Marist in Manhattan

This program, offered by Marist College, a selective liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, NY, will provide Marietta College students with an opportunity to study, live, and intern in NYC with a focus on careers in media and communication. This program provides competitive coursework and an internship in an urban center with opportunities to intern at companies such as: CBS Sports, Discovery Channel, Entertainment Tonight, Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, NBC Sports, Sesame Street Productions, VH-1, ABC News, CNN, DeVries Global, Havas, Jonesworks PR, Lead Dog Marketing, Madison Square Garden, MSNBC, New York Knicks, and Nickelodeon. Students are able to choose classes that focus on their current major while gaining practical experience in the workplace.

Students are eligible to participate if they have completed 60 or more undergraduate credit hours with an earned GPA of 3.25 or greater in the semester prior to their participation in the Manhattan Program. The students in this program are enrolled for a minimum of 12 academic credits for fall or spring semester or a minimum of 3 academic credit hours for the summer program. Work hours vary by placement and by credit load. Summer internships may range from 15 hours per week up to 30+ hours (10 weeks). Fall/Spring internships are typically 24-36 hours per week (15 weeks).

Marist faculty members seek to maximize the professional resources available in New York by scheduling class meetings to coincide with lectures, panel discussions and other industry-related events. Together, these approaches offer the student a rich environment in which to gain exposure to the media and communication world.

For more information on this program, contact:

Lori Smith

Assistant Professor of Communication

Mills Hall – Room 106

(740) 376-4803

las001@marietta.edu