Thirty-seven interns will gain work experience at Fortune 500 Companies in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. —The North Carolina Governor’s HBCU Internship Program welcomes its newest class of 37 interns from the state’s historically Black colleges and universities.
The program, established in 2015, builds a bridge between North Carolina’s HBCU students and leading Fortune 500 companies in the state.
The program offers paid, full-time summer internships to qualified rising juniors and seniors who have a minimum grade point average of 2.8 and a demonstrated history of involvement in student and national organizations. Interns will work at companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Cisco, CliftonLarsonAllen, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Hooker Furnishings, Lenovo, RTI International, SAS, Syngenta and Wells Fargo.
Throughout their internships, these rising juniors and seniors will gain real-world experience that helps propel them toward successful careers. An annual survey of internship employers from the National Association of Colleges and Employers has consistently found that 50% to 60% of eligible interns convert to full-time employees.
North Carolina is home to 13% of the nation’s HBCUs. All five public HBCUs of the University of North Carolina System – Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, and Winston-Salem State University – actively participate in the program. Additionally, private HBCUs, including Bennett College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine’s University and Shaw University, contribute to the program’s richness.
The 2024 participants in the North Carolina Governor’s HBCU Internship Program are:
- Quintaya Lockhart, Bennett College, Cisco
- Rashe’Aria Rogers-Hammond, Bennett College, RTI International
- Taylor Coleman, Bennett College, RTI International
- Dayana Garza, Elizabeth City State University, Wells Fargo
- Chey-anne Wood, Fayetteville State University, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Egypt Henry, Fayetteville State University, Coca-Cola Consolidated
- Jester Williams, Fayetteville State University, Cisco
- Thalya Council, Fayetteville State University, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Ameenah Clark, Johnson C. Smith University, Wells Fargo
- Kameron Sanders, Johnson C. Smith University, Wells Fargo
- Twanna Glover, Johnson C. Smith University, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Ariana Phillips, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Coca-Cola Consolidated
- Carson Murrell, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Syngenta
- Destiny Howard, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, CliftonLarsonAllen
- Donovan Betts, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Coca-Cola Consolidated
- Janay Barbee, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, SAS
- Tori Wallace, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, SAS
- Deja Parks, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Carsten Grandy- Richardson, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Channing Barnes, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Drew Joseph, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Jada Kelley Muhammad, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- La’Nayah Miller, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Phillip Omo-Taiga, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Renard Barnes, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Robert Wallace, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Hooker Furnishings
- Walter Hand III, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Wells Fargo
- Ashley Smith, North Carolina Central University, Lenovo
- Kelvin McCaffity, North Carolina Central University, Wells Fargo
- Mahogany Mooney, North Carolina Central University, Wells Fargo
- Salia Berthe, North Carolina Central University, Blue Cross Blue Shields of NC
- Al-Asia Dickens, Shaw University, RTI International
- Jeffrey Adkisson, Jr, Shaw University, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- L’Asia Jackson, Shaw University, State Farm, Melvin Greene
- Destiny Pope, Winston Salem State University, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Kaylen McClinton, Winston Salem State University, CliftonLarsonAllen
- Niya McCrimmon, Winston Salem State University, CliftonLarsonAllen