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HSU prepared me for my internship by giving me the foundation
of knowledge that I needed
by the time I left HSU and went to my internship I had a good foundation
in exercise science
had a good foundation working with clients because of my experience in
the human performance lab as a student technician
We have especially in the area exercise science
one of the best internship programs in the country. Students are able to
work with athletes, work in corporations, work in hospitals
have an opportunity to actually apply their skills
and finish their education really anywhere in the United States
The Kinesiology program at HSU has really
been beneficial to me because at the hands on practical aspect of it
Everybody in exercise science major has to do
lab hours either in the human performance lab or the biomechanics lab. We have clients
coming in every day that were in here we have
either people from the community students or athletes
There's thousands and thousands of dollars worth of equipment in here
and we get to play with it pretty much. Being trusted with that sort of thing
number one means a lot, but being able to use it
utilize it learn from it, it's invaluable
You know the the equipment is really expensive a lot of schools don't want to deal with students
messing it up or breaking it but here we learn how to
use the equipment so when we go into the real world
we're not thrown off by all this equipment we know how to use it
I love the Kinesiology Department at Humboldt State
I think it is the best Department I might be slightly biased
but I am an exercise science emphasis so actually spend a lot of time
in this human performance lab where I
deal with clients on a daily basis. I think it prepares everyone for any
internship they take but in the clinical aspect
when you're learning what a normal heart rate responses is to exercise
what a normal blood pressure response is to exercise, when to terminate a test
these are all things that you're going to use especially in a clinical field
and I think it's really beneficial, it's definitely going to help me
I feel very prepared. It kind of gives you
a big big idea of what's out there so you can kind of get that hands on and
see if you really want to do that or not but
I think that really helped me see what I
actually wanted to do at least for a career
It one thing doesn't fit there sure is another thing that will fit
and a lot of the HSU students are who were in these programs
are now people who run the internships and
are offering their services to HSU students almost first come
before anybody else because we do a good job just to say
we do a great job and people want us working for them
and we get hired. A lot of us have gone from our internships and gotten jobs there
so if you're looking for an internship here you should also start looking for
a career because you're pretty much get one as well