Evie Gomez
Inpatient acute care rehabilitation department at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Hospital - Class of 2026
"My capstone instructor, who also practices as an outpatient physical therapist at OHSU, helped me navigate the application process to get the specific setting I wanted."
Annie Sharyan
Legal intern with the firm Sherlag | De Muniz - Class of 2026
"I was drawn to criminal defense because it involves both rigorous legal analysis and meaningful human advocacy. This experience will absolutely shape my future career. It strengthened my research, writing, and analytical skills while confirming my desire to pursue law professionally."
Jelizza Gotangho Lupi
Neuroscience Research Intern with ThinkNeuro - Class of 2026
"I took Dr. Mark Pitzer’s Behavioral Neuroscience class in Spring 2025, and his infectious enthusiasm and passion for the subject significantly deepened my own interest, inspiring me to seek out a research internship in neuroscience."
Robin Aughney
Forest and Public Lands Communication Intern for Oregon Wild - Class of 2026
"The internship position description specifically mentioned words like storytelling, narrative, and research, which I felt uniquely qualified for as a humanities student."
Malory Morey
Innovations Intern at Hyster-Yale Materials Handling - Class of 2026
"My job was to focus on research and development in AI, machine learning, robotics, and object detection. Over the summer, I had the amazing opportunity to present some of my findings with the rest of my fellow interns to the CEO."
Ava Simmons
Summer Audit Intern at KPMG Portland - Class of 2026
"The problem-solving skills and confidence I gained in this learning experience will greatly support me in the future, as I have accepted my return offer with the company and will be starting as an audit associate in the fall."
Sofia Olin
Education Intern for Columbia Springs - Class of 2026
"Being an environmental science major meant I had taken classes on climatology, geomorphology, and freshwater ecology, which all helped to prepare me for this position. Specifically, the knowledge I gained from freshwater ecology directly translated into the lessons I gave on aquatic macroinvertebrates."
William Heyler
Summer Intern: Customer Service at First Insurance Company of Hawaii - Class of 2023
"This year I learned several important things about the corporate world and what it is like to work in an office during a global pandemic, both skills that will be useful into the future."
Jeffrey Hayashi
Summer Student at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - Class of 2021
"For students in the natural and health sciences, internships are important experiences that reinforce material that we learn in school in a more realistic way."
Katie Moreland
Marketing Intern at Barlean's Organic Oils - Class of 2022
"Internships are so important for undergrads because you really can't learn everything in the classroom. There are so many skills you learn by working with different people."
Ben Fuller
Security Engineer Intern at PayPal - Class of 2021
"I wanted an internship that would allow me to grow my understanding of cyber security and allow myself to see how different teams work together to strengthen an organization's security posture."
Austin De Dios
Business Reporting Intern at Portland Business Journal - Class of 2022
"When you start an internship, it's an expectation that you're there to learn and develop skills you may not have had before. That kind of environment allows mistakes, and that's one of the best ways to learn."
Alex Schendel
Firmware Engineer Intern at Intel Corporation - Class of 2021
"I recommend that all students try to get an internship, which will give them meaningful work and valuable resources to help them in the future."
Justin Manahan
Project Intern at P&C Construction - Class of 2022
"Landing an internship is one of the best learning opportunities for college students and can help sets them up for great success in college and in their future."
Griffin King
Tax AMCS Associate at KPMG - Class of 2021
"My favorite University of Portland memory is traveling to New Zealand with the Entrepreneur Scholars program."
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