Office of
Career and Life Calling

Approval Process

You will receive an email from handshake@notifications.joinhandshake.com to confirm the internship. Add the email address to your contacts to ensure you receive the message and to prevent the message from going to your spam folder.

There’s no actual paperwork for you or the student to complete; it’s all done electronically. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate the approval process.

The internship approval process begins with the student creating an experience in Handshake, which includes their resume, a detailed job description, and clearly defined goals. Following the submission and a required meeting with a Career Coach, the experience is reviewed for approval by the faculty instructor and the employer site supervisor. As part of the process, students are guided to effectively communicate their goals with their site supervisor to ensure a meaningful and productive internship experience.

Performance Evaluations

Internship supervisors are expected to complete a mid-term and final evaluation. You will receive an email from handshake@notifications.joinhandshake.com requesting your feedback on their performance. The sender is Handshake and the subject line is “You have an evaluation to complete.”

In addition, you are encouraged to share your feedback with the student. They can’t grow without feedback. Your feedback makes a big difference. The student’s grade depends on you completing the mid-term and final evaluation.

Contact career@cornerstone.edu for more information.

Experiential Learning

On-campus students are assigned a faculty mentor who models Christ-centered professionalism and intentionally connects them with industry partners and career professionals. Through these avenues of mentorship, students have opportunities for tours, partnerships, and professional conference participation. Industry mentors are regularly invited to advise university curriculum, supervise internships and provide networking opportunities in their field.

Let’s connect if you’d like to discuss becoming a business partner.
career@cornerstone.edu

Find a Job – Handshake Website

Sign in to your Handshake account and search jobs from either the website.

1. Select Career Center on the left or Cornerstone University on the top.
2. Scroll down and tap On-Campus Jobs.

Academic Expertise

Cornerstone’s academic programs prepare students to be proficient in a chosen field of knowledge and expertise through rigorous study, research, and collaboration in the latest body of knowledge informed by industry insights and led by faculty and professional practitioners who are Christ-followers and experts in their fields.

Experiential Learning

Cornerstone’s internship and service requirements enhance the classroom academic experience of students through providing applied industry settings in which academic theories, concepts, and principles can be practiced, improved, and refined in real time while simultaneously building critical work experiences for stronger job and market positioning.

Leadership Learning

Cornerstone’s CU LEAD program develops leadership proficiencies in students to increase their relational and collaborative intelligence, problem-solving skills, communication prowess, and personal and professional self-management.

Talent Acceleration

Cornerstone’s Talent Hub brings together industry partners, world-class talent acquisition and development, and its Career and Life Calling team to provide students with superb opportunities for professional development, networking, and career readiness.