2023 Summer Internships

We need your support to make this summer a success! Individuals and organizations in Dane County can support in the following ways:

  • Host an intern: We work with a variety of organizations in Dane County to place highly qualified interns in paid positions. Our minimum internship period is 6-8 weeks, though we have some interns work as many as 12 weeks. Applications are due no later than March 31, 2023. Learn more below!

Apply to host an intern
Internship host information
Prospective Employer Information Sessions

  • Volunteer to host a professional development workshop: Throughout the summer, our interns will participate in Friday workshops led by employers to build skills or learn and become more prepared for their future careers. Some of last year’s workshops included: “The Importance of Goal Setting in a Career”, “Communication Skills in the Workplace”, “Project Management”, and “Interview Tips & Tricks”.
  • Sponsor an internship: Unpaid internship experiences perpetuate inequality, and create barriers for access to opportunities. We pay all of our interns a minimum of $15/hour, and the support of our donors helps to maximize the number of students we can connect to these opportunities!

How do I learn more?

“This was a really valuable experience. Having a younger person in the office brings a different perspective that we don’t typically have in our staff. This also gives us a chance to build our pipeline of potential candidates and general connectedness in the Madison community. Lastly but not least, our intern brought great energy and was ultimately a fun and positive person to join our office this summer. He will be missed!” –National Council on Crime & Delinquency

“I always find that interns energize me and make me feel younger and more productive. I enjoy having them in my lab”. –UW Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic

“I enjoyed my internship this summer because of all the experiences I had with my coworkers and supervisor. They were extremely welcoming, and the time I had with them felt very nice. I’ve learned a lot of personal things along this way and one of my highlights was when we all ate Indian food in the small room and just had a good laugh”. -T.T., Curate Intern, Class of 2019

“I enjoyed every part of this internship, from the time management to the learning experiences I had with shadowing my supervisors. I was able to see how occupational therapists work in a hospital.” -K.P., UW Health Intern, Class of 2019

Thank you to our past Career Partners! 

Access Community Health

American Family Insurance

Ascendium Education

BMO Harris Bank

Boardman & Clark, LLP

Books4School

Community Justice, Inc.

Curate Solutions

Dreambikes

Fiskars

Flad Architects

Fleet Feet

Frank Beverage Group

Frank Productions Live

Dane County Government

General Beverage

Habitat for Humanity REStore

Jewish Federation of Madison

Jewish Social Services

JMS Wealth Management/Morgan Stanley

LIFT Wisconsin

M3 Insurance

Madison Brain Center

Madison Children’s Museum

Madison Gas & Electric

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

Madison Youth Arts

More Smiles Wisconsin

NAMI Dane County

National Council on Crime & Delinquency

Olson Toon Landscaping, Inc. 

Palmer Johnson Power Systems

Quartz Health Solutions

REACH – A – Child

Saris Cycling Group

Short Stack Eatery

Spherion Staffing

Ryan Brothers Ambulance Service

UW Extension Plant Disease & Diagnostics Clinic

UW Health

WIPFLi

Wisconsin Alumni Association

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice

Wisconsin Public Health Care Association

WORT FM