NC College Students Begin Hands-on State Government Internship Program

Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:34 am
By: ENC NOW ( More Entries )

Press Release:

    Raleigh, NC     Today, 85 students, representing 28 North Carolina counties, will embark on a 10-week educational internship experience at North Carolina state government agencies. This year, the program features 80 projects from clean energy to instructional design.

    "For more than half a century, the State of North Carolina Internship Program has been a fundamental source for nurturing the interest of our state's best and brightest students in the area of public service," said North Carolina Department of Administration Secretary Pamela B. Cashwell. "This program is instrumental in laying the foundation for future careers in state government."

    Interns will begin the program in a virtual orientation with Secretary Cashwell and members of the Internship Council where they will learn about job expectations, enrichment opportunities and have a chance to ask questions of previous interns. To allow for more hands-on learning experience, many of the internships this summer will be in a hybrid work environment that offers both in-person assignments as well as remote work.

    Seventeen state agencies* are sponsoring internships this year ranging in a variety of careers from wildlife rehabilitation, photography, volunteer services and historical research to communications and public affairs, network security, policy and advocacy, enterprise mapping and aquarium animal husbandry among others. In addition to gaining practical work experience, students will also tour various facilities to learn about other government operations and state careers.

    Coordinated by the Department of Administration's Council for Women and Youth Involvement, the State of North Carolina Internship Program offers college students across the state an opportunity to connect lessons learned in the classroom to potential career choices. Established in 1969, the Internship Program has provided state government work opportunities to North Carolina residents attending college, university, technical or community college.

    Interns are selected annually through a competitive process overseen by the NC Internship Council.

    To learn more about the State of North Carolina Internship Program, visit the website. Applications for the 2024 State Internship program will open this fall.

    *2023 Participating State Agencies: Administration (NCDOA), Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), Adult Correction, Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), Commerce, Environmental Quality (DEQ), General Assembly, Health and Human Services (DHHS), Information Technology (DIT), Judicial Branch, Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR), Office of State Human Resources (OSHR), Office of the Governor, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Public Safety (DPS), State Budget Management (OSBM), and Transportation (DOT).