
ABOUT
The LIFT Network Internship Program
Through the Labs for Industry Futures and Transformation (LIFT) grant, the LIFT Internship Program connects students from regional colleges and universities to internships at local companies focused on advanced industries such as technology, manufacturing, data science and analytics, supply chain or logistics management, and research and development. The program can subsidize half of the wages of up to two approved internship positions for each employer partner, up to $2,500 per intern.
Since the program’s pilot year in Summer 2021, we have dispersed nearly $140,000 in funding to create 67 total internships across 28 unique companies in the South Bend - Elkhart region. Interns participating in this program earned an average wage of $19/hour, worked an average of 400 hours, and earned an average of over $7,000.
Program partners include the the University of Notre Dame's Center for Civic Innovation, enFocus, IT Sector Partnership, Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, Marshall County Lifelong Learning Network, Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, and the South Bend Regional Chamber.
EMPLOYER PARTNERS
The following employers have hosted interns through this program:
- 1st Source Bank
- Abonmarche
- AM General
- Ameri-Can Engineering
- ASA Electronics, LLC
- AT Components
- Aunalytics
- Beacon Health System
- Bennington Marine
- BMI Audit Services
- Conn-Selmer
- CTS Corp
- ITAMCO
- Kem Krest
- Lawson-Fisher
- Lebermuth
- Listing Mirror, LLC
- Lippert
- MackTool
- Norco Industries
- Paapri Cloud Technologies
- PLACON
- Robert Weed
- Sibley Machine
- SPI Industries
- Universal Bearings
- VAST Power Systems
- Zokos
$140,000+
IN FUNDING
28 EMPLOYERS
FROM ELKHART, MARSHALL, AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES
67 TOTAL
SUBSIDIZED AND UNSUBSIDIZED INTERNSHIPS
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Represented Since Summer 2021
- Bethel University
- Illinois State University
- Indiana University - Bloomington
- Indiana University - South Bend
- Indiana Wesleyan University
- Ivy Tech Community College
- Purdue Polytechnic Institute
- Purdue University
- Purdue University - Fort Wayne
- Saginaw Valley State University
- Saint Mary's College
- Saginaw Valley State University
- Trine University
- University of Minnesota
- University of Notre Dame
- Valpariaso University
- Western Michigan University
$19/HOUR
AVERAGE WAGE
$7,500
AVERAGE EARNINGs
10 EVENTS
SOCIAL, NETWORKING, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CONTACT US
Interested in hosting interns through this program as an employer or participating in this program as a student? Please contact LIFT Network Internship Program Manager, Hunter Guthrie, at LIFTNetwork@southbendelkhart.org.

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THANK YOU
To our Program Partners