If it's summer, it must be internship time. And that means that hundreds of Ithaca College students have fanned out across the nation to learn the ropes at businesses, schools, nonprofits, and other groups of all stripes.

But it ain't every internship that gets you on national television.

Park School rising senior Daniel Haack found out that his own internship might involve more than fetching coffee when he and his summer buddies found themselves introduced on the air by weatherman Dave Price on the CBS Early Show this morning. Check it out! (Daniel's the guy in the white shirt and dark tie.)

Daniel is participating in the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) Foundation's Summer Fellowship Program where, among others things, he gets to intern at both MTV-Logo's original programming department and also do some film field marketing work at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It's a nine-week, expense-paid program where fellows receive practical experience and career-planning advice all while getting their feet wet in the real world. (At Ithaca, Daniel is majoring in integrated marketing communications.)

This morning, the IRTS kids toured the CBS control room and studio, and were then brought outside for their 15 minutes -- well, OK, their 1 minute and 21 seconds -- of fame.

As Dave Price said during the segment: "These are the people who are going to be running this business in just a couple years." We couldn't agree more, Dave.

Little known fact: all illustrious Ithaca College alums were once champion jumpers of rope. Well, maybe not all. I'm pretty sure Bob Iger was more of a kung fu guy. But other than Bob, twine hoppers all.

Okay, okay. As far as I know, Liz Butterfield stands alone among jump rope legends at Ithaca. She just won the 2009 Grand National Championship in women' freestyle single rope, and I'll bet if George Foreman had practiced Liz's moves (or laid off the barbecue between meals), he'd still be champion .

Check this out:

Every day people at Ithaca College amaze us. Smart, creative people doing interesting and fascinating things is pretty much the norm here. But that was even more spectacular than usual. Here's to you, Liz!

Time to step up, hula hoopers.