Site	Site Description	Internship(s)
Montessori Children’s House of Olean	This is a school rooted within the philosophy of Maria Montessori. The school serves children ages toddler through 2 nd grade.	An intern would assist with the marketing of the school. This would involve developing and implementing a marketing plan as well creating public relations materials.
Move Out Project Coordinator	This is an on campus internship and is sponsored by the Franciscan Center for Social Concern. It is a project that coordinates student efforts to donate reusable items at the end of the school year while SBU students are moving out of residence halls. These items are collected and donated to local non-profit organizations.	Interns aid in the areas of planning and implementation of the Move Out Project. They attend all planning meetings and help with public relations for the Project. During the implantation phase interns help load and organize donated items as well as coordinate pick up and storage spaces.
Mt. Irenaeus Auction	Mt. Irenaeus is a Franciscan community located approximately 25 miles from campus that offers hospitality to the students, faculty and staff of St. Bonaventure University. The Mountain also serves as a retreat center for other interested parties.	Every fall (the first Saturday of November) a fundraising auction is held for Mt. Irenaeus. An intern is needed to help plan and coordinate some of the details of this event. Work would include the use of Microsoft Publisher, Excel and Access to create advertisements, spreadsheets, labels, etc. Other duties would include helping with mailings and the auction event. This internship would last till the middle of November and would be supervised by the Auction committee chairperson and Administrative Assistant.
The Music Connection	This program was created through Olean City School District. Objectives: Provide guitar lessons to a group of six boys at risk of gang activity, runaway behavior and possible PINS placement, and have nothing in common with the traditional school model. To engage at risk youth in a positive activity that would provide them with a sense of belonging, community, and talent/skill.	Method: Two adult community volunteer guitar teachers and four volunteer youth guitar teachers will provide one-on-one lessons with the boys meeting one hour a week for 10 weeks.   Reasoning: By providing guitar lessons and a guitar to practice on, we hope that they will engage in something positive in school. We will encourage the middle school boys to follow up by attending the after school program “The History of Rock Music.” As an incentive to complete at least 10 lessons, we would like to give each boy an electric guitar and a small amplifier.
Office of Alumni Services (SBU)		The intern -preferably majoring in English or Journalism- will work closely with the alumni director in planning, organizing and implementing winter Homecoming weekend and special alumni events and activities on and off campus. Duties include assisting with planning, communication, and organization.  Skills needed:  good communication skills (both written and oral), ability to work independently, organizational and computer skills, and some financial and budget knowledge.  The intern will report to the director of alumni services and will also work with the director of the annual fund.  The internship would begin ASAP.
Office of Communications (SBU)		Each intern is asked to commit a minimum of 6 hours a week to our office. Generally, they will be responsible for researching, writing and processing press releases and feature articles. Each intern will be assigned to an area of the University for which they will serve as PR representative. Successful candidates will have strong writing, editing and interviewing skills and a working knowledge of AP style. Applicants should have a strong desire to learn more about the field of public relations. The hours count as off-campus internship hours for those who require them for graduation. Those with Web Site, film, design or other skills pertinent to PR are also welcomed.
Olean Child Day Care Center	Olean Child Day Care Center is a facility that is housed within First Presbyterian Church of Olean. It provides services to children who are infants to age 6.	The Day Care Center offers internships related to the areas of marketing and accounting. There is also the possibility of working with the children within the center.
Olean General Hospital	Olean General Hospital is non-profit hospital located in downtown Olean.	Candidate will be exposed to the following HR related functions: Compensation: Researching survey data and comparing to current positions to determine if current job classes are placed appropriately. Benefits: Help organize benefit fair which will in return expose candidate to the various benefits opportunities. Expose candidate to the Performance Evaluation System Expose candidate to employment recruitment and retention programs (ie. Placing classified ads, peer interviewing , orienting and exit interview tracking)
Olean Historical and PreservationSociety	Located within the Bartlett House in the Olean Historic District, the Historical and Preservation society exists as a resource for local history and engages in the general work of preservation.	An intern can work with the City Historian or intern more generally with the Bartlett House. There are a number of tasks that could be completed – ranging from conducting historical research, doing preservation work, giving tours and helping with office work. This is a good internship for a history major (and can actually qualify for academic credit), but anyone with interest in this work can apply.