The Monroe-Brown Internship Program is the result of a collaboration between Southwest Michigan First and the Monroe-Brown Foundation. It exists to provide college students with funding for college and applied career experience in the Southwest Michigan business community.
 

The Monroe-Brown Internship Program provides high quality internships with hourly wages, valuable networking opportunities and up to $5,500 in scholarship funding to all student participants. The program is open to in-coming juniors, seniors and graduate students at Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University, Michigan State University, University of Michigan and second year students at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Students attending Michigan State University and University of Michigan must have attended high school in the Greater Kalamazoo area.

Once the intern is hired, he or she will work for the company for a minimum of 400 hours between May and September. (This is typically full-time for ten weeks, but can be customized to suit the needs of the individual companies and interns.) During that time, the companies pay the interns at least minimum wage. 
 

Upon successful completion of the internship, as decided by the employing company and the Monroe-Brown Foundation, the company awards the intern with a $500 bonus and the Monroe-Brown Foundation will each pay the intern a $500 scholarship. Additionally, the Monroe-Brown Foundation will provide two additional payments of $2,500 at the end of each of the two semesters following the internship period. For tax purposes, all payments from the Monroe-Brown Foundation must be made directly to the school and applied to the student's account.
 

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Approved Kalamazoo Area High Schools
 

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We welcome your feedback. Please send ideas and comments to jbland@swmfirst.com.
 

For more information on the Monroe-Brown Foundation, please contact Jane Baker.