Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Leah Perrin of Artemas, Pa., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Perrin interns at FSU's Office of News & Media Services. She is an English major with a concentration in professional writing.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Shawn Lewis of West River, Md., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Lewis interned at First National Bank of Pennsylvania. He is a business administration major with a concentration in general management.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Christopher Spinelli of Ligonier, Pa., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Spinelli interned at Delaware State Parks - Cape Henlopen State Park. He is a recreation & parks management major.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Taylor Shaffer of Dunkirk, Md., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Shaffer interned at City of Frostburg Parks & Recreation. She is a recreation & parks management major.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Tyrik Etheridge of Gaithersburg, Md., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Etheridge interned at Network Building + Consulting. He is a business administration major with a concentration in management.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Michael Bissonnette of Westminster, Md., with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Bissonnette interned at Inter-American Defense Foundation through The Washington Center. He is a secure computing & information assurance major.

Frostburg State University's Career and Professional Development Center has awarded Molly Biggers of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2019. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at internships. Biggers interned at ProCamps Worldwide. She is a business administration major with a concentration in general management.

Living and learning in the nation's capital was an eye-opening experience for Joshua Riggs, a recent graduate of Frostburg State University's International Studies program. Riggs spent his fall 2018 semester in Washington, D.C., working as an intern for U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin.

Forest Bierman wants to be a difference maker and sees teaching as his start to be one. Bierman, a social science major with a political science concentration, sees himself in a classroom sharing his passion for civics. But in the big picture, he sees teaching as a stepping stone to go on and become active in policymaking and politics.

Paul Churchyard has traveled all over the country this summer without leaving his office. That's because the 19-year-old Earth Science and Geography major worked on mapping trails for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's website www.traillink.com.

Jillian Steinert, 22, of Dundalk, Md., has seen how building trust can blossom into opportunity for children and teenagers. Steinert worked as a recreational therapy intern at St. Vincent's Villa in Timonium, where the Catholic Charities program provides therapy for children with behavioral and emotional needs.

FSU senior Paul Oakley, 21, always had a dog in his house growing up and always had a passion for law enforcement, thanks to his grandfather. This summer he started putting those pieces together, interning with the Calvert County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit. After his experience, Oakley plans to apply to the sheriff's office in December to start his dream job.

You can tell Audrey Aron is a people pleaser with her wide smile. That was put to the test to see how the Frostburg State University recreation and parks management major could make guests feel at ease after long international flights, wanting to get a good night's sleep at the InterContinental David Tel Aviv Hotel & Resort in Israel.

Sometimes the perks of an internship are reason enough to say yes. Alexandra Hemphill, 21, of Hagerstown, worked as a box office intern at the Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre this summer in Logan, Utah. The paid internship gave her a behind-the-scenes look and training of a professional theatre company, both in the box office and on stage.

Frostburg State University student Amanda Sirleaf, of Germantown, Md., is familiar with the barriers that immigrants face becoming U.S. citizens. Her father is from Liberia and her mother is from Sierra Leone, each of whom had their own journey to the U.S., where they met, married and have lived happily ever since.

Frostburg State University student Abiodun Olojo, 19, has a plan in place for his career, and his internship with boutique creative firm SRB Communications solidified that. The College Park resident wants to become a chief marketing officer for a Fortune 500 company, and what better place to start than with an internship in ultra-competitive Washington, D.C.?

Frostburg State University student Cassidy Zagone, 22, is a diehard Washington Redskins fan with a passion for promoting events. Being the special events and development intern for the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation felt like a dream come true.

Frostburg State University has been named the 2016 Public Institution of the Year by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC), America's largest academic internship program. TWC partners with more than 500 U.S. colleges and universities.

Frostburg State University student Shanna Marcelino cannot think of beer the same way ever again. Marcelino, 21, is looking at certain flavor properties of beer using a gas chromatography mass spectrometer at her internship with Shimadzu in Columbia, Md. The Japanese company manufactures scientific equipment. This one analyzes and identifies compounds.

Frostburg State University senior Allyson Price will be learning how to secure information for the esteemed Smithsonian Institution this summer.

Four Frostburg State University students have gotten an inside look at how the Maryland General Assembly works thanks to the J. Glenn Beall Institute for Public Affairs at FSU.

The Frostburg State University Office of Career Services has awarded Jaron Lutton with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2015. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at external internships.

The Frostburg State University Office of Career Services has awarded David Mihailovich II of Cumberland with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2015. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at external internships.

The Frostburg State University Office of Career Services has awarded Maggie O'Brien with the Outstanding Intern Award for 2015. This award recognizes students for outstanding performance at external internships.

Taylor Schmitz's eye-opening experience as a Capitol Hill intern this summer made the Frostburg State University student eager to follow his passion for politics, thanks to the opportunity from the J. Glenn Beall Institute for Public Affairs.