{"id":1178,"date":"2025-03-26T13:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/?page_id=1178"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:25:34","slug":"outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__hero panel panel-hero site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"hero\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper imageoverlay site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<figure  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-panel__hero-bg-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Erik Brust\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Erik-Brust-1600x1200.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Erik-Brust-1152x864.jpg 1152w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Erik-Brust-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Erik-Brust-2304x1728.jpg 2304w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content site-panel__hero-content--grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-panel__hero-title\" id=\"internships-outcomes\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Internships &amp; Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-img-caption\">\n\t\t\t<span>Erik Brust \u201814 &#8211; CEO, Jonny Pops, speaking to BUS 268:Design Thinking &#038; Entrepreneurship class<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center site-section__title--sm\" id=\"internships\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Internships<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">To complete the Business and Management Studies concentration, students must complete an internship or significant work experience. We work closely with the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/internships\/\">Piper Center for Vocation and Career<\/a> to ensure every student, no matter what their major is and what their area of interest is, is able to get an internship.<\/h5>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Northfield Wifi\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Northfield-Wifi-820x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Northfield-Wifi-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Northfield-Wifi-820x600.jpg 820w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/management-studies\/files\/2025\/03\/Northfield-Wifi-1120x900.jpg 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>These can be credit bearing (academic internship) or not.<\/li>\n<li>Funding is available for unpaid or underpaid internships.<\/li>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/internship-database-new\/\">internship database<\/a>\u00a0 includes over 1400 internships submitted by graduating seniors from the past five years and shows the diversity of available internship opportunities for current students.<\/li>\n<li>The college provides a number of unique St. Olaf internship programs that are great preparation for students interested in business in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase; 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