Experiential learning opportunities are key when investigating careers in either math, statistics or computer science. Below is a list of locations where St. Olaf MSCS students have completed experiential learning activities. Use this list to get started and to spark your creativity – there are numerous organizations not mentioned here that may also offer opportunities!
Organizations where Oles have interned in the past
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Categories of organizations include:
- Accounting/Financial Services
- Arts
- Business
- Communications/Public Relations/Advertising
- Computer Science/Management Information Systems
- Education
- Environmental
- Human and Social Services
- Sales/Marketing
- Science/Research
- Miscellaneous
Organizations where Oles have interned in the past
Accounting/Financial Services
- Lake State Federal Credit Union – Financial institution.
- Kemps, LLC – Markets ice cream and other dairy products.
- Mayo Clinic – Offers medical and health information and tools.
- All Star Financial – Registered investment advisor.
- The Woda Group, Inc – Sustainable Public Housing Redevelopment Company.
- Ernst & Young – Professional services organization.
- Northwestern Mutual Financial Network – US financial services mutual organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Arts
- Rice Fergus Architects
- Larson-Brenner Architects – Commercial and residential architects located in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Business
- West Group – Produces legal, business, and regulatory information in print and electronic services.
- Dakota Electric Association – Not-for-profit electric utility founded by local farmers in 1937.
- US Bancorp
- Piper Jaffray – Global investment bank.
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans – Faith-based, not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services organization.
- Mayo Scholars Program – Research projects.
- Norconsult – Multidisciplinary engineering and design consultancy.
- RBC – Wealth management.
- Mutual of Omaha – Offers insurance and financial products and services.
- Merrill Lynch – Financial management and advisory company.
Communications/Public Relations/Advertising
- Northfield Historical Society – Preserving, interpreting and honoring the history of Northfield.
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans – Faith-based, not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services organization.
- Kemps, LLC – Markets ice cream and other dairy products.
Computer Science/Management Information Systems
- Target Corporation – General merchandiser.
- Welcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Univ. Edinburgh
- Watson Wyatt Worldwide – HR consulting and risk management insurance.
- HealthPartners – Minnesota-based not-for-profit HMO.
- Gearworks, Inc. – Gear machinery, replacement parts, and service.
Education
Environmental (Domestic and International)
- U.S. Forest Service – Manages public lands in national forests and grasslands.
- La Anita Rainforest Ranch – Ecotourism destination.
- Asian Rural Institute – International training ground for grassroots rural leaders.
- Planet Drum Foundation – Research, promote and disseminate information about bioregionalism.
Human and Social Services
- Mayo Clinic – Medical and health information and tools for healthy living.
- Child Family Health International – Service Learning in International Health for medical, pre-medical, and nursing students.
- Deaconess Billings Clinic – Multi-specialty physician clinics, hospital.
- Allina Medical Clinic – Offers more than 50 primary and specialty care services.
- University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement – Independent organization dedicated to patient-centered and value-driven care.
Sales/Marketing
- Northfield Enterprise Center – Assists businesses of all sizes with business planning, financial modeling, and sustained growth support.
- Target Corporation – General merchandiser.
- Mayo Medical Ventures – Finds business opportunities for discoveries and inventions.
Science/Research
- National Science Foundation – Promotes the progress of science.
- Mayo Medical Ventures – Finds business opportunities for discoveries and inventions.
- Spec Plating Corporation – Provides copper, nickel and gold plating services.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment.
- Northfield Historical Society – Preserving, interpreting and honoring the history of Northfield.
- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
- University of Minnesota
Miscellaneous
- Advent Ministries – Outpatient recovery program.
- Wellstone for Senate – Training and leadership development in the progressive movement.
- St. Olaf Women’s Hockey, Buzz Hockey
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited – Third largest bank by market capitalization in Australia.
- Oppenheimer Funds – Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.
General Search Resources
Where To Look- Piper Center Internship Search Resources
Specific Internship Postings
- Mathematical Associaton of America
- American Mathematical Society
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Computer Science Internship posting at CollegeGrad.com
Professional Organizations
These organizations provide information, networking, and additional training opportunities and may offer student memberships at a discount.
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- American Mathematical Society
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Mathematical Association of America
- American Statistical Association
- Professional Associations
Links which provide additional information beyond internships in the following areas.