Internships
About Our Internships
An academic internship is a form of experiential learning that integrates knowledge and theories learned in the classroom with practical application and skill development in a professional setting. Students earn academic credit and are evaluated according to a job description that is incorporated into a course.
Internships are overseen by a faculty member and by a designated employee of the host organization. Academic learning objectives are integral to the internship, distinguishing them from volunteer positions or jobs.
For all internships occurring at a current place of employment, the internship duties must be outside of your normal daily tasks. Special projects will be taken into consideration.
Planning and Community Development Internships
An internship is built into each student's degree with semester-long internships available in rural, suburban, or urban communities to peak each student's personal interests.
Internship Coordinator: Dr. Chukwunyere Ugochukwu
Email: ccugochukwu@stcloudstate.edu
Useful Resources
Internship Process
- Meet with your major advisor to ensure an internship meets your program's requirements.
- Meet with your department's Internship Coordinator regarding internship requirements.
- Departments do not assign or locate internships for students. Apply and secure an internship.
- Ensure that your internship meets University internship guidelines and requirements.
- Ensure that your internship meets Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Unpaid internships not meeting the FLSA test for unpaid interns will not be approved. Know Your Rights is a great resource.
- Once you have secured an internship, meet again with your Internship Coordinator for approval of the internship; complete paperwork.
- Once paperwork is approved, register for the internship course.
- Complete internship assignments/requirements.
Note: Students must be enrolled in an internship course while actively interning to earn academic internship credit. Internship credit cannot be retroactively applied to a non-credit internship experience.
Past Planning and Community Development Internship Sites
St. Cloud Area
- Avivo
- Avon Minnesota City Hall
- Benton Economic Partnership, Inc.
- Central Minnesota Council on Aging
- Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, Inc.
- City of Big Lake
- Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation
- Lutheran Social Services- St. Cloud
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
- St. Cloud Area Planning Organization
- St. Cloud Downtown Council
Twin Cities
- City of Blaine
- City of Brooklyn Center
- City of Brooklyn Park
- City of Fridley
- City of Golden Valley
- City of Minneapolis
- City of Rogers
- City of St. Louis Park
- Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Greater MN
- City of Albert Lea
- City of Little Falls
- City of Upsula
- Hutchinson Economic Development Authority
- Initiative Foundation
- Iron Range Tourism Bureau
- Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
- Minnesota Forest Resource Council