On-Campus Internship Program (OCIP)

The St. Lawrence University On-Campus Internship Program (OCIP) provides a unique experiential learning opportunity aimed at developing professional skills while enrolled as a full-time student. The OCIP involves tasks, activities and learning that go beyond what might be expected of a traditional student employee to include work requiring greater intellectual engagement and/or professional responsibility.

To be part of the program, internships must involve at least 50-75% substantive work engaging students in higher level professional activities, including, but not limited to, research, analysis, writing, data collection, and interacting and communicating with various audiences. The OCIP experience focuses on skill building, mentorship, learning, reflection and opportunities to develop/expand a professional network. A foundation of the OCIP is to provide reciprocity as a mutually beneficial experience for the student and internship provider. 

All OCIP positions will be posted on St. Lawrence’s Handshake platform and will include both eligibility requirements and a detailed internship description. OCIP internship are paid positions and require a minimum of 50 working hours per semester to be completed. 

In addition to work done for the department sponsoring the OCIP position, students participate in mandatory orientation to maximize their on-campus experiences. Students are compensated for their time while participating in OCIP orientation and professional development activities each semester, as outlined below:

Semester 1

• Spark Path card sort and a journal entry via Canvas (1-hour)
• LinkedIn Learning session on how to “Develop an Authentic Elevator Pitch.” Upon completion of the course, students must add the course certificate to their LinkedIn  profile and upload a recorded elevator pitch on TalkMeUp (1.5-hours)
• OCIP mini-conference partway through the semester to take part in a values-based card sort and a diversity, equity and inclusion case study (1.5 hours)

Semester 2

• Hands-on Microsoft excel training (1 hour)
• Purpose-driven education workshop (1 hour)

Semester 3

• Networking workshop (1 hour)
• Complete two informational interviews with alumni in their field of interest and provide a journal entry on what was learned and what actions steps will be taken as a result (2 hours)

Semester 4

• Interview preparation workshop (1 hour)
• Mock interviewing event with local alumni and employers (1 hour)

Semester 5+

• Work one-on-one with CCE staff to design a project related specific to their career interests and needs (2-hours)

Examples of OCIP roles

Position	Department
Admissions Senior Fellowship	Admissions
Game Management Internship	Athletics
Sports Media & Communication Intern	Athletics
Career Coaching Intern	Center for Career Excellence
Employer Engagement Intern	Center for Career Excellence
Marketing & Assessment Intern	Center for Career Excellence
Grant Writing Internship	Corporate & Foundation Grants Office
Student Marketing Intern	Dining & Conference Services
Living Lab Intern	Environmental Studies
Broadcast & Social Media Manager	ESports
Corporate Liaison	ESports
Digital Media Specialist	Esports
Finance & Accounting Intern - Level 2	Finance & Business Office
Content Creation Internship	First Year Program
Law Internship	General Counsel
Computer Science	Nature Up North
Digital Media Intern	Nature Up North
Environmental Education Intern	Nature Up North
Project Management Internship	NetVUE
Peace Corps Prep Intern	Peace Corps Prep Program
Student Activities Intern	Student Activities & Leadership
Bystander Intervention Program Intern	Title IX
Student Marketing Team	University Communications
GIS Intern	University Libraries
Library Archives Internship	University Libraries
Library Internship	University Libraries
Suicide Prevention & Substance Abuse Prevention Internship	Wellness Education
Wellness Education Internship	Wellness Education