PROMISE Sponsorship

Purpose: To promote a diverse, qualified applicant pool from Oregon's own student population for future professional, managerial, and technical positions with OSU and state agencies.

Method: Provide qualified OSU students the opportunity to gain compensated, mentored work experience in a 10-week summer professional, managerial, and technical internship.

Program Components:

Intern:

• Performs a special project requiring full-time (40 hours per week) work for the full 10-week internship period.
• Participates in scheduled weekly luncheon forums and network groups, various workshops and a one-day field trip experience with major agency heads in Salem.
• Participates in the poster galleria, sharing project content/experiences.

Sponsor:

• Defines and provides a professional, managerial, or technical project.
• Provides a supervisor who gives appropriate, structured professional supervision, guidance, and training to the intern.
• Participates in all of the activities with their intern.

Benefits:

• Ability to gain professional work experience.
• Experience diversity in the workplace.

10-Week Program Costs:

Internship salary of $4,000 plus related costs, i.e., transportation, supplies for poster galleria presentation, other personnel expenses, other expenses as identified by the sponsor for completion of the project. All 10-week summer internship costs are the responsibility of the sponsor. Interns are paid by Oregon State University, with funding provided by the sponsor through interagency funds transfer. Sponsoring departments within OSU may request to be considered for funds (not to exceed $2,000) to subsidize the costs of the internship. Interns are not eligible to receive health benefits. See the sponsorship application form for additional details.

Selection Process:

Internship project proposals are received from sponsoring OSU departments and reviewed by the PROMISE Task Force. Proposals are accepted based on the strengths of the experience and training the project will provide for the intern. PROMISE intern applicants are then referred to sponsors for interviewing and selection based on qualifications and interest.

Sponsorship Applications:

Please submit sponsorship applications to PROMISE Internships, Office of Community & Diversity, Oregon State University, 330 Snell Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2132 by the application deadline date noted on the application form. For additional information contact the program Administrator, Oregon State University, Office of Community & Diversity, 330 Snell Hall, (541) 737-4381 .

The OSU Sponsorship Application (PDF Document)
Any more questions? Check the PROMISE Internship Sponsors FAQ for answers.

2007 Sponsors

• Benton County Human Resources
• Benton County Substance Abuse
• OSU Business Affairs
• OSU Casa Educacional Office
• OSU College of Forestry
• OSU Counseling and Psychological Services
• OSU Diversity Development Office
• OSU Extension Service Latino 4-H Regional Educator
• OSU Extension State 4-H Youth Development Education
• OSU Extension Service Marion County
• OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center
• OSU KidSpirit
• OSU LGBT Outreach & Services
• OSU Office of Community and Diversity
• OSU Pre-College Program
• OSU Sea Grant Extension
• OSU Student Media
• OSU Student Leadership Research and Development
• OSU Ujima Education Office

PROMISE Internship Program, Office of Community & Diversity
Oregon State University, 330 Snell Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-2132
Contact the PROMISE Program Administrator at (541) 737-4381 for assistance.