Campus Alamance
Campus Alamance Student Flyer with Winter Recruitment Timeline
Purpose
Campus Alamance summer internship program was launched in the summer of 2021 to provide a mutually beneficial opportunity for local businesses, non-profit organizations and government entities who have a need for talented interns within their workforce to host Elon University students who wish to gain valuable work experience within the local community.
Elon University is, once again, offering this paid summer internship program in Alamance County for summer 2026.
Applicants- Understanding that this may be your first workplace experience, you will want to be prepared to coordinate your housing and transportation. Below are housing and transportation resources.
Program Requirements
Interested Partners must:
- submit a program application and be accepted into the Campus Alamance program
- be located and have an office location, at which the intern will work, within Alamance County or Gibsonville. The program requires that interns report to a brick-and-mortar location serving fully as a business operations facility owned/rented by the company/organization. The building can not be used as a personal residence.
- an Elon University department can not be the hosting organization.
- be a nonprofit, government entity, or established business with full-time, professional staff
- provide an 8-week internship experience starting June 1-July 31,2026 with 30 hours of work per week
- provide a clear, learning-centered position description that provides educational opportunities as well as project-based work that contributes to the organization in a meaningful way. Interns cannot be engaged in retail sales, restaurant sales, cooking, serving food, multi-level marketing, or engaging personal sales prospecting.
- have the capacity to successfully host an intern including: a designated supervisor who is a full-time professional in the field and will take an active role in the day-to-day work of the student intern, an appropriate workspace, necessary equipment and materials for the student intern
- have a clearly articulated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, engagement in strategies to become more inclusive as an organization, and a commitment to support an intern in transformational, multicultural leadership
- support the student intern’s involvement in a weekly, professional development training program by allowing them to leave early if needed to accommodate for travel time
Application Process and Timeline
Any interested Alamance County business, non-profit organization, or government entity is invited to submit a program application for summer 2026. If you participated in summer 2025, you are still required to submit a new program application for summer 2026. Your application must include a position description (see example).
Winter Recruitment Timeline for Employer Partners:
Now-January 31, 2026: Submit employer program application. Approval and posting of position is usually completed within 2 weeks of receiving the employer form.
January-February 28, 2026: Review applications, schedule and conduct interviews, and make offers. Application documents for positions are automatically sent to the contact’s email address upon submissions.
On or before March 9, 2026: We encourage you to make an offer by this date in order to provide time for the student to make a decision to meet offer deadline.
On or before March 20, 2026: Notify Nancy Carpenter of offer through email.
June 1, 2026: Campus Alamance Kick-Off Breakfast at Elon. Details forth coming.