Norwich University’s Career Services Center has received $12,000 in grant funding from the Vermont Department of Labor to support student internships by providing partial reimbursements for gas mileage. The funding is calculated to support 50 students with up to $500 in mileage reimbursement during the calendar year of 2015. Students qualify by applying to the Career Services Center. Eligible students will receive $.25/mile after the first 20 miles.
“Even though gas prices continue to fall, many students at Norwich find it difficult to pay fuel costs to commute to internships in Burlington, and that can be a barrier to even pursuing those opportunities,” said Jim Graves, internship coordinator. “This grant funding will support more internship options for more Norwich students.”
Norwich University’s Career Services Center helps coordinate internships for credit in all majors, and any student working at an internship is eligible to receive mileage reimbursement from this Vermont Dept. of Labor Secondary and Post-Secondary Internship Program.
Internships are an integral component to a Norwich education. The largest undergraduate academic program – Criminal Justice – comprises the highest proportion of internships currently. In addition to internships at multiple local Vermont police departments, Norwich Criminal Justice students enhance their classroom knowledge by interning in the Burlington area at federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the U.S. Marshal’s Office and the National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center, a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
National Life Group and Dartmouth Hitchcock were recently recognized as top employers and partners through internships with Norwich students in business, nursing and cyber security. Many Norwich Engineering and Construction Management students are able to take advantage of some Burlington-based companies like UTC Aerospace Systems, Champlain Cable, and PC Construction for internships.