Real Life

Senior Kelly Patterson did a little investigating and turned up an internship with the FBI. The computer science major from Amelia, Ohio, spent 10 weeks in Clarksburg, W. V., as part of the FBI Honors Internship Program, using her computer programming expertise to assist one of the nation's most high-profile departments.

Harry Walker, a senior biology major from Painesville, Ohio, had a six-month internship at Walt Disney World, tending more than 2,000 plants at Epcot's The Land Pavilion. Harry also has a professional writing minor that he hopes to use to pursue a career in science communication.

 

Ohio Northern University offers a wide range of regional, national and international internship opportunities. Students have options for actual work experience in their academic field of interest. These experiences provide new insights that facilitate understanding in the classroom and enhance career opportunities and achievements.

Although most students are placed in entry-level positions, most employers provide the opportunity for students to engage in some activity that requires problem solving, creative thinking and application of upper-level course studies.

Sample internship sites:

• Armed Forces DNA Identification Labs
• A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
• American Trim
• Aon Consulting
• Barnes & Noble
• CIA
• The Columbus Zoo
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
• Deneb, Robotics
• Department of Interior-Bureau of Land Management
• Disney World
• Eli Lilly
• Ernst and Young
• Hard Rock Cafe
• Honda of America
• Internal Revenue Service
• ITT Industries
• Marathon Ashland Petrolelum LLC
• Mead Corporation
• Merrill Lynch
• NASA - Johnson Space Center
• United Aircraft Products
• USS/Kobe Steel Company
• Wal-Mart
• Washington Center Experience
• Xerox Corporation