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DSM Intern Connection

This must be the place!

The DSM Intern Connection event series returns to Greater Des Moines (DSM), fully in-person for the 2024 summer. The series will feature opportunities for interns and college-aged students to connect with community leaders and executives, as well as opportunities to network with fellow students while learning about what makes DSM unique and truly the place to be.

The 2024 calendar is:  

  • Tuesday, June 4: DSM Intern Connection Kick-Off: Skillset Identification and Connections | REGISTER 
  • Tuesday, June 18: Magnetic Communication with Tina Bakehouse | REGISTER 
  • Tuesday, July 2: On Purpose for a Purpose: Professional Presence with Laila Down | REGISTER 
  • Tuesday, July 16: Enrolling in Benefits and Understanding Your Total Pay Package with Jeff Clayton | REGISTER 
  • Tuesday, July 23: Executive Luncheon – Invite Only  
    *In order to attend, participants must have attended 3 of 4 previous DSM Intern Connection events.

Program Highlights:

  • Opportunities to network with other students and young professionals in the area while also learning about personal finance management, mental health care tips and how to leverage your own strengths in your job and everyday life.
  • Students who complete three of the four events receive a Community Leadership Certificate (an excellent resume booster) and are invited to attend the Executive Luncheon event August 8th at the Embassy Club Downtown.
  • All events are free for students to attend.

For anyone interested in additional information, contact Anne Lowder, Education and Talent Coordinator. 

Calling All Interns in DSM USA

Past Interns

Past interns have come from these organizations in DSM:

Organizations
  • All Iowa Can Be
  • Altar'd State
  • American Alarms
  • American Equity Life Insurance
  • Ames Chamber of Commerce
  • Ames Tribune
  • APC, Inc.
  • Athene USA
  • Aureon
  • Auto-Owners Insurance
  • B&G Foods
  • Baker Group
  • Banana Republic
  • Bank Iowa
  • Bankers Trust
  • Baton Global
  • Beauty Brands
  • Berkshire Hathaway Energy-Renewables
  • Blank Park Zoo
  • Blk & Bold 
  • Blueprint Strategies
  • Bluestone Engineering
  • BNIM Architects
  • Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa
  • Brick Street Market and Cafe
  • BTC Capital Management
  • Businessolver
  • Casey's
  • CenturyLink
  • Charming Charlie
  • City of Indianola
  • City of Pleasant Hill
  • City of Urbandale 
  • Civic Music Association
  • Clemen Wilcox & Associates/Everything Spanish
  • Cognizant
  • Compressor Controls Corporation
  • Confluence
  • Constellation Energy
  • Corteva Agriscience
  • Cre8tv Qn
  • Critical Labs
  • Cultivation Corridor
  • Current RE
  • Davita
  • Deloitte & Touche, LLP
  • Delta Dental of Iowa
  • Democracy Matters
  • Dentons Davis Brown
  • Des Moines Area Community College
  • Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce
  • Des Moines East and South Chamber of Commerce
  • Des Moines Metropolitan Planning Organization
  • Des Moines Performing Arts
  • Des Moines Playhouse
  • DLR GROUP
  • Drake University
  • EMC Insurance Companies
  • EMC Risk Services
  • Environmental Law & Policy Center
  • Eurofins
  • F&G Life
  • Faegre Drinker
  • Fareway Stores, Inc
  • Farmers Mutual Hail 
  • FBL Financial Group
  • FDIC
  • FEH Design
  • Financial Architects 
  • First National Bank
  • Forbs Export Services LLC
  • Foth
  • Galen Kurth Remax Real Estate Concepts
  • Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
  • Gremler Financial
  • GuideOne Insurance
  • Healthiest State Initiative
  • HNTB
  • Holmes Murphy
  • Homesteaders Life 
  • HR Green
  • Hubbell Community Management
  • Hy-Vee
  • Intoxalock
  • Iowa Allergy Clinic
  • Iowa DCI Crime Laboratory
  • Iowa Department of Revenue
  • Iowa Pharmacy Association
  • Iowa Speedway
  • Iowa State Bank
  • Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon
  • J.F. Ahern Fire Protection
  • John Deere
  • Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Kemin Industries
  • Lakeside Engineers
  • Life Care Services
  • LifeServe Blood Center
  • Lorenz & Jones
  • LS2group
  • LT Leon & Associates
  • LWBJ
  • Mack McClain & Associates
  • McClure Engineering Co.
  • Mcgill Junge Wealth Management
  • Mechdyne
  • MidAmerican Energy
  • Midwest Family Lending
  • Midwest Growth Partners
  • Moms Meals
  • Nate Sammler State Farm
  • Nationwide
  • Newbury Living
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Nyemaster Goode, P.C. 
  • Office Installation Services
  • OpenLoop
  • Patty Judge for Iowa
  • PepsiCo
  • Performance Food Group
  • Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
  • Principal Financial Group
  • Prolaint Health & Biologicals
  • ProSky
  • QuikTrip
  • R&R Realty Group
  • RDG Planning and Design
  • RSM
  • Sammons Financial Group
  • Simonson & Associates Architects L.L.C.
  • Stine Seed Company
  • StoneX
  • Strategic America
  • Strategic Elements
  • Substance Architecture
  • Sunglass Hut
  • Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
  • Tastes of Brasil
  • Telligen
  • The Baker Group
  • The Weitz Company
  • Tractor Zoom
  • U.S. Bank
  • UHY, LLC
  • UnityPoint Health - Des Moines
  • UPS
  • Vermeer Corporation
  • Waddell & Reed
  • Wellabe
  • Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  • Wells Fargo & Co.
  • Whitfield & Eddy Law
  • Wooly's
  • World Food Prize Foundation
  • Zirous