Fast Facts:

• The HES internship is a 450 hour immersive professional experience. Students gain hands-on experience in their field in a professional supervised setting as they interact with staff, customers, and patients.

• Each year approximately 50 students participate in internships; usually about 30 in the spring and 10 in the summer and fall.

• Internship options include health and wellness, personal training, strength and conditioning, public health, athletic training, personal training, cardiac rehabilitation, chiropractic therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise physiology, research, nutrition and health education.

• The internship culminates in an impact project designed by the student that provides a long lasting benefit to the internship site and a valuable learning experience to the intern.

Did you know?

Many students who have exceeded the expectations of their supervisors by going above and beyond the norm in their performance have been offered full time jobs by their internship sites.