Monroe-Brown Internship Program

The Monroe-Brown Internship Program provides high quality internships, valuable networking opportunities and at least $5,500 in scholarship funding, plus hourly wages to all student participants. The program is open to:

• Kalamazoo College: in-coming juniors, seniors and graduate students
• Western Michigan University: in-coming juniors, seniors and graduate students
• Kalamazoo Valley Community College: in-coming second year students
• Michigan State University: in-coming juniors, seniors and graduate students who graduated from a Kalamazoo Area approved school (see link below)
• University of Michigan: in-coming juniors, seniors and graduate students who graduated from a Kalamazoo Area approved school (see link below)

Students apply for internships directly through the participating companies, which will be announced each January. The employers will work independently to hire their interns, using criteria and hiring methods they choose. Based upon availability, each participating company may have up to two internship positions per program year.

Once the intern is hired, he or she will work for the company for a minimum of 400 hours between April 15 and August 31. (This is typically full-time for ten weeks, but can be customized to suit the needs of the individual companies and interns.) During that time, the companies pay the interns at least minimum wage.

Upon successful completion of the internship, as decided by the employing company, both the company and the Monroe-Brown Foundation will pay the intern a $500 bonus - a total of $1,000. Additionally, the Monroe-Brown Foundation will provide two payments of $2,500 at the end of each of the two successfully-completed semesters following the internship period. For tax purposes, all payments from the Monroe-Brown Foundation must be made directly to the school and applied to the student's account.

To apply for a Monroe-Brown Internship go to: http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/InternshipSearch.cfm

2009 Monroe Brown Program Fact Sheet

2009 Approved Kalamazoo Area Schools

2009 Monroe-Brown Internship Program Brochure

Grant Application

Since its inception, the Monroe-Brown Foundation has contributed to many worthy causes. Their mission is to provide support for higher education in the State of Michigan, and to advance economic development in the Kalamazoo community through programs designed to encourage the retention and employment of local scholars.

The Board of Trustees meets in April, July, October, and December. Proposals must be received by March 31, June 30, September 30 and November 20 to be considered for the subsequent meeting*. Please download the grant application packet (34KB Word Document).

* If date falls on a weekend, submit by prior Friday.