The NCAA News - News and Features

August 3, 1998

Intern application process delayed

Because of the national office's move to Indianapolis, interns in the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Internship Program have been given the option to stay in the program until April 1999.

Under the program's previous requirements, the internship term ran from September to August.

Because of this change, internship applications will not be sent out this fall. Current vacancies will be filled by applicants who applied by the February 16, 1998, deadline, but there will be no similar deadline in the winter of 1999. Essentially the program will skip a year of the formal application process.

"We anticipate filling positions only as they become available through attrition," said Stanley D. Johnson, NCAA director of professional development.

The existing class of interns will also overlap with the next class to better ensure continuity during a time of transition and to provide the interns with the opportunity to fill appropriate NCAA staff vacancies as they become available, said Donnetta Moorman, NCAA professional development coordinator.

"The main reason to hold them over was anticipation of the move and to give those interns who have been here more experience," Moorman said. "But more importantly, we anticipate that the Association will have some opportunities, and it would be valuable to have an intern who has experience with the environment to transition into a permanent position."

New interns who join the program will make the move to Indianapolis.

"It will be a unique experience," Moorman said. "Interns here over the next year or so will get real-world experience in not only the work they do but in the entire transition process."

Formal applications will next go out in September 1999 with a winter 2000 deadline for return. Those interns will be placed in the June 2000 class.

In the meantime, interested parties can send a letter of interest and résumé to Johnson or Moorman, but applicants should understand that there will be few opportunities until after the transition to Indianapolis is complete.

"The application process will be informal, and vacancies will be few over the next year," Johnson said.