Our vision
Promote undergraduate student success through a high-quality sophomore-level internship program that engages with Indianapolis employers.
Program overview
Our mission
To foster undergraduate student success through high-quality internships sparking goal setting, career exploration, and connecting academics to professional work with local Indianapolis employers.
Program outcomes
Skills
The intern will demonstrate career-related skills.
Goals
The intern will explain and analyze their career goals and personal goals for growth.
Identity
The intern will recognize their professional identity and how it fits into future plans.
Our story
The Sophomore Internship Program (SIP) was developed for sophomore IUPUI students interested in a paid, off-campus internship. Current participants represent 20 majors across 10 schools and academic units on the IUPUI campus. SIP is a campuswide collaboration that encourages students to connect with professionals in the Indianapolis area. To date, over 100 IUPUI students have been successfully placed in internships from our program.
The Sophomore Internship Program at IUPUI is generously supported by Citizens Energy Group and New Skills Ready Network.
Our history
The Sophomore Internship Program began in 2017 with a charitable donation from Duke Energy Group to the IU Foundation for internships at IUPUI. Under the directorship of Campus Career and Advising Services, the first full group of 10 interns started in the 2017–18 academic year. Beginning in 2019, Citizens Energy Group partnered with SIP to offer more internship opportunities for IUPUI students.