Internship & Externship Opportunities
Through the Corporate Partners Initiative, Cor Jesu Academy partners with leading organizations to offer exclusive summer internship and externship opportunities for our students. These experiences require an application and place our girls in real-world workplace settings, where they gain meaningful responsibility, hands-on learning and a true look at day-to-day professional life.
Blue Stars Therapy
Blue Stars Therapy offers early intervention services, providing occupational therapy, speech language therapy, and behavioral therapy for young children, aged 0-5 years, with autism and other developmental delays. Guided by the belief that each of their clients is a “star” and possesses unique strengths and qualities, BST’s mission is to unlock the developmental potential of each child through a positive, sustained connection between caregiver and child. Interns will work a part-time, flexible schedule and have the opportunity to gain experience in an early intervention setting, working alongside a variety of professional therapists. This opportunity is open to Cor Jesu rising seniors and recent graduates who are interested in pursuing careers in early childhood development or in one of the therapy services offered.
Blue Stars Therapy internship description
Blue stars therapy internship application
DJM Ecological services
DJM Ecological Services, a leader in native ecosystem restoration across the Midwest, offers a hands-on summer internship for Cor Jesu students. Interns gain real field experience in restoration techniques, plant identification and natural areas management while working alongside ecological professionals.
The international companies internship
The International Companies, a local, family-owned, multi-million-dollar corporation with research, manufacturing and distribution divisions across the food industry, offers two paid summer internships (late May through early August) for graduating Cor Jesu seniors. Each internship includes learning modules in key subject areas, supported by teams throughout The International Companies. Students engage in instruction, independent study, hands-on activities and reporting.
Business and Entrepreneurial Internship:
Designed for students interested in pursuing business at the collegiate level, this internship provides professional exposure, entrepreneurial insight and hands-on experience. Applicants must have successfully completed the Cor Jesu Summer Business Experience (SBE) to qualify.
Food Science Internship:
This internship offers one exceptional student the chance to explore both human and animal food science, working alongside industry professionals and gaining meaningful real-world experience. To apply, please contact Cynthia Wilhelm, Director of Corporate Engagement, at cwilhelm@corjesu.org.
Applications open in February and require a completed application form, a brief essay of 300 words or fewer on a provided prompt and a scheduled interview with the company’s selection team.
Kersting veterinary externship
Founded by Dr. David J. Kersting in 1992, Kersting Veterinary Clinic provides exceptional care for exotic pets—birds, small mammals and reptiles—as well as dogs and cats. Dedicated to supporting students pursuing veterinary interests, the clinic offers one summer externship for a rising Cor Jesu senior.
The selected student shadows a veterinarian during appointments, hospital treatments, diagnostic testing and surgery, and learns basic patient restraint to assist in the clinic. This externship consists of a 40-hour work week completed over one week in the summer.
Rural parish clinic
The Rural Parish Clinic, a mobile medical and dental ministry of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, provides compassionate primary medical, behavioral and dental care to uninsured individuals in rural Missouri. Through a network of volunteer physicians, dentists, nurses, hygienists and staff, the Clinic delivers mission-driven healthcare to those most in need.
Social Media Internship:
This internship offers a rising Cor Jesu senior the opportunity to support the Clinic’s digital communications efforts. Working alongside the Community Outreach Coordinator, the student assists with content creation, digital storytelling and social media outreach, helping to share the impact of the Clinic’s work in rural communities.