: SUNY Brockport

Prepare for life after Brockport, gain valuable knowledge, and hone professional skills beyond the classroom.

The Career Design Center at SUNY Brockport offers unique tools to help you explore job and internship opportunities.

Start your search

Over the past year, our students have engaged in over 1,300 experiences across campus and in the community.

To seek opportunities within your major, please inquire with a trusted faculty member or your advisor. If you are unsure about what direction to head or would like some guidance, make an appointment to discuss with the Career Design Center on Handshake.

What are the benefits?

Increasingly, employers are seeking candidates who have completed an internship or other forms of experiential learning. Internships and experiential learning serves as career prep that can set you apart from other employee candidates in your field.

By completing an internship or experiential learning opportunity, you can gain:

Real-world work experience
Experience in your desired field
Credits toward your degree
The ability to develop new skills
Leadership skills
Networking opportunities
Skills to add to your resume
Pathways to full-time employment opportunities

Our Internship Programs

Open to students who have completed a minimum of 35 credits. Students work a minimum of 40 hours per credit hour in career related areas. Credit options are for 3 or 6 credits. Open to all academic majors during fall, spring, and summer semesters and is the only university-wide internship program. Complete an application on Handshake. If you have any questions, create a Brockport Career Exploration Course (BCEC) appointment with the Career Design Center on Handshake.

This program is open to all majors and offers the opportunity to intern full-time at Walt Disney World ® near Orlando, FL or Disneyland ® Resort in Anaheim, CA. Students work full-time in paid positions, while earning credits through SUNY Brockport. Applications are done through Disney’s website.

This program is also open to graduating seniors.

It is highly recommended that if you are interested, an appointment be made with a member of the Career Design Center Team by emailing career@brockport.edu.

Other Internship Programs

International Internships

Spend a semester abroad living, working, and learning in countries such as England, China, Australia, and others. Check out more information on Education Abroad’s website.

Assembly Intern Program

Spend the spring semester working with the NYS Assembly in Albany. Offers generous stipends and full-time credit is arranged through SUNY Brockport.

Senate Intern Program

Spend the spring semester working with the NYS Senate in Albany. Offers generous stipends and full-time credit is arranged through SUNY Brockport.

What’s the process?

The process of finding an internship is really no different than finding a job. You must start well in advance (usually the semester prior to interning), develop a résumé, and go on interviews to find that ideal internship.

At the Career Design Center we have a number of different resources to help you find an internship offered during the Fall and Spring semesters.

Make an internship search appointment on Handshake.

Tips

Ask your internship supervisor if he/she would be willing to be a reference for you in the future. Do this before your internship ends.

Handshake tip

After completing your Handshake profile and your career interests information, be sure to keep these updated. This will ensure you are seeing relevant positions that you may be interested in pursuing. When you’re ready, make your profile public to employers so they can find you. Remember to check postings regularly!

Vault tip

You are able to explore Internship Rankings & Reviews on Vault, which is accessed through Handshake. There are also Internship Guides and an Internship Blog.