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Summer Programs
Rockswold Health Scholars
Clinical and research program at the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN. Students live together in St. Paul.
Health Scholars at the Mayo Clinic
Clinical and research program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Students live together in Rochester.
Scott Kloeck-Jenson Social Impact Scholars
Complete internships focused on social impact, public policy, and sustainability while participating in regular academic and vocational reflection. Students live together in a community house in St. Paul.
Svoboda Legal Scholars
Perform intensive legal research and serve in a legal support role to social impact oriented law.
Svoboda Entrepreneurial Scholars
Gain experience working in a startup or entrepreneurial environment with St. Olaf entrepreneurial alumni, accelerators, incubators, and venture capital firms.
Interim Programs
Innovation Scholars
The Innovation Scholars program offers a high-impact experiential learning opportunity during Interim and involves selected students working on cross-disciplinary teams on real-world challenges in technology transfer and entrepreneurship. Innovation Scholars programming utilizes a hybrid format and offers multidisciplinary teams the opportunity to engage in the business development of new innovations in real time by working on projects drawn from Mayo Clinic, Medical Alley companies, NASA, Medtronic, and other institutions.
Norway Innovation Scholars
A unique opportunity to spend four weeks in Norway performing market analysis, evaluating intellectual property issues, and creating a strategic plan.
St. Olaf College – Marketing, Advertising and Digital Design (MADD) (listed in Handshake in fall, due in mid-October)
This cohort internship program provides opportunities for students who have an interest in careers within creative fields to learn about the fundamentals of Marketing, Advertising, and Digital Design, analyze and dissect case studies, and develop their own personal projects. During MADD teamwork, students will work with St. Olaf’s Marketing and Communications department to strategize and develop a real, inquiry-to-prospect marketing campaign for a campus partner.