Living Well Services
Internships at Health & Wellness
Our internship program supports the academic mission of the University by providing students opportunities to apply classroom knowledge to practical work experience. We offer a variety of internship opportunities each year that may be suitable for students across many academic disciplines.
Internship Positions
Applications are now closed.
Email health@unh.edu with questions.
Placement
- PLEASE NOTE: If you are seeking academic credit, this must be arranged through your academic program
- Internships are available to UNH students who have appropriate experience, background and interest
- We are looking for students who can commit to a full year internship (fall and spring semester)
- We do not offer internship opportunities during the summer or semester breaks
- In most cases, we can work around your academic schedule
- We will provide you with an internship supervisor who will:
- Provide appropriate training
- Meet with you weekly for supervision
- Work with you to develop a learning contract that outlines credit hours, responsibilities and placement goals and objectives
- Provide ongoing feedback and you will be evaluated at mid-placement and at the completion of your placement
Variety of Majors
Students who have interned at Health & Wellness have come from various academic programs, including:
- Anthropology
- Business Administration
- Biochemistry
- Communications
- Education (graduate program)
- English
- Family Studies
- Health Management and Policy
- Marketing
- Medical Microbiology
- Nutrition and Animal Sciences
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Women's Studies
Benefits
Enhance Your Skills
- Public health event planning
- Research
- Public speaking
- Writing and editing
- Assessment, evaluation and data analysis
- Research
- Group facilitation
- Communications, marketing and social media
- Counseling (graduate students only)
- Health policy development
Gain Knowledge in Wellness and Health
- Emotional wellness
- Environmental wellness
- Financial wellness
- Intellectual wellness
- Occupational wellness
- Physical wellness
- Social wellness
- Spiritual wellness
Feedback
- "Having the opportunity to be an intern at Health & Wellness allowed me to develop new skills and learning tools that I will be able to take with me into my future endeavors. I always felt very comfortable and like I was apart of the team at Health & Wellness."