Why Our Interns Are In Demand

We view internships as serious business that will have a direct effect on your overall body of knowledge, your desirability to a top-tier graduate school and your employability. Our professionally focused programs align closely with specific professions—and because our Upside-Down Curriculum allows you to take courses in your major beginning with your first semester at Champlain, you will be prepared to do productive work in an internship in your field as early as the summer after your freshman year. Having an established professional skill set upon which you can build will set you apart from others when it comes to securing an internship—which, like the overall job market, is becoming increasingly competitive.

In fact, many companies in the Burlington area favor candidates for internships from Champlain College because our students invariably arrive prepared and eager to learn. “A few years ago, I had a Champlain undergrad working with me as an intern,” says Larry Sandage, an Information Technology Manager at Vermont Information Processing in Colchester, Vermont. “He was an exceptional student, an exceptional coworker and I was tremendously impressed with him. In fact, I have to say that over the last few years, I’ve made it a practice to raid Champlain’s ranks for interns and employees. I just hired someone else from Champlain, and I also consider him to be an exceptional worker.” To be an exceptional intern, you need know-how, and at Champlain we begin teaching you the skills of your professional immediately.