The University of Connecticut School of Business, in conjunction with the UConn Family Business Program,
is now seeking applications from entrepreneurial firms interested in bringing on interns to help identify and evaluate solutions for business challenges.  Interns are students from the UConn School of Business entering their senior year of undergraduate business study. 
The goal of the internship program is to partner with entrepreneurial firms to provide advanced experiential learning opportunities for the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. It’s the benefit of working with tomorrow’s talent – today – who can offer a fresh outlook to your business and get the job done.

Here’s the program at a glance:

• Interns will work for 10-weeks, at a minimum of 25 hours per week from May – July 2010
• Interns are to be compensated a minimum of $12/hour (to be determined by host company and up to negotiation with student)
• Students must attend four full-day on-campus business clinic sessions (at Storrs) where they will learn and apply business assessment skills to be used directly at their internship.  Will involve case study analysis of each interns business challenge at their host company.  Interns must be compensated by their host company for these business clinic sessions.
• Interns must be supervised and mentored by top C-level management and have access to relevant data to complete project analysis
• Interns are evaluated according to aptitude, attitude, skills, and motivation - and accepted into the program as they are matched with host companies.

At the conclusion of the internship period, host company mentors will receive a full assessment of the challenge, an analysis of solutions, and a strategy to execute.

Interested host company candidates must send in a proposal (DUE APRIL 30, 2010)
to ccei@business.uconn.edu identifying general business challenges that should be given consideration as the basis of the internship – and the general structure
of the internship opportunity.  Please also include the following:

• C-level contact person that would serve as the host company mentor (as well as contact information / phone / e-mail).
• Please note that mentors must make themselves available to interns vis-à-vis pre-determined meeting dates to give/receive feedback and answer appropriate questions as they relate to the project and required internship deliverables.
• Proposed internship schedules (start date / end date / weekly schedule) & negotiated compensation rate
• Skills desired

Student majors:  
While the emphasis of the program is on students majoring in Management, students have a background in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and MIS (Management Information Systems). Majors of students participating in the program, however, may range within Accounting, Business & Technology, Finance, Health Systems Management, Management, Marketing, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MEM) Management and Engineering for Manufacturing, Real Estate, and Risk Management Insurance.

If your needs are more sophisticated, and you would like to evaluate whether an MBA student is right for you, please e-mail ccei@business.uconn.edu with a comprehensive outline of the project scope and skills desired.