More Opportunities to Build Meaningful Work Experience

Many Ways to Add to Your Resume

Plenty of Options to Develop Professionally

There is more! Many of you may have participated in either ALPS | Basic or ALPS | Advanced. If not, learn more about ALPS | Basic here and ALPS | Advanced here. You may also not know that ALPS | Advanced is avaiable after you graduate for up to 12 months from graduation. There are number of ways that the we offer students a chance to build their resumes through meaningful work expereince.

ALPS | Pro
High level quasi-professional work that is paid hourly.
Co-curricular
Take academic classes that have real projects for real clients.
VOICE Advocacy
Strategic communication for community advocacy.
Entrepreneurial Support Center
See starting up a business up-close as a student advisor to client startups.
Societies
Entry-level and exploratory projects on your campus.
Academies
Training, certifications, projects, and professional networking.

ALPS | Basic is a great way to start building your resume with 8 to 10 hours per week over the course of a semester.

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ALPS | Advanced is a great way to earn internship credit or enhance your resume with 20 to 30 hours per week over the course of a semester.

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ALPS | Pro is a very limited offering at the Research and Business Development Center (RBDC). These opportunities are paid hourly employment and not educational training. Accordingly, any opening is filled competitively and applicants need to have specific skills and domain knowledge that apply to the project. Openings are also only available to currently enrolled undergraduate students or recent graduates (within 12 months of graduation). These positions are part-time and temporary.

ALPS | Pro has openings for data annotators. Click here for the Handshake posting.

The Research and Business Development Center (RBDC) sources projects that work for the classroom environment. As a contract service provider to BYU-Idaho, the RBDC finds business and organizations that have project needs that fit with a variety of classes across campus. These clients are looking for value-driven results as students learn certain skills or topics in a class. These projects may only be a small part of the course and cover a few weeks of the semester. Other projects are much greater and span the entire semester and comprise almost all of the course syllabus.

The co-curricular projects vary from semester to semester. Below is a partial list of courses that have had RBDC sourced projects in the past. All courses are BYU-Idaho classes.

BUS 200 – Small Business Management

MATH 488 – Statistical Consulting

ECEN 499 – Senior Project

MECH 480 – Mechanical Engineering Design III: Capstone Design

B 351 – Social Media Marketing

Some classes may have prerequisites or be limited to specific majors.

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VOICE Advocacy is a program of the Research and Business Development Center (RBDC). VOICE Advocacy partners with local organizations to develop collaborative solutions to challenging community problems. VOICE works with organizations such as United Way, Community Suicide Prevention (previously SPAN Idaho), Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC), local government representatives, and others to spread awareness on important social issues and prompt change.

Interested students need to be enrolled in the following course(s). All courses are BYU-Idaho classes.

COMM 397R – Communication Practicum II (section taught by Andra Hansen)

COMM 470 – Advocacy and Social Change

These courses may have prerequisites.

The Entrepreneurial Support Center (ESC) at the Research and Business Development Center (RBDC) is a great way for you to explore what it is like to start a business. This program is perfect for students who are thinking about starting a business at some point in their life or for those who are interested in business coaching or enven management consulting. All ESC clients are in the very early stages of getting a business off the ground. These projects typically require students to contribute about six hours per week over the course of two weeks. Students can do a few or as many projects as their schedules and the ESC client load allow for.

Click here to submit an application to participate in the ESC.

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The Research and Business Development Center (RBDC) sources early-introductory projects that are perfect for students who do not have a lot of time available to commit to a project. As a contract service provider to BYU-Idaho, the RBDC sources projects for some BYU-Idaho societies. These projects typically require students to contribute only one to two hours per week over the course of the semester.

RBDC sourced projects in societies vary from semester to semester. Below is the current list of societies that have RBDC sourced projects:

Data Science Society – Faculty Advisor: J. Hathaway

The Research and Business Development Center (RBDC) is excited to announce the pilot of the Data Science Academy for Fall Semester 2020. The Data Science Academy will provide students with an opportunity to gain a strong introduction to the rapidly growing data science space. Students will be able to learn about the influence of big data and analytics across a variety of disciplines. There will also be training, certifications, competitions, and study-groups focused on the data space. Click here to learn more.

The RBDC is also exploring the possibility of a Startup Academy for students who are interested in launching their own businesses. This Academy is still in the conceptual phase. To connect and express interest use the contact form below.

More Opportunities to Build Meaningful Work Experience

Many Ways to Add to Your Resume

Plenty of Options to Develop Professionally

ALPS | Pro

Co-Curricular

VOICE Advocacy

Entrepreneurial Support Center

Societies

Academies

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