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An internship is a great opportunity to get a taste of the real world and get some valuable on-the-job training.  An internship can help you try on a career before jumping in head first. Your professors and the Career Services Office at Roanoke College can help place you in an internship. 

Internship Benefits
  • Networking opportunities for future jobs
  • Enhance your resume
  • Test your compatibility with a specific field or company
  • Learn your strengths
  • Experience with general work functions and organizational culture
  • Learn more about your chosen field
  • Improve communication skills
Students have recently interned with
  • Merrill Lynch
  • NASA - Langley
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • The National Insititute of Health
  • Merck Pharmaceutical Laboratories
  • MTV
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Carilion Community Hospital 
  • among many others…

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