Emerging Leaders
The Emerging Leaders summer internship program for college students with disabilities offers paid summer internships at many of America's leading corporations like JP Morgan Chase, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Barclay's Capital, and Liz Claiborne. These companies are members of the Center's National Business & Disability Council and are proactive in recruiting qualified people with disabilities. To be considered for an internship, you must be a current student, undergraduate or graduate, and be maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA.
More information can be found on the Emerging Leaders web site.

ENTRY POINT!
ENTRY POINT! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering internship opportunities for students with disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business. The ENTRY POINT! program includes opportunities in private industry and government agencies. Students with disabilities can apply their skills in a real-world setting in competitive summer internships. The internships offer mentoring and assistive technology, facilitating the entry and advancement of individuals with significant disabilities into competitive employment and research at all levels. In addition, part of the experience is re-locating for ten weeks to another part of the country. To find out more or to apply visit http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint/apply.html

Excellence Through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL)
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) bring you a new internship program for the blind. The Excellence through Challenging Exploration and Leadership (EXCEL) program will provide an employment experience like no other, combining NASA's ambitious mission of exploration with the successful mentoring and empowerment model demonstrated by the NFB. The EXCEL program not only provides blind youth with early employment experience but also provides support and mentoring from successful blind adults. If you are a blind youth interested in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) career, then this program is for you!

Six EXCEL interns will be chosen from a nationwide search, with two additional students chosen as alternates. Two interns will be placed at each of three NASA centers: Goddard (Maryland), Johnson (Texas), and the Jet Propulsion Lab (California) for an intensive six-week program that will begin at the NFB National Convention. During the Convention, EXCEL interns will serve as NASA ambassadors as well as attend seminars and meetings to learn more about how to succeed in the workplace as a blind adult. From there, the interns will travel to their work sites for five weeks of work experience under NASA supervisors. The interns will stay with carefully selected host families who can assist the youth in preparing to live independently. Applicants must: be legally blind, be at least 18 years old, be going into their first or second year of college, have an interest in pursuing STEM careers, and have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. For information contact Karen Zakhnini, Education Programs, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.

Workforce Recruitment Program
A representative from the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) visits Texas State early each spring semester to interview students with disabilities FOR PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND PERMANENT POSITIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Students must sign up for an interview time at Career Services, 5-7.1, LBJ Student Center, and have a current resume on file with the Career Services office. There are a limited number of interview times available each year therefore it is important to sign up early. To submit your resume for the WRP visit the Career Services Jobs4Cats website at: http://www.careerservices.txstate.edu/Jobs4Cats/Jobs4Cats.html
Annually in December the ODS will post details regarding upcoming spring interview opportunities.