For the second consecutive year, Delivra has been selected by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to participate in its Entreprenurial Internship Program (EIP). Funded by a grant from the Lilly Foundation, the EIP provides incentives for Indiana companies to offer three-month summer internships to qualified students.
Carissa and Anthony at our table, with our new displays by Thompson-Kerr
Much has been written in recent years about the "Brain Drain" phenomenon, in which the state's best and brightest college graduates often wind up leaving Indiana to pursue their chosen careers. So we're excited to be part of a program that exposes Hoosier students to the opportunities available at high-tech, entreprenurial companies in their own backyard.
Rose-Hulman was recently named the top undergraduate engineering school in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the 11th consecutive year! It's because of that reputation, and because of our selection to the EIP, that we kicked off our 2010 intern recruiting efforts yesterday at Rose-Hulman's Winter Career Fair.
Along with Carissa Newton (Director of Marketing) and Anthony Costa (Software Developer and former Delivra intern), I had the pleasure of speaking with several computer science and software engineering majors and telling them more about our company and the opportunities we have to offer.
Because we're smaller than most of the firms that recruit at Rose-Hulman--organizations like Cummins, Garmin, Haliburton, P&G, even the NSA!--we don't have the luxury of giving our interns insignificant assignments. Our 2009 interns each had primary responsibility for an entire new feature of our product, and we have similar plans for our 2010 interns.
I'm looking forward to following up with some of the students we met yesterday and conducting in-depth interviews! If you missed us at the Career Fair, or if you're not an RHIT student but are interested in an internship or full-time employment with Delivra, email us at careers@delivra.com.
Chris Broshears | Product Development
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