Arizona State University
Arizona State University (ASU) is a major contributor to Tempe's workforce. Many of the students who decide to live and work in Tempe take advantage of internship programs associated with ASU. If you are a local business looking for student interns or would like to post an internship opportunity to ASU students please visit Sun Devil CareerLink Employer FAQ. ASU Career Services also provides a listing of events that businesses can participate in; for more information on participating in recruitment events please visit the event calendar.
For additional information regarding ASU internship opportunities please contact:
Assistant Director for Experiential Education
Career Services, Arizona State University
Business: (480) 965-2355
E-mail: careerservices@asu.edu
If it doesn't exist, build it.
The City of Tempe, the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and Arizona State University have partnered to create custom internship programs that meet the needs of local businesses. Custom programs are based on existing templates and are tailored to the specifications of individual industries. These programs may involve graduate or undergraduate students from ASU. For more information regarding custom internship programs please contact the appropriate person list below:
Jennifer Cason
Director of Graduate Support Initiatives
Graduate College
Student Support Programs
Arizona State University
PO Box 871003 Tempe, AZ 85287-1003
Phone: (480) 965-8968
Fax: (480) 965-6615
Success stories
As part of the City's retention efforts, city staff and BARD Peripheral Vascular identified the need for a custom internship program. Due to their unique and highly regulated product-line, there was not an existing internship program that meet BARD's needs. To meet BARD's needs, the City of Tempe, the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and Arizona State University Division of Graduate Studies partnered to create an internship program tailored to BARD Peripheral Vascular. In the end, 6 graduate-level ASU students were accepted into the newly created BARD Fellowship Program. |
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Tempe Union High School District
The Tempe Union High School District serves a wonderful variety of talented, diverse adolescents. Each individual student brings to school a multiplicity of interests, ideas, dreams, and abilities.
The District offers a comprehensive set of programs for our students. We offer curricular as well as extracurricular activities based on student interests and talents, from advanced studies to basic coursework. The descriptions and links to the various programs can be found on the school websites or the linkage provided below.
Our community continues to support the many activities and interests of these fine young men and women in many ways. To further bridge and integrate the school and the community, we are asking your involvement in a slightly different manner.
We would like to extend the networking and opportunities for our students to apply the skills and talents to relevant settings and environments. Whether it be employment, job shadowing, career exploration, volunteering, and internship, work enclaves, etc. we have a student who might have a strong interest in your type of business. Please review the many strengths and expertise within your business. If there is something that you might be able to offer or you have an interest in pursing additional information, please see below.
Career and Technical Education – Tempe Union High School District offers seniors the opportunity to participate in cooperative education (internship) programs. For many years, the Tempe District as enjoyed a wonderful partnership with the City of Tempe Courts and Police Departments in placing students in an administrative support role. This experience has enriched the lives of students at Corona del Sol HS, Desert Vista HS, Marcos de Niza HS, McClintock HS, Mountain Pointe HS, and Tempe HS, and many times has provided them with a career path and opportunities to grow into Supervisory/Managerial positions.
The following classes that offer internships are available to Seniors in the Tempe Union High School District. If you would like additional information about the Programs, please contact Nori Cannell, Director of Career and Technical Education, Tempe Union High School District (ncannell@tuhsd.k12.az.us), or 480-345-3757, or the Guidance Departments at the individual high schools.
Business Internship and On-site Internship – Business Internship is a work-related program for college-bound or career-oriented seniors. Students will be employed in a business environment. Students attend class in the morning and are released for their employment in the afternoon. The course provides students with an understanding of the familiarity with internet and e-commerce, organizational management, human relations and team building skills, spreadsheet and database management functions, word processing skills, personal and professional ethics, personal financial skills, communication skills, electronic presentations in public speaking, employment and career skills, and free enterprise. Student work a minimum of 15 hours per week and these concepts are enriched by their on-the-job work experience.
Advanced Marketing and Advanced Marketing Internship – This course combines school-based and supervised work-based learning experiences. It is designed to prepare students for employment in various sales, customer service, advertising and promotion, and first line supervisory positions in wholesale, retail, and service areas. Students will prepare to perform marketing and management functions and tasks as they relate to selling and retailing, e-commerce, sports and entertainment, and hospitality and tourism industries. Students work a minimum of 15 hours per week at a business that supports these concepts.
HERO (Home Economics Related Occupations) and HERO Lab – The HERO program is a three-credit course for seniors that consists of a daily schedule of one period of classroom instruction plus a two period lab for work experience. The class includes learning to balance work and personal life, examining the world of work, learning to be successful on the job, and practical economic concepts and participation in the HERO club. Students are employed in the areas of fashion, hospitality and food service, interior design, childcare, facility services, and health-related fields.
Industrial Cooperative Education (ICE) and ICE Lab – ICE is a training program for seniors who have demonstrated an interest in a career in Industry. The student should have sufficient skill development from previous Industrial Tech courses for initial employment. Students chosen for this program will have one period of classroom instruction plus a two-period lab for work experience. ICE students will work a minimum of 15 hours a week and will be paid while in this training and learning situation. This program is a cooperative effort between the school and the community: the student is supervised by the teacher-coordinator as well as by the employer.
Educational Services
Professional Internship – This is a program in which identified juniors and seniors at select Tempe Union high schools find themselves professional mentors doing dream jobs and work with these mentors for 5 hours per week throughout the school year in addition to their other advanced coursework. It should be noted that these students are seeking professional experience rather than merely internship opportunities. Their expectations would include activities well beyond the "assistant-type" level. For example, students from this program have been provided their own labs for individual research at ASU, assisted with in-hospital surgeries, been entrusted with organizing national conventions and lead teams that have restructured local businesses.
The program consists of a year-long course that offers students an opportunity to make an in-depth investigation of a professional field(s) they are considering. Professionals mentor students in more realistic and advanced career experiences than those available on the school campus. Students have the opportunity to develop professional training, leadership skills, and real-life abilities. Students arrange for their own professional mentors to shadow 5 hours weekly, propose and create an internship-related project or report each quarter, and, on some campuses, participate in online course discussions with classmates.
Below you will find additional information of interest:
- Students accepted for this class must be accepted into and actively participating in a formal internship/mentorship relationship throughout the school year, averaging 5 hours per week or 45 hours per quarter plus additional homework as any class would. One hundred eighty hours is required for the school year in order to receive credit.
- Students will receive more advanced professional field experiences than available in the high school setting or at an entry-level career position.
- While the instructor is happy to assist when possible, student interns are responsible for finding their own mentor/intern placement.
- The safety and security of every student is of critical concern. Students should not enter any work environments if they feel uncomfortable or at risk in any way. Any such concerns should be reported immediately to the instructor.
- Participating students will conduct an in-depth investigation of a career field they are considering pursuing.
- Students will engage in critical inquiry and research within their selected field and will prepare and deliver a formal project or report each quarter.
- Students will meet with the gifted coordinator and other students enrolled in this class one to two times per quarter.
- Student interns will participate in an online discussion board, entering up to three discussions every two weeks, reading others’ comments, and responding to them.
For more information about the program or specific contact information, see the school web site, Gifted Service
Work Bridge
Work Bridge is a program that works with students with various disabilities to provide an opportunity to explore interests and abilities in a community setting along with developing work behaviors and appropriate social skills for school to work transition. The services that are provided are determined through an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Work Bridge opportunities include but are not limited to:
- Training
- Counseling
- Exploration
- Volunteer Experiences in a various community settings
- Job shadowing
- Assessment
For more information, please contact Kay Nordmark at 480-345-3760 or email knordmark@tuhsd.k12.az.us.
APPP ( Adolescent Pregnancy Parenting Program)
This program has several objectives:
- Helping pregnant and parenting teens stay in school and graduate from high school
- Improving birth outcomes by increasing pregnant teens’ access to and use of prenatal care services
- Preparing teens to parent
- Decreasing the incidence of teen pregnancy and repeat pregnancies
- Improving opportunities for parenting teens to be financially independent and self-sufficient
For more information, contact the APPP program coordinator at Compadre High School, 480-752-3571. |
