Category Archives: 2016 Internships

HPW Internship: Portage County-Wellness Committee

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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Colleen Behrens 16′ Interning at Portage County of Wisconsin was a very interesting experience. Walking into an internship expecting some direction, and receiving none is very intimidating. However, being lucky enough to work with a co-intern made this intimidating experience not so intimidating. To begin, Kaitlyn and I printed out […]

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HPW Internship: YMCA-Stevens Point, Wellness

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Overall Goal of Internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how the Stevens Point Area YMCA provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create […]

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HPW Internship: Aspirus Hospital-Medford

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Overall Goal of Internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create […]

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HPW Internship: Clean Water Action

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Cassandra Reissmann 16′ Being an intern at Clean Water Action is a motivating and challenging experience. The world of non-profit work is unique and presents new difficulties everyday. Whether it be racing to get budget or quickly learning about a new environmental campaign, I was presented in experiences that were […]

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HPW Internship: Suburban Hospital

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Overview of Internship The intern will assist the Community Health & Wellness team in all aspects of hospital-based community education planning and implementation. The intern will perform duties related to the organization, development and implementation of health promotion programs, such as: educational materials design, logistics support, and research. The intern will gain new skills and […]

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HPW Internship: YMCA-Northern Lights

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Brittany Richard 16′ While interning at the Northern Lights YMCA, I have been exposed to a variety of tasks and duties. Pertaining to office tasks, I have made numerous phone calls to individuals on waiting lists for chronic illness programs. I was also in contact with YMCA’s all across the […]

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HPW Internship: Olmsted County Public Health Services

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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Melissa Mady Interning at Olmsted County Public Health Services has given me the opportunity to experience everything that the public health department does. From taking what I learned in Epidemiology and getting to experience a pertussis (whopping cough) outbreak in the Rochester area which included calling cases and writing case […]

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HPW Internship: Verizon Wireless

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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Tyler Cornell 16′ Interning within the Verizon Wireless Health and Wellness Center was an amazing experience! I was able to do a wide variety of things such as teach group fitness, personal train, coordinate events, perform fitness assessments, create a fitness incentive program, promote a healthy culture, and many more […]

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HPW Internship: Anytime Fitness-Plover

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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Seth Dominick 16′ I was an intern at Anytime Fitness in Plover and Stevens Point. I had a ton of fun and learned so much about myself and my career path. I originally wanted to open up my own gym and start a franchise, I think that might still be […]

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HPW Internship: St. Mary’s and St. Vincent Hospitals

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Peter Feldkamp 16′ Interning at HSHS (Hospital Sister Health System) St. Mary’s and St. Vincent’s Hospitals has provided me with great professional tools and experience going forward. I was able to participate in every aspect of cardiac rehab in Phase 1 (St. Vincent’s) and Phase II (St. Mary’s). I learned […]

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