WMU EXERCISE SCIENCE INTERNSHIP| HPER 4980

Please Contact Amy Gyorkos with any questions and/or concerns Phone: (269) 387-2546

 

CORPORATE WELLNESS INTERNSHIP

The goal of a corporate wellness program is to utilize your expertise in employee health to help the corporation assemble and retain a workforce that is capable, reliable and committed. As a corporate wellness interns, you can expect to perform some of the following tasks; graded exercise testing, exercise prescription, group exercise class instruction, personal training, wellness presentations, professional certification preparation, nutrition and wellness promotion, recreation event planning, facility and equipment operations, budgeting, incentive programming, and time management.

The following lists a number of internship sites that have been used by our former students. This list is far from being complete with all of your options. Please feel free to explore these and others.

INTERNSHIP SITE CITY/STATE PHONE NUMBER
Duncan Aviation Battle Creek, MI 269-969-8470
Verizon Wireless Detroit, MI 248-915-3427
Verizon Wireless Southfield, MI 248-915-3427
Verizon Wireless Franklin, TN 615-764-7011
Kellogg Company Battle Creek, MI 616-961-6319
The Wellness Center Grand Rapids, MI 616-391-7736
Texins Activity Centers Dallas, TX 972-995-8462
Apple Health and Fitness Cupertino, CA 408-974-6599
UAW/ Rawsonville Ford Motor Co. Ypsilanti, MI 734-484-8246
Verizon Wireless Irvine, CA 949-286-8095
Land's End Comer Center Dodgeville, WI 608-935-4603
Chicago's Federal Reserve Bank Chicago, IL 312-322-4251
John Deere Fitness Center Moline, IL 309-765-7822
Corporate Health & Wellness: YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI 616-855-9552
Kraft Foods Fitness Center Glenview, IL 847-646-3391
Scripp's Memorial Hospital La Jolla, CA 858-626-4460
The following sites are interested in having interns and have not previously had our students at their facilities;

Coors Miller Wellness Center (info)
(application)

Golden, CO 303 277-3584
National Institute for Fitness & Sport Indianapolis, IN 317-274-3432 ext. 217
massage
 
Exercise Science Program - HPER Department
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008 USA
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