Boise State Student-Athletes Participate in Summer Internship Program

The BroncoLife summer internship program provides current student-athletes a realistic work experience in various Boise State athletic department offices to explore careers, gain a better understanding of how a corporate environment functions, including basic payroll requirements to guarantee compensation. Now in its second year, the five-week, 10 hour-per week program continues to draw interest from student-athletes with more participants and staff support.

"At some point in their lives, our student-athletes will enter the workforce," said student-athlete development/BroncoLife coordinator Kelli Nooney. "The internship program is designed to provide an entry-level introduction to office culture, the opportunity to explore different career paths that may be outside their major, and connect with a mentor."

The program incorporated the career development template of Boise State's Work-U program, through the college of innovation and design, which is set-up to provide all Boise State students the opportunity to gain hands-on professional experience, provide clarity on career goals, mentorship, focused classroom time, a chance to build their resume and network – all while gaining three upper-division credits. Participants are also introduced to the many resources of the university's Career Services department.

"The Work-U format was perfect for our student-athletes," said Nooney. "Plus, many of our mentors were student-athletes themselves and share a unique perspective on how to transfer those skills developed on the playing field to a career."

Preparations for 2024 are already underway with the possibility of increasing the program length from five weeks to seven weeks or more in order to add more professional development workshops.

"The internship was created to maximize the summer months and provide an experiential learning opportunity to help prepare our student-athletes for success," said Nooney.

The internship program is just one of the many opportunities provided to Bronco student-athletes via BroncoLife which aims to provide dynamic and impactful programs to develop and empower student-athletes to be positive influencers in their community and to help them reach their full potential in both their college careers and lives after sports.

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Boise State Student-Athletes Participate in Summer Internship Program

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