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INTERNSHIP IN MERCHANDISING
Peggy Quinn
Assistant Professor
Family and Consumer Sciences
Director, Fashion Merchandising |
Peggy Quinn is a recipient of the Thomas W. Briggs Foundation Excellence in Teaching
Award and the President Elect of Executive Women International. She was recently named
as one of the 50 Women in the City of Memphis Who Make a Difference. Each semester
she serves as faculty supervisor for about 20 interns. Internships have been successfully
completed in a variety of organizations including Catherine's, The Memphis Grizzlies,
Nicole Miller, Vera Wang and Donna Karan in New York, BCBG in Los Angeles, Saks Inc.,
Virginia Rippee and Associates, Morgan Keegan, Reverie Fine Linens and Down, Dress
for Success, Furniture Factories Showroom, Samuel's Furniture & Interiors, Baptist
Memorial Hospital, Macy's, Joe Tice Interiors, Captivating Gifts and Interiors, James
Gattas Jewelers and Natural Stone and Tile. Mrs. Quinn states: "The hands-on experience
gained through internships coupled with professional development and networking opportunities
prepares interns to make valuable career decisions as they work to achieve their personal
and professional goals. Internships become a win-win situation for firms desiring
committed and goal-oriented employees, interns seeking career path employment and
advancement and for educational institutions wanting a culminating experience in the
academic discipline resulting in business and community partnerships."
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During the time at my internship I have learned how things work in a facility such as Case Management Inc. I started off shadowing and learning from my Field Supervisor, but now I am also more involved and hands on with the patients. I have learned that the duties of a case manager go beyond the Case Management facility itself. I am managing children to adolescents and this means not only do you work with the children but also with the parents. This could mean that in addition to having a session with the parent and child you may also monitor the child at school, follow up with the teachers and do visits in the home to monitor the environment and parent-child-sibling interaction. Being an intern I have already learned so much that will definitely help me when I become a Medical Case Manager.
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