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Open Doors to Impactful, Paid Internships for Your Students.

Looking for paid summer internships that will help your students gain real-world experience? Join the Building Capacity, Careers, & Community Internship Initiative, a program of The VirtualIntern. This national program empowers college students to partner with a nonprofit of their choice, design an impactful project, and secure funding for a virtual, project-based internship aligned with their passions.

By sharing this opportunity, you’re helping students build critical career skills, receive mentorship, and gain financial support—all while making a tangible environmental impact in communities across the country.

Join the Consortium! A Collaboration for Student Success

We are building a collaboration between students, colleges, and nonprofits to expand access to meaningful, paid virtual internships that drive real-world environmental impact.

By joining this Consortium, your institution can help shape a network that elevates student success, strengthens nonprofit capacity, and creates career-aligned opportunities.

Your participation connects students with hands-on experience, mentorship, and funding while they work on mission-driven projects that benefit communities nationwide.

  1. Share Opportunities – Inform students about this program through flyers, advisors, social media, and campus announcements.

  2. Recommend Students – Provide references for your recommended students for priority access to these transformative, paid internships.

  3. Sign Up – Be part of this growing initiative and ensure your institution plays a role in expanding student opportunities.

  4. Share Your Logo – Your logo will be shared on our website (optional).

Don’t Miss Out! Institutions must join the Consortium and recommend students by April 1, 2025. to ensure priority access to this summer’s paid internships. Secure your spot in this growing collaboration and help connect students with meaningful opportunities before the deadline!

How It Works

Sign Up & Join the Consortium – Gain access to resources and priority student opportunities.

Share with Students – Use provided materials to promote this paid internship program.

Recommend & Support – Provide student references for priority access and help them succeed.

Students must apply by April 1, 2025, midnight ET, to be considered!

Why Join?

  • Priority Access for Your Students
    Ensure your undergraduate and graduate students receive early access to     paid, project-based internships with leading nonprofits and government agencies in sustainability, environmental justice, and community engagement.

  • Fully Funded, Career-Aligned Internships
    Students receive     stipends for their participation, removing financial barriers while working on meaningful projects that align with their academic interests and career goals.

  • Enhance Your Institution’s Visibility
    Be featured in our     College Readiness Initiative resource guide, showcasing your institution as a leader in equitable career pathways and environmental impact.

  • Expand Student Opportunities & Mentorship
    Participants gain     mentorship from industry leaders, and nonprofits, helping them refine career goals and build professional networks.

  • Elevate Your Institution’s Impact
    MobilizeGreen will spotlight your school’s involvement through     social media and national events, increasing visibility and recognition for your commitment to student success and nonprofit capacity building.

FAQs

  • The Building Capacity, Careers, & Community (BCCC) Internship Initiative is a paid remote internship program that connects college students with nonprofits to co-design and implement meaningful environmental projects. This initiative benefits universities by:

    • Expanding career pathways through hands-on, project-based learning.

    • Providing fully funded internship opportunities that remove financial barriers.

    • Strengthening nonprofit partnerships that enhance student engagement.

    • Developing students’ leadership and nonprofit management skills.

  • Universities can join the Consortium to share this opportunity with students and help provide priority access to fully funded internships. Faculty, departments, or career offices can participate by:

    • Sharing program details via listservs, newsletters, and career services.

    • Encouraging students to apply and secure nonprofit partnerships.

    • Serving as references for student applications.

  • No. Students can apply and find their own nonprofit independently. However, professors and departments that join the Consortium will get priority access and additional support for students seeking internships.

  • By joining the Consortium, universities can:

    • Give their students priority access to funded internship placements.

    • Receive program resources to easily distribute to students.

    • Showcase their leadership in career development and sustainability.

    • Strengthen nonprofit partnerships that benefit future students.

  • Joining the Consortium is low-commitment and free.

  • Yes! While students are responsible for securing their nonprofit partner, universities can assist their students by:

    • Connect students with nonprofits they already collaborate with.

    • Encourage students to reach out to alumni working in nonprofit roles.

    • Offer guidance through career services, faculty advisors, or sustainability offices.

  • Students at participating universities may receive priority review for internship spots. Professors and departments that join the Consortium can help their students by:

    • Encouraging students to apply and sharing distributed materials.

    • Providing a faculty reference during the application process.

  • Yes! Multiple departments, career centers, and faculty members can join and share the opportunity with their students. This is especially beneficial for programs in environmental studies, public policy, business, communications, and nonprofit management.

  • No. There is no cost for universities, professors, or students to participate in the Consortium.

  • No, but if colleges have existing funding to support students, we can work with them to supplement the cost.

    • Some internships are funded-through nonprofit cost-shares.

    • Some universities use existing internship funding to support students while still benefiting from the program’s mentorship and professional development.

  • Faculty and staff are not required to mentor students but can provide guidance on project development or nonprofit selection if they choose.

  • We provide ready-to-share resources including:

    • Informational Flyers

    • Virtual info sessions for students and faculty.

    • FAQs and guidance on nonprofit selection.

    Universities can distribute these through career centers, student organizations, sustainability offices, faculty advisors, and newsletters.

  • For more information or to join the Consortium, please contact leib@mobilizegreen.org.

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