Tyson Summer Community Internship Program: Apply Now!!

Internship sites have been finalized for IL Campus Compact's Tyson Summer Community Internship Program. 

There are twenty different sites with Chicagoland nonprofits. Four of the sites are with organizations that are in neighborhoods close to our main campus or already have relationships with, including Global Gardens Refugee Training Farm, Hanul Family Alliance, Illinois Hunger Coalition, and World Relief Chicago.

Though all of the internship opportunities are with non-profits and social service agencies, you will see when you click on the link below there are a diverse range of experiences offered through these positions. These experiences connect directly to academic programs in all of the academic colleges at NEIU and provide opportunities for students to gain experience in the following areas: 

• Legal services for immigrant families
• Hunger and homelessness issues
• Fundraising. marketing and event planning
• Providing tax and financial services to low income families
• Researching new private and public funding prospects
• Health and wellness programming
• Urban gardening
• Data base collection and management
• Literacy programming
• Creating new financial information dashboards and develop reports to improve contract tracking and reporting
• Nutrition 
• Environmental issues
• Social Media and community outreach
• Adult Education and workforce development
• Volunteer Management
• Refugees
• Seniors

Interns in the Chicago area will work for eight weeks from June 18 to August 10, 2018. The pay for these positions ranges from $3,000 - 3,500 and is dependent on location. 

To participate in the 

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rogram students must:

• Be a currently enrolled, undergraduate student who will be returning to college as a full-time (12 credit hours) sophomore, junior or senior in the fall of 2018.
• Submit written enrollment verification from their college or university confirming the student’s enrollment status to Campus Compact prior to the start of the program in June (can include enrollment print-offs or emails).
• Must meet all the employment requirements of the hiring nonprofit.

The application process for these positions will be competitive, so students should apply as soon as possible.

For more information contact

Kris Pierre, Senior Director of Academic and Community Partnerships

Phone: (773) 442-4607
Fax (773) 442-4605

k-pierre@neiu.edu

Seeking Student Applications for Tyson Summer Community Internship Program!

Student Applications are still being accepted for the 2018 Tyson Foods Summer Community Internship Program! We have a fantastic set of 20 Chicago-area nonprofits that seek to improve their impact through talented students. Please forward this opportunity to eligible students or your career services department!

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