Career Impact Awards
We Want Your Input
Creating student success is a campus and community-wide initiative that incorporates motivated students, dedicated faculty, exceptional employers, and engaging alumni who go above and beyond. In an effort to recognize these individuals, U Career Success created the Career Impact Awards. We need your help to find and recognize these outstanding individuals. Please review the awards and criteria below to nominate.
Did you have a great internship/research experience this past year? U Career Success is seeking to recognize U students and their life-changing internship experiences. Ten winning internship submissions will be selected by a panel of judges to be recognized as Internships of the Year! The winners will be invited to attend our awards ceremony in April along with their internship supervisor or mentor.
Submission
To submit your internship/research experience for consideration, write a 300-word essay describing why your experience was exceptional. Successful submissions will focus on at least one of the following topics:
- Projects: What did you work on during your internship and how was it impactful on your student experience?
- Learning Opportunity: What did you learn from your internship experience that complimented your classroom work or that you couldn’t have learned anywhere else?
- Career Development Experience: What made your internship experience exceptional and how did it inform your future career plans?
Eligibility
Qualified students and experiences must:
- Be submitted by the student intern by the deadline.
- Be currently enrolled at the University of Utah.
- Have interned during the year of their submission.
- Students who complete an internship between January 2025 and January 2026 are still eligible for the award even if they graduate prior to receiving the award.
An internship is a short-term, hands-on, supervised work experience with a professional organization that increases your knowledge of a professional career field. It differs from a part-time job or volunteer experience in that an internship is designed to increase your knowledge, allows you to develop additional skills, and provides quality supervision to guide and mentor you.
Only one self-submission will be counted for Internship of the Year.
Please help us recognize our strong Career Mentors at the University of Utah! Nominate U faculty, staff, or alumni who have contributed to your career development or exploration. This can be someone who helped you figure out your career passions, who took the time to help you find resources, or who introduced you to a new possibility. We want to take the time to thank the people who are helping you figure out your career paths.
How do I nominate a Mentor?
- Submission: In 1-2 paragraphs, please share how this faculty, staff member, or alumni helped you with your career development and/or exploration.