By Scott Meacham
Oklahoma businesses and college students benefit from OCAST internship program.
Across Oklahoma, our college and university students, who have been pulled from pillar to post these last few months, are gearing up for internships. The time is right for Oklahoma’s startups and corporations to get in the hunt.
The OCAST (Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology) Student Intern Partnership Program application is a great way to start. The application submission period is from May 17 to July 2. Business gain access to funding from $10,000 to $30,000 per year in salary match for one to two years.
For college students, the right internship can launch a career before they even graduate — and that’s the idea, to retain Oklahoma’s best and brightest students by matching graduates and undergraduates with a high-tech Oklahoma company to undertake an innovative project which benefits student and company.
Success Story
Spiers New Technologies (SNT), the leading full-service provider for advanced battery packs used in hybrid vehicles, has deployed interns since the inception of the company. As SNT’s VP of technology, Bryan Schulz set the foundation for SNT’s int