HIGH POINT, N.C., Aug. 27, 2009 ? Stephanie Duhaime, a junior majoring in journalism at High Point University, recently completed a summer internship with The Emmerich Group.
Duhaime’s boss, Roxanne Emmerich, came out with a book this summer, called “Thank God It’s Monday,” which details how to create a fun and extraordinary work environment.
“When I first came into the job, the book was being released that week; therefore, I got to take part in what is called a book push,” Duhaime says. “We stayed at the office really late and watched the book climb up the rankings on Amazon.com. We finally hit No. 1 at 4 a.m. She also made the New York Times bestseller’s list and Wall Street Journal.”
Duhaime adds that the “book push” made for an exciting introduction to the company. Her summer internship also included preparing Emmerich for radio and TV interviews. She also worked on other big projects, including cleaning up the company’s Web site to make it more user-friendly.
“Roxanne Emmerich is one of the most requested public speakers in the country. She holds a few main seminars for her clients each year, and I got to attend two of them and help work behind the scenes,” Duhaime says. “I was able to attend ‘Permission to be Extraordinary,’ as well as ‘Hoopla.'”
She says the experience was rewarding and will definitely help her in her future.
“I am now much more aware of the inside of radio and television interviews, and I know the amount of effort it takes to put on seminars or just put out a book,” Duhaime says. “My education at High Point University definitely helped me in my internship because I had taken some journalism courses that helped me with the different types of things you should say in the media, so when I was in charge of writing copy for The Emmerich Group, it was received really well.”
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu.
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