Internships & Service Learning
Turn what you learn into what you do. Serve your community, gain real experience, and build the career you're after — with people whose job is to help you get there.
Service Learning connects your coursework to real community need. Internships & Career Success connects it to your career. Pick a path below — or do both.
Learning
Your home base for service. The Pray Family Center connects students, faculty, and 250+ community partners so your learning makes a measurable difference beyond campus.
Service Learning links academic coursework with meaningful community service. You apply what you’re studying, reflect on the impact, and graduate with experience that resumes can’t fake.
Service Learning at RVCC since 1992 — nationally recognized, and contributing roughly $1 million in donated service each year to our community.
Service Learning Courses
Courses with a built-in service component — you earn credit while working on real community projects tied to your field.
Co-Curricular Service
Not tied to a class. Volunteer, join a service project, and log the hours on your Community Engagement Transcript — an official record of everything you contribute.
250+ community partners. Wherever your interests point, there’s a place to serve.
Get Started
Ready to serve? Reach the Service Learning Program directly.
Career Success
Real work. Real credit. Real direction. Through the Office of Career Success & Experiential Learning, you can land an internship or co-op, explore careers, and get one-on-one coaching — as a current student or an alum.
Experience is what gets you hired. 95% of employers say a candidate’s hands-on experience factors into their hiring decision, and graduates who complete an internship earn about 6.5% more than those who don’t. An internship is the shortest path from classroom to career.
Three steps to your first placement:
FOCUS — Career Self-Assessment
A free assessment that matches your interests, skills, and values to careers and RVCC programs. A smart first step if you’re still deciding.
Career Coaching & Counseling
One-on-one help with career direction, resumes, interviews, and job search — in person in Room C-121.
Career Research
Explore career options, employment trends, and earnings data so you can plan with real numbers, not guesses.
Handshake
RVCC’s job and internship board. Build a profile, search openings, and get matched with employers actively recruiting our students and alumni.
Get Started
Post a job or internship, recruit on campus, or mentor a student.
Employers & Industry PartnersStudents can begin by connecting with RVCC’s career support team or meeting with a career professional to learn more about available opportunities.
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