The Labovitz School of Business and Economics has made available opportunities for students to gain valuable job experience related to their respective field of study prior to graduation. Internships offer students an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained in the classroom to real problems through work in a sponsoring business. Most internships offer a salary as well as the opportunity to earn credits through a supervised work experience. The Director of the Business internship program, which is a full-time position, has been working with internship programs for over 30 years at the collegiate level. The Director works with business students in helping students with their internship experience. The Accounting and Economics Department Chairs, and the Director of the Health Care Management program assist students with internships for their respective majors. The classroom is only the beginning. LSBE continues to work with the business community to find internships which will help you gain experience and put your education to work. You will also make very valuable contacts. For some students, an internship can be the first step toward a future job. Others use the experience to acquire new skills and knowledge of processes, or conduct a self-assessment (how well are you prepared for a given occu- pation), or learn something about yourself through a reflective view about your life. In almost all instances, friends are made, future contacts have been established, and in some cases a whole new world may open up that did not exist before. Sample of Employers Hiring Accounting Interns Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP Minneapolis, MN Cargill Minnetonka, MN CB Richard Ellis Minneapolis, MN Copeland Buhl & Co. Minneapolis, MN Eikill & Schilling, Ltd. Duluth, MN Ernst & Young Minneapolis, MN Grant Thornton, LLP Minneapolis, MN HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd. White Bear Lake, MN Honeywell Int’l Minneapolis, MN IRS Minneapolis, MN Kern DeWenter Viere, Ltd St. Cloud, MN Kolquist Seitz & Goldman, Ltd. Duluth, MN LarsonAllen LLP Minneapolis, MN Luigino’s Duluth, MN Maurices Duluth, MN McGladrey Duluth and Minneapolis, MN MN Dept of Revenue St. Paul, MN Minnesota Power (Allete) Duluth, MN Office of the State Auditor St. Paul, MN Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd. St. Paul, MN Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP Minneapolis, MN Schechter Dokken Kanter Minneapolis, MN United Healthcare Duluth and Minneapolis, MN Wells Fargo Bank Minneapolis, MN Wipfli Minneapolis, MN Internship Program