Experiential learning opportunities are key when investigating careers in kinesiology, whether through internships, job shadowing, or informational interviews. Below are some general internship search resources and tips and a list of locations where St. Olaf students have completed kinesiology related experiential learning activities since 2000.
Organizations where Oles have interned in the past
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Categories of organizations include:
- Coaching & Fitness
- International
- Sports Management
- Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Miscellaneous
Organizations where Oles have interned in the past
Coaching and Fitness
- Acceleration Minnesota – sports training centers
- FHIT (Flexx Hockey Institute of Training) – Strength training and conditioning clinics at arenas in the Twin Cities area.
- H.E.A.T. (High Energy Advance Training) – Program orientation, fitness testing, development of periodization programs, and wellness education in St. Cloud.
- Life Time Fitness – Personal Training Department at the Plymouth location.
- Skyhawks Sports Programs for Kids – Summer internships teaching young athletes the rules, techniques, and strategies of sports and activities at locations all over Minnesota.
- Lifestyle Management (Minneapolis, MN) – Personal trainer shadow
- St. Olaf Volleyball (Northfield, MN) – volleyball recruiting and coaching
- St. Olaf Football Team (Northfield, MN) – student coach
- Timber Creek High School and Orange County Public School (Orlando, FL) – Wrestling coach
- Anytime Fitness (Orlando, FL) – Assistant to manager
- Howard Head Sports Medicine Center (Vail, CO) – Certified athletic trainer
- St. Olaf College Athletics (Northfield, MN) – Basketball coach intern
International
- Yanapuma Foundation (Quito, Ecuador) –Physical therapy intern
- La Anita Rainforest Ranch (Costa Rica) – Ecotourism developer
- Interfaith Services to Latin America (Nicaragua) – Medical projects in Jalapa, Nicaragua
Sports Management
- Washington Institute of Sports Medicine (Kirkland, WA) – Athletic programs supervisor
- Bishops Bay Country Club (Middleton, WI) – Member services specialist
- Biomet North Central (Eden Prairie, MN) – Sales management intern
- Acceleration Minnesota (Arden Hills, MN) – Sports assistant
- Flexx Hockey Institute of Training (FHIT) (Mendota Heights, MN) – Office trainer intern
- St Olaf College, Athletics (Northfield, MN) – Director of recreation intern
- Total Hockey Minnesota
Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Bannockburn Chiropractic and Sports Injury Center (Bannockburn, IL)
- Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation – Division of Northfield Hospital, occupational therapy intern
- Complete Chiropractic – Private chiropractic clinic near Northfield.
- Courage Center (Golden Valley, MN) – a Minnesota-based rehabilitation center for children and adults with disabilities
- Cram Chiropractic & Wellness Center – Private chiropractic center in downtown Northfield.
- Minnesota Sport & Spine Rehabilitation – Physical therapy clinic in Burnsville.
- Wieber Physical Therapy – Physical therapy, athletic training in Faribault.
- Heartland Orthopedics – provide state-of-the-art surgical and nonsurgical orthopedic care in the areas of trauma, sports medicine, and elective reconstructive surgery in Alexandria, MN.
- Bio Sports (Wenatchee, WA)
- St. Francis Medical Center (Chaska, MN) – Physical Therapy
- Sports and Occupational Health Center (Apple Valley, MN) – Doctor of Chiropractic shadow
- Saint Mary’s/Duluth Clinic (Duluth, MN) – Exercise physiologist, prevention and patient rehabilitation
- Children’s Hospitals and clinics of MN (St. Paul, MN) – Exercise specialist intern
- Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) – Physical therapy intern
- Redwood Area Hospital (Redwood, MN) – Physical therapy intern
- Functional Kids Clinic (Maplewood, MN) – Occupational therapy intern
- Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (Northfield, MN) – Occupational therapy intern
- Orthopedic & Fracture Clinic (Northfield, MN) – Orthopedic intern
- Children’s Hospitals & Clinics (multiple MN locations)- Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Miscellaneous
- St. Olaf Sports Information Department (Northfield, MN) – Sports information media intern
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (Minneapolis, MN) – Research assistant
- University of MN Aquatics (Minneapolis, MN) – Aquatics intern
- Allina Medical Clinic (Northfield, MN) – Physician’s assistant intern
- HeartWorks Yoga Studio (Northfield, MN)
General Search Resources
Where To Look- Piper Center Internship Search Resources
Specific Internship and Job Postings
Professional Organizations
These organizations provide information, networking, and additional training opportunities and may offer student memberships at a discount.
- American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Association of Health Care Administrative Mgmt.
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- American Physical Therapy Association
- Association of Occupational Health Professionals
- International Fitness Association
- National Athletic Trainers’ Association
- National Recreation and Park Association
- National Sports Marketing Network
Links which provide additional information beyond internships in the following areas.