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NOW HIRING FOR THE 2024 SUMMER PROGRAM. Learn more and apply here.
Job Description:
The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business (DNEP) runs a summer internship program, known as +Impact Studio for Local Business. This is a paid, full-time, in-person internship program that involves working in multidisciplinary teams to implement solutions for a portfolio of Detroit minority-owned businesses.
Interns will be assigned to teams who develop expertise in key service areas by implementing the recommendations of prior University of Michigan student teams in a client-professional relationship. Interns are supervised by faculty and staff with business, design, and legal backgrounds. Learn more about the service areas here.
Educational Value: Interns will also gain specialized technical skills based on the team they join. Interns will also build a set of consulting skills that are useful to multiple contexts, including working in multidisciplinary teams, cross-cultural communication, data analysis, client management, and the ability to rapidly pivot in response to changed circumstances or new data. This program offers extensive professional development training and the use of established anti-racism/community engagement strategies.
Eligibility: This position is open to current sophomores or juniors at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy, Ross School of Business, the Stamps School of Art & Design, or School of Information. You must be able to work in-person at the Ross School of Business Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30 pm (35 hours/week). You must be eligible to do paid work in the United States over the summer term.
Location: Ross School of Business, +Impact Studio (with some site visits to Detroit to meet with clients; carpooling or mileage reimbursement is provided)
NOW HIRING FOR 2024. Learn more and apply here.
DNEP Free Accounting (formerly Free Accounting Fridays) is a collaboration between the University of Michigan’s Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project (DNEP) and Business+Impact at the Ross School of Business. DNEP Free Accounting hires U-M students with experience in accounting and financial analysis to work as student consultants throughout the year.
Timing: Fall, winter, and summer semesters
Spots Available: 2 or 3 per year
Qualifications: MAcc (Masters of Accounting) Students preferred
Application Process: Read the full job description and application process here.
Timing: July 2022- May 2023
Spots Available: None at this time
Research Assistants are part-time paid student positions that support the running of DNEP and the Center for Finance Law & Policy in a variety of roles.
Timing: Fall & Spring Semesters
Spots Available: Two to four per year
Qualifications: DNEP commonly recruits policy, business, law, design, and/ or LSA students based on the needs of the program in any given semester.
Application: Listings are posted on Simplicity at the respective UofM schools, typically in late August and early January.