Seventeen Bemidji-area employers will host more than two dozen Bemidji State University students for paid internships during the summer of 2018 as part of the university’s continuing partnership with the George W. Neilson Foundation.

Support from the foundation provides up to 50 percent of an intern’s salary, up to $2,500, with the participating business contributing the remaining 50 percent.

Students interested in applying for Neilson Foundation paid summer internships should contact Career Services in Decker Hall.

The internship partnership launched in the summer of 2012 to promote academic development and to encourage employers to provide local, paid internship opportunities for BSU students. Originally planned to launch with 10 internships, high employer demand led to 13 positions being created at 12 businesses. Since its inception, the program has funded more than 110 internships, and student interns have earned more than $482,000 from 88 participating employers.

About the Neilson Foundation

The George W. Neilson Foundation supports community development projects by making grants to programs and projects that improve the lives of the area’s children, adults and senior citizens. The foundation concentrates its giving program in the city of Bemidji and the surrounding area. Following the wishes of contributor Katharine Neilson Cram, the foundation supports northern Minnesota and the Bemidji area, where she spent the summers of her youth and lived throughout her later life.

Employers and Internship Titles

American Garage Door Supply Inc. — Product/Process Development Intern
Bemidji Candlewood — Marketing & Sales Intern
Bessler Brother Electric, LLC — Apprentice Electrician
Construction Engineers Inc. — Assistant Project Manager Intern
Construction Engineers Inc. — Field Engineering Intern
Construction Engineers Inc. — Carpenter Intern
Design Angler — Creative Marketing Intern
Design Angler — Web Development Intern
DomiNative Development Inc. — Marketing Intern
Glacier Icehouse — Apprentice Technician
Headwaters Regional Development Center — Regional Planner Intern
Innovative Office Solutions — New Business Development Intern
Knife River Materials — Office Management Intern
Miller McDonald Inc. — Summer Staff Accountant
Northland Fishing Tackle — Online Marketing/Sales
Peterson Sheet Metal — Accounting Intern Peterson Sheet Metal — Prefab Drafting Intern
PotlatchDeltic Corporation — Curriculum Technical Writer Intern
Sanford Health — Clinical Informatics Intern
Sanford Health — Foundation/Donor Relations Intern
Sanford Health — IT Securities Intern
Sanford Health — Volunteer Services Intern
Sanford Health — Information Technology Intern
Stittsworth Meats — National & Regional Sales and Marketing Planner
VenuWorks of Bemidji LLC/Sanford Center — Marketing/Sales Intern

Contact

• Molly Aitken-Julin, program director of internships and summer employment, Career Services; (218) 755-2038, maitken@bemidjistate.edu

Links

• BSU Career Services Neilson Foundation internship program

Bemidji State University, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,100 students, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and eight graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. The university’s Shared Fundamental Values include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and international and multicultural understanding.

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