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Internships & After Graduation


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Internships

Every student earning a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science must complete an internship of at least 300 hours of on-site, in-person work. For students planning to continue their studies in physical or occupational therapy programs, these internship hours may count towards observation hours. Internships may be completed during the fall, spring, or summer.

What’s the process?

  1. You will work with your faculty advisor to identify potential internship sites and review all work to be completed. After identifying several possible sites, you will contact each to discuss the possibility of completing an internship with those facilities.
  2. After choosing a site, you will complete the internship application. This application requires parent/guardian, on-site internship supervisor and faculty advisor signatures. The Exercise Science Coordinator will review the application and provide the final signature before submitting it to the Office of the Registrar. May Study Day is the application deadline for summer and fall internships. December Study Day is the deadline for spring internships.
  3. The final step is to complete the internship and submit all work to your faculty advisor at the conclusion of the experience.
Recent In-State Internship Sites
 
  • Allegheny Health Network
  • The Children’s Institute
  • Community and Recreation Center at Boyce Mayview Park
  • Cool Springs Fitness Aquatics
  • Drayer Physical Therapy
  • FZical Therapy and Balance Center of Grove City
  • Grove City YMCA
  • Grove City College Athletics
  • Health & Wellness Center at Hazelton
  • Institute of Athletic Development
  • Next Level Sport and Spine
  • Results Therapy and Fitness Center
  • River Pediatric Therapies
  • Robert Morris University Strength and Conditioning
  • Slippery Rock University Football Team
  • Specialty Orthopedics
  • Tri State Physical Therapy
  • UPMC Centers for Rehabilitation Services
  • UPMC Sports Health Center
  • X Shady Side
  • Western PA Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic Inc.
  • Wise Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
Recent Out-of-State Internship Sites
  • Kamwenge Secondary Vocational School, Ugandan Water Project – Kamwenge, Uganda
  • True Athletic Performance – Chantilly, Virginia
  • Speed Strength Systems Inc. – Eastlake, Ohio
  • Advantage Rehab – Denton, Maryland
  • Cleveland Clinic Sports Health and Rehabilitation – Garfield Heights, Ohio
  • Drees Performance Training – Burnsville, Minnesota
  • Lake County Captains, Minor League Baseball – Eastlake, Ohio
  • Redline Athletics – Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Rocky River Recreation Center – Rocky River, Ohio
  • Spire Institute – Geneva, Ohio
  • Walsh University Summer Basketball Camps – Canton, Ohio
  • Ambassadors Football – Twinsburg, Ohio
  • Christian Health Centers – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Articulation Agreements

The faculty at Grove City College work closely with other institutions to provide students ease of transfer to either Physical Therapy, Occupation Therapy, Athletic Training, and Physician Assistant Schools:

  • Gannon University
  • Baylor University
  • Chatham University
  • Bloomsburg University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Duquesne University
  • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Campbell University
  • Liberty University
  • Slippery Rock University

After Graduation

In addition to securing employment in health-related professions, many Grove City College graduates continue studies across a wide-range of professional and graduate programs. Recent graduates have been granted admission to:

  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (DPT program)
  • East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (M.S. in Exercise Physiology)
  • Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (M.S. in Adaptive Physical Education; DPT program)
  • University of Alabama, Birmingham (strength and conditioning graduate assistant)
  • University of Pittsburgh (M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling; DPT program; M.S. in Exercise Physiology)
  • California University of Pennsylvania (M.S. in Performance Enhancement and Injury Prevention)
  • Gannon University (DPT program)
  • Chatham University (DPT program)

Our graduates have secured employment in such organizations as:

  • Health Corps (health coordinator)
  • Valencell PerformTek Precision Biometrics
  • Excursions Camps (program coach)
  • Grove City YMCA
  • T3 Performance
  • Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  • Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
  • Oxford Athletic Club
  • Capstone Performance Training
  • Next Level Sport and Spine

100% Success Rate

Over the past three years, an average of 100% of exercise science graduates found employment or gained admittance into a graduate program within six months of graduation.