The Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce is launching a new summer internship program available to Dakota Wesleyan University and Mitchell Technical College students.
Mike Lauritsen is MADC CEO. “We came up with the idea to do a scholarship program where we’d offer $250 to 20 students, 10 from Mitchell Tech, 10 from Dakota Wesleyan, if they could find an internship here in Mitchell,” Lauritsen said, “And so our goal is to keep those students in town over the summer, and they have the opportunity to work with a local employer.”
It’s funded through a partnership between the MADC and businesses. “The business has to match that $250 that we have set aside and so the student gets a $500 scholarship plus the opportunity to work for a local employer here in Mitchell,” he said. For about 20 hours a week.
Lauritsen says three students have already signed up. Interested students and businesses may contact MADC for additional information.