Students
Build Your Career in the Arts
Regardless of what you’re studying at Meadows, we want you to graduate feeling confident and prepared in pursuit of your career goals. In partnership with the SMU Hegi Family Career Development Center, the Meadows Office of Alumni and Career Success (ACS) offers resources, events and programs to assist students in building self-sustaining careers in the arts, media, design and communications.
Explore the opportunities available to students through ACS below.
Meadows Career Success Appointments
The Hegi Center now offers Meadows Career Success (ACS) career counseling appointment opportunities exclusively to Meadows graduate and undergraduate majors and pre-majors.
This hourlong career counseling appointment includes:
- a LinkedIn profile and resume assessment
- a networking tutorial
- career path exploration, and
- matching with a Meadows Mentor – an alum who is willing to provide industry-specific career guidance by reviewing a resume or offering a 30-minute virtual informational interview.
Learn more about how to book a career counseling appointment via HandShake.
Access the SMU Meadows Network
Harness the power of your network by exploring these platforms:
SMU Meadows Network on LinkedIn
A closed group of more than 2,250 alumni, students, faculty and staff that features job postings, alumni news and school announcements. Administrative approval is required to join.
SMU Meadows Network on LinkedIn
Exclusive to SMU alumni and students, this platform allows members to designate themselves as “willing to help” others with their careers, taking some of the guesswork out of your networking efforts.
Internships
Internships – particularly paid internships – are a direct path to future job offers. Check out some of the internship programs that are currently facilitated by the Hegi Family Career Development Center.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Internship Program
Designed for students with diverse identities, this paid summer internship program matches students with an internship with one of the Hegi Center’s partner organizations. In 2023, internships were offered with several local arts and cultural organizations, including the Dallas Symphony Association, the Dallas Opera, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, and the Nasher Sculpture Center. Student applications are accepted starting in the fall semester.
Engage Dallas Internship Program
Engage Dallas is a place-based community engagement initiative via SMU's Residential Commons to address community needs focusing on South and West Dallas. The Engage Dallas Internship Program is a resource exclusively for SMU students completing summer internships at nonprofits and other organizations that typically offer unpaid internships.
Unpaid Internship Program
This program awards a stipend to students who have acquired an unpaid internship from a non-profit or government organization. Students must apply to receive funding, which is available on a limited basis.
View these and other internship postings on HandShake or book an appointment with a career counselor to plot your next steps toward internship success.
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