In its eighth year, the Frank and Peggy Steele Internship
Program is a ten week experience that offers college
students an opportunity to work alongside Museum and
Library staff to gain hands-on professional training
in a field that closely matches his/her major. Interns
craft leadership and communication skills by attending
career seminars hosted by Hall of Fame staff and community
leaders and also by participating in thematic public
speaking, research and writing assignments that directly
relate to the fulfilling the mission of the organization.
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The Steele Internship
Program is more than just working 40 hours a week. It
is a hands-on immersion experience that takes classroom
learning into the real world. Here’s an example of activities
interns participate in.
The professional learning experience is not limited
just to one department, as all interns are invited to
participate in professional seminars on topics ranging
from networking to public speaking to résumé writing
to leadership to business etiquette. The seminars are
led by noted baseball professionals. In past years,
seminar leaders included Jane Forbes Clark, Chairman
of the Hall of Fame; Bill Gladstone, member of the Hall’s
Board of Directors and owner of the Class A Tri-City
Valley Cats; and other staff and community leaders.
Each summer, interns have taken a day trip to Philadelphia
to see a Phillies game. Interns are given an assignment
for the trip, such as interviewing an employee of the
ballpark or compiling a photo essay of the experience.
All assignments are kept on file in the Library for
future researchers.
This event entirely planned and run by interns is
a highlight of the Hall of Fame’s summer programming
calendar. Each year, the interns conceive of a theme
and carry out baseball games and trivia contests between
innings of the Midsummer Classic. Strong intern participation
helps make the event a big hit.
Interns hone their research and public speaking skills
through presentations to Hall of Fame visitors on baseball
history. Each intern presents a minimum of three talks
on artifacts in the Museum’s vast collection. By conducting
his or own research, the intern has the opportunity
to browse through the Hall of Fame’s extensive library
of baseball records, books, and photographs, learning
things that even the utmost baseball fanatic never knew.
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