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Internships
Internships are a great way to add to your learning and get practical work experience prior to graduation. A successful internship experience can give you a big advantage in landing your first job.
Northwestern’s Career Development Center works with students to set up internships with local, regional and national companies and organizations. Interns receive academic credit for their experience if they keep a daily journal of their activities, read outside assignments given by their supervisor, and write a reflective academic essay or report at the end of the experience.
Local internships
Northwest Iowa offers many outstanding internship opportunities, including:
- Interstates Electric and Engineering, Sioux Center
- Iowa State Bank, Orange City
- Juvenile Court Services, Orange City
- KCAU-TV, Sioux City
- MED-TEC radiation therapy company, Orange City
- New York Life Insurance, Orange City
- NW Iowa Review newspaper, Sheldon
- Pella Corporation, Sioux Center
- Pizza Ranch corporate offices, Hull
- Trans Ova Genetics, Sioux Center
- Van Bruggen and Vande Vegte CPAs, Orange City
- Vogel Paint, Orange City
- Woodbury Co. Sheriff’s Department, Sioux City
Regional internships
Northwestern students have interned recently at these sites in our region:
- BAE Systems, St. Paul, Minnesota
- CitiBank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Girls & Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska
- Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa
- KLKN-TV, Lincoln, Nebraska
- McGladrey and Pullen CPAs, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Morgan Stanley, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Omaha Police Department, Omaha, Nebraska
- St. Paul Convention Center and Visitors Bureau, St. Paul, Minnesota
- TRW, Omaha, Nebraska
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Des Moines, Iowa
- WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Wells Fargo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
National internships
Many students take advantage of national programs that offer outstanding internship opportunities as well as classes that provide a Christian perspective on the marketplace:
The American Studies Program will give you an insider’s view of Washington, D.C. An interdisciplinary, issues-oriented program, it seeks to connect biblical faith with public life and vocation. Northwestern students in this program have interned with the Heritage Foundation, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, the Holocaust Museum and Sen. Sam Brownback.
The Chicago Semester will help you develop Christian social values, understand the city and its culture, and strengthen your career goals. Northwestern students in this program have interned at the Art Institute of Chicago, Adler Planetarium, Bank of America, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Child’s Play Touring Theatre, Cook County Adult Probation, Feldman Securities Group, Field Museum of Natural History, InterVarsity Press, Masterplan Group International, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago.
The Los Angeles Film Studies Center integrates a Christian worldview with an introductory exploration of the work and workings of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. You’ll network with professionals in the film industry during your internship, while taking classes that provide both theory and practice. Recent Northwestern students in this program have interned at the House of Representatives talent agency in Beverly Hills and Greystone, a production company for TV documentaries.
In addition, NWC students have interned across the country at these sites:
- Center for Public Justice, Annapolis, Maryland
- Health Fitness Corporation, Irving, Texas
- Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Reformed Church Archives, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Rep. Steve King, Washington, D.C.
- Republican Party of San Diego, California
- Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sparrow Label Group, Nashville, Tennessee
- Taproot Theatre Company, Seattle, Washington
- Team Physical Therapy, Chino, California
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