Micro-Internships

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This project focuses on evaluating best practices for recognizing and celebrating faculty success in higher education. The graduate micro intern will perform a comprehensive literature review and comparative analysis of peer institutions to examine how other universities authentically celebrate and support faculty achievements. They will also investigate and inventory current mechanisms for celebrating success at Montclair. Key deliverables include synthesized research reports and recommended frameworks to help the Office for Faculty Excellence in its goal of celebrating faculty success authentically.

Applicants should possess strong academic research, analytical, and written communication skills, with an interest in institutional governance, faculty development, or higher education leadership. Through this micro-internship, the student will gain hands-on experience conducting policy and program analysis, translating research into actionable administrative strategies, and developing programmatic frameworks for faculty recognition.

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A Bloomfield College faculty member and program director/coordinator is seeking a Graduate Micro-Intern to support three intersecting initiatives: 1) the rollout of SCHOLAR, a new required community-engagement certificate; 2) the expansion of the campus's six-year-old ePortfolio program; and 3) the launch of a grant-funded digital archive, The PBI Project: Voices of Bloomfield College. Duties will center primarily on SCHOLAR implementation, such as planning the SCHOLAR Showcase, contributing to an IRB-approved assessment study, supporting faculty in developing community co-design curricular materials, and coordinating student and community outreach. For ePortfolios, duties will include platform stewardship, faculty development, and student coaching. Support for the PBI Project will include planning community co-design archive events, the archive launch, and marketing materials. This position is open to graduate students in any field and offers an immersive, campus-wide professional experience at the intersection of curriculum innovation, civic engagement, assessment, and educational technology, with all goals and responsibilities finalized collaboratively to align with the selected student's professional interests.

Ideal candidates will bring strong organizational and communication skills; comfort with student, faculty, and community stakeholder engagement; and an interest in community-engaged pedagogy, higher education administration, or educational technology. Prior experience with assessment, archives, qualitative research (oral history; focus groups), event planning, or digital platforms such as Google Sites/Omeka/website platforms is a plus but not required. Through this role, the micro-intern will build transferable skills in program development and administration, assessment and data management, educational technology and coaching, and design-justice community engagement praxis. By the end of the project, the student will be encouraged to showcase the materials developed, photos, and flyers for events on their own ePortfolio or professional website and to present or co-present at faculty showcase events.

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During the 2026-27 academic year, Montclair State University is implementing CourseLeaf CIM for Programs, a system for academic program proposals, and Workday Student, the University's new student information system. Together, the two systems will change how curriculum is proposed and maintained and how students track their progress toward a degree. The Office of Curriculum, Assessment, and Accreditation (CAA) seeks a Micro-Intern to support the change management effort that prepares faculty and staff for the transition. Much of the work is writing. The Micro-Intern will draft project communications and coordinate their review with University Communications. They will also prepare job aids and user guides for role-based training, with charts and workflow diagrams where a visual works better than text. For the CIM for Programs Advisory Group, the Micro-Intern will build agendas and maintain a record of the group's recommendations and action items. On the evaluation side, the Micro-Intern will help define measures of adoption and training effectiveness and will analyze survey and focus group results for progress reports. Quality assurance rounds out the position: during system testing and pilots, the Micro-Intern will log defects and help audit curriculum data and approval workflows for accuracy.

The position is open to students fully matriculated in any Montclair State graduate degree program. Required qualifications are strong writing and editing skills, comfort working with data in spreadsheets, close attention to detail, and the planning habits to manage several deadlines at once. Because the Micro-Intern will work with faculty and staff across the University and will see confidential information, professional judgment and discretion are also required. Coursework or experience in higher education, communication, project management, or organizational change is preferred, as is familiarity with Qualtrics or Canvas; no prior experience with CourseLeaf or Workday is expected, but is a plus. Through the assistantship, the Micro-Intern will learn how individuals and organizations move through change and will apply change management and project management methods to a University-wide systems implementation. They will build skills in writing for varied audiences, stakeholder engagement, qualitative and quantitative analysis, training design, and the requirements and testing work behind an enterprise system launch. The Micro-Intern will also gain a working understanding of how curriculum governance operates at a large public university. The Micro-Intern will finish the appointment with a portfolio of completed work suited to roles in higher education administration, organizational development, instructional design, or process improvement.

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The Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships/University Community Action Nexus is seeking a graduate student intern to support community engagement data collection, analysis, reporting, and management through Montclair State University’s Collaboratory platform and related evaluation initiatives. The intern will assist with organizing and validating community engagement data, tracking programs and partnerships, analyzing participation and outcome information, developing reports and visualizations, maintaining project documentation, and supporting data-informed assessment of university-community engagement activities. The position may also involve collaborating with faculty, staff, and community partners to collect and organize information about ongoing programs and initiatives.

Applicants should have strong organizational, analytical, communication, and attention-to-detail skills, with an interest in data analytics, program evaluation, community engagement, or project management. Experience with Excel/Google Sheets and data management is preferred; familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or other analytics platforms is a plus. Through this project, the graduate intern will gain hands-on experience in data management and analysis, program evaluation, reporting and visualization, stakeholder communication, community-engaged work, and the use of institutional data to support strategic decision-making.

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Working with the librarian supervisor, the graduate student intern in the library will support the continued development and implementation of an extracurricular graduate program, the Graduate Student Journal Article Writing Group, based on the book by Wendy Belcher Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks. Under the supervision of a librarian, the graduate student will maintain the community, with both synchronous and asynchronous elements. They will also assist with implementing the program. Specific training and work will include:

• Canvas and accessibility training
• Creating and revising content for the program
• Citation/reference management training
• Database and research training
• Outreach and communications
• Tracking and maintaining participant engagement
• Other special projects as assigned

This experience will help the micro-intern cultivate interdisciplinary knowledge of the research, writing and publication process. The micro-intern's work will also help other graduate students develop their research, writing and scholarly communication skills.

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The Feliciano School of Business Corporate Relations Office is seeking a graduate micro intern to support the expansion and management of its corporate partner network. A primary focus will be conducting systematic research on prospective partners using industry databases, company websites, and LinkedIn — building company profiles, identifying key contacts, and mapping Feliciano alumni at target organizations. The role will also involve developing automated data upload protocols for partner and engagement data to a CRM, and generating reports to support outreach planning. Secondary activities will include developing LinkedIn and social media content that highlights corporate partnerships and student outcomes, creating marketing collateral for partner meetings, and collating feedback and participation summaries from experiential learning programs.

Through this project, the intern will build hands-on competencies in business and competitive intelligence research, CRM data management and automation, stakeholder mapping, and professional marketing communications. Applicants should have experience with data and database management, and social media posting plus familiarity with LinkedIn. Prior CRM experience is a bonus but not required. The role is based in the Dean’s Office at the Feliciano School of Business.

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This project focuses on understanding student needs and developing strategies to strengthen engagement with the library as a welcoming, supportive, and academically relevant campus space. The intern will pursue three interconnected activities: (1) gathering student input through surveys, listening sessions, informal conversations, or other assessment methods to identify student priorities, barriers to using library resources and spaces, and opportunities for increased support; (2) developing and implementing inclusive programming - possibly with campus partners - that reflects student interest and is likely to foster community and a greater sense of belonging (e.g., scavenger hunts, themed study or wellness events, etc.); and (3) developing and implementing a communication strategy to increase student awareness and use of library resources, services, and spaces (e.g., creating or refining promotional materials, targeted outreach to specific student populations or campus groups, etc.). The intern may also support selected library activities, such as tabling or drop-in research/study support, as appropriate to the project.

Required qualifications include strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently and collaboratively, reliability, being detail-oriented, and an interest in interacting with and supporting diverse student populations in a higher education environment. Familiarity with academic libraries, needs assessment (including data collection and analysis), student engagement, programming, and communications/marketing is preferred. Through this project, the intern will gain practical knowledge and transferable skills in needs assessment, student engagement, outreach, program development, communication, marketing, and partnership-building within a higher education setting. The intern will learn how libraries use student feedback and assessment to inform services and programming, how to design and implement inclusive student-centered engagement initiatives, and how to develop effective communications that connect students with library resources, services, and spaces. Depending on project activities, the intern may also develop foundational skills in providing research assistance, navigating library databases and resources. This experience is expected to prepare the interim for further work or study in higher education, libraries, student affairs, community engagement, communications, marketing, or related fields.

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This micro-internship with the Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) team offers a graduate student the opportunity to gain hands-on experience supporting leadership development and supervisor training initiatives. The student will help coordinate the monthly Take Flight: Soaring as a Supervisor program, a full-day supervisor development training designed for supervisors across the University. Responsibilities include communicating with prospective and registered participants, monitoring registrations and attendance, preparing training materials, coordinating program logistics, assisting during training sessions, and supporting post-training follow-up efforts. The micro-intern will also collaborate with the HRBP team to review and update presentation materials, supervisor guides, templates, and other training resources to ensure they remain organized, current, and user-friendly. Experience with professional communication, organization, project coordination, and attention to detail is strongly preferred, along with the ability to handle confidential information appropriately and work collaboratively in a team environment.

Through this experience, the student will develop knowledge and practical skills in human resources administration, training and development, project management, organizational communication, and higher education administration. The position will strengthen competencies in program coordination, event management, data tracking, administrative organization, and stakeholder communication while providing exposure to supervisor development and employee learning initiatives. By supporting the successful delivery of supervisor training programs and maintaining key program materials and records, the micro-intern will gain transferable skills that can be applied to future careers in HR, employee development, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, and university administration.