Over the course of this summer, our team was able to place 83 post-secondary-age interns into 55 local businesses. Yet, while we were able to place a few dozen students into paid internships, more than 1,400 applied for these same spots. This is where our real opportunity lies.
The summer of 2027 is only about 250 days away. Our team and many other education, non-profit, and community-based organizations throughout the region have already begun the time-consuming work to prepare for next summer, in hopes of placing hundreds more of our local students into quality internship opportunities. What we should all be striving to do together is ensure that we find and secure a placement for every student who applies.
Here’s what we accomplished this month, with and through our investors and partners ➡️
Internship program by the numbers
- 83 post-secondary interns placed at 55 local businesses
- 67% of interns were first-generation college students
- 72% of interns were people of color
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