Career Connect is the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s initiative to create more meaningful, paid internships for students and build stronger connections between campus and community. We partner with employers who are committed to offering high-impact internship opportunities that prepare students for career success.
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Join the Career Connect Employer Network
UNO is proud to collaborate with employers who:
- Offer paid internships or work-based learning experiences
- Mentor and support student learning and development
- Want to build a talent pipeline through early engagement with students
Become a Career Connect Partner
Complete a brief form to join our network and connect with UNO’s Career Services team.
The Career Connect Symposium
The Career Connect Symposium brings together UNO students, faculty, staff, alumni, and employer partners to celebrate the impact of internships, experiential learning, and the partnerships that help prepare the next generation of Nebraska's workforce.
The 2026 Career Connect Symposium was held on Tuesday, September 22, at the Milo Bail Student Center Ballroom. Check back here for future Career Connect events!
Intern Impact Awards
We’re proud to recognize excellence in internships through the Intern Impact Awards, announced each year at the Career Connect Symposium.
Student Awards
- Rising Star Intern – Recognizing emerging talent
- Community Impact Intern – Making a difference through service
- Innovation in Action – Creative problem solving on the job
- Intern of the Year – Exceptional performance and leadership
Employer Awards
- Supervisor of the Year – Championing student growth
- Outstanding Internship Program – Creating exceptional learning experiences
2026 Winners
- Rising Star Intern: Tiena Chu (CommonSpirit Health - CHI Lasting Hope Recovery Center)
- Community Impact Intern: Litzy Morales (Aksarben Foundation)
- Innovation in Action Intern: Steven Esquivel (Fiserv)
- Intern of the Year: Chandler Scott (Valmont Industries, Inc.)
- Supervisor of the Year: Jordan Warnock (Gallup)
- Outstanding Internship Program: Fiserv
2025 Winners
- Rising Star Intern: Sevan Lewis-Payne (FNBO)
- Community Impact Intern: Gabriel Kula (Office of U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts)
- Innovation in Action Intern: Hunter Pope (Union Pacific Railroad)
- Intern of the Year: Isabella McAtee (Passport Public Relations)
- Supervisor of the Year: Jess Hogan (Fiserv)
- Outstanding Internship Program: Nebraska Defense Research Corporation
Current Career Connect Employers
We’re grateful to our partners for investing in Maverick talent.
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- 10 Roads Express
- 360 Community Services, Inc.
- 3E
- 3M
- ACCESSbank
- ADS Biotec Inc.
- Aflac
- Ag Processing Inc. (AGP)
- AIM Institute
- Airlite Plastics
- AlffCo
- All Makes
- Alvine Engineering
- AM Contracting
- American Foods Group, LLC
- American National Bank
- American Rooter Plumbing, Inc.
- Ameritas Life Insurance Group
- Applied Underwriters
- Archdiocese of Omaha
- Assembli
- Assurity Life Insurance Company
- Bailey Lauerman
- Baird Holm LLP
- Balanced Body Health and Wellness LLC
- Bankers Trust
- Baxter Auto
- BCom Solutions
- Belcan, LLC
- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
- Benesch
- Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
- Black Hills Energy
- Bland & Associates, P.C.
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
- Bluestem Energy Solutions
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands
- Boys Town
- Brownell Talbot School
- Budget Car & Truck Rental - Kansas City, Omaha, and Wichita
- Buildertrend
- Carson Group
- Cedar Bluffs Public School
- Cedar Tree Native Law
- Centris Federal Credit Union
- Charles Schwab & Company
- Children's Nebraska
- Chugach Government Solutions
- City of La Vista
- City+Ventures
- Click Theory Capital
- Client Resources, Inc.
- College World Series of Omaha, Inc.
- CommonSpirit Health
- Completely KIDS
- Conagra Brands
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
- Cordova
- Core Bank
- Cox Communications
- CQuence Health
- CRCC
- Creighton University
- Crete Carrier Corporation
- CSG
- DARI LLC
- DatabaseUSA.com
- DeBoer & Associates, PC
- Deloitte
- Dickinson & Clark
- DMSi Software
- Douglas County Juvenile Probation
- Douglas County Sheriff's Office
- Dundee Bank
- Ecolab
- Eide Bailly
- Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation
- Enterprise Mobility
- Enterprise Precast Concrete
- Equity Bank
- Evonik
- Farm Bureau Financial Services
- Farm Credit Services of America
- Farris Engineering
- Fast Enterprises, LLC
- Fastenal Company
- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
- Felsburg Holt & Ullevig
- Find the Why!
- Firespring
- Fiserv
- FitzMark
- Five Nines
- FNBO
- Frankel Zacharia, LLC
- Gallup
- Goodwill Omaha
- Great West Casualty Company
- Greater Omaha Chamber
- Green Plains Inc.
- Gryzen Financial Group, LLC
- Hawkins Construction Company
- HDR, Inc.
- HEAL Omaha
- Heartland Family Service
- Holmes Murphy & Associates
- Home Instead, Inc.
- HR Systems, Inc.
- HUB International Great Plains
- Hudl
- Hurrdat
- Hy-Vee
- Intermountain Electric, Inc.
- Interpublic Group
- Interstates
- Iron Connect
- J.F. Ahern
- JEO Consulting Group
- Jet Linx Aviation
- Johnson, Bergmeier, Wolf & Cipperley, PC
- Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.
- Kelly's Carpet Omaha
- Kidwell
- Kiewit
- Lamp Rynearson
- Latino Center of the Midlands
- Lincoln Financial Group
- Lindsay Corporation
- Lozier
- LRS Healthcare
- Lutz
- Malone Healthcare
- Marick Mechanical
- Maxwell
- McGregor Interests, Inc.
- MCL Construction
- Medical Solutions, LLC
- Mercer-Zimmerman, Inc.
- Methodist Health System
- Metropolitan Utilities District
- Mid-America Council, Scouting America
- Midwest Disability Services
- Mosaic
- Mutual of Omaha
- National Indemnity Company
- Nebraska Corn Board
- Nebraska Defense Research Corporation
- Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS)
- Nebraska Department of Economic Development
- Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
- Nebraska Department of Revenue
- Nebraska Department of Transportation
- Nebraska Innovation Labs
- Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries
- Nebraska Office of the CIO
- Nebraska Public Power District
- Nebraska Supreme Court
- Nelson Murphy Insurance & Investments
- North End Teleservices, LLC
- Northern Natural Gas
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Northwestern Mutual
- OBI Creative
- Office of Senator Pete Ricketts
- Olsson
- Omaha Children's Museum
- Omaha Performing Arts
- Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
- Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
- OpenSky Policy Institute
- Orion Advisor Solutions
- Partnership 4 Kids
- Pattern
- Physicians Mutual Insurance / Physicians Life Insurance
- QLI Omaha
- Quantum Workplace
- The Bay
- Rebel Rise GF Bistro & Bakery
- RSM US LLP
- Sandhills Global, Inc.
- Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue
- Scoular
- Seventy Five North
- Signature Performance Inc.
- Sojern
- Spark CDI
- Spiral Solutions and Technologies, Inc.
- Spreetail
- Spruce Communities
- Streck
- Temple Israel
- Tenaska
- The Weitz Company
- Therapy Place, Inc.
- Thrasher
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District
- U.S. Bank
- Union Pacific Railroad
- United States Strategic Command
- United Way of the Midlands
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Valmont Industries, Inc.
- VernCo Roofing
- Walnut Media
- Wells Fargo
- Werner Enterprises
- WhyArts, Inc.
- Wild Bear Consulting
- Wilson & Company, Inc.
- Women's Center for Advancement
- Woodhouse Auto Family
- Yahoo