allow students to spend a semester away from Kent and get valuable work experience at the same time.  The following programs can be used to meet our Internship Requirements:

Internship Evaluation Form

Give the Internship Evaluation Form (Appendix B of the Internship Guidelines, or download the Evaluation Form linked below) to your internship supervisor toward the end of your internship.

The SPCS professor overseeing your internship needs to receive the completed form from your internship supervisor by the middle of exam week.

(Note: Different academic years have different professors serving as Internship Advisors, so make sure you download the form for the academic year in which you start your internship.) 

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