Springer Center for Internships

With the establishment of the Springer Center for Internships in 2008, Bradley University and the Smith Career Center rededicated their commitment to providing students with opportunities for career-related work experience. The Springer Center for Internships provides resources to help students secure meaningful internships, co-operative education, and part-time jobs.

An internship is a practical work experience relevant to your career field or industry, that allows you to apply classroom knowledge, academic principles, and essential skills. It is a single, planned experience and its duration may be one semester, a summer, or any length of time agreed upon between you, the employer, and your Career Advisor.

Internships may be paid or unpaid and the student may receive academic credit with approval from your Career Advisor.

An internship can be an excellent way for a student to obtain professional work experience and make useful contacts in a given field, increasing their chance of obtaining desirable employment after graduation.

Registered internships and cooperative education are officially noted on your transcript. You can typically register your cooperative education or internships for 0 – 3 credit hours per semester. Registering for 0 credit hours allows the course to be transcripted without cost.

Once you have obtained your internship, complete the New Experience registration form within Bradley netWORK. Prior to submitting the registration, read the Student Agreement at the top of that page. Upon submitting your registration, schedule a meeting with your Career Advisor to complete the process.

It’s important to remember that internships must be registered prior to, or within the first few weeks of, the semester during which you are conducting your internship. Retrospective internship registrations are not permitted.

Yes! Meet with your Career Advisor at the beginning of your internship search process to discuss this.

Intern of the Year Award

Each year, up to five students are selected to receive the Intern of the Year Award. The five selected winners will be honored in the following ways:

$500 award
Commemorative acknowledgement
Name and picture displayed in the Smith Career Center
Name and picture on the Smith Career Center website
Recognition at various events in the Spring

If you have an outstanding experience as a registered co-op or internship, and meet the application guidelines, please consider applying for the award.

Guidelines and applications for the award are available. Eligible applicants must successfully complete a registered internship course with the Smith Career Center during the 2025 calendar year, registered as a student for Spring 2026, and able to participate on-campus throughout the term. Applications are now available. For questions, please contact the Smith Career Center.

2025 Application 2024 Award Recipients

Summer Internship Empowerment Fund

The Summer Internship Empowerment Fund assists selected students with expenses incurred while conducting a summer internship that is unpaid or provides a minimum stipend and is registered through the Smith Career Center. Awards typically range from $750 to $2,000.

Requirements and applications will be available in April 2026.

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