Interns in Place. Ready, Set, Go.

OSU Students Set for Summer of Learning and Fun.

The Corvallis Knights have partnered with Oregon State to provide summer internships to help prepare students for the professional world after they leave Corvallis.

Beavers from OSU's College of Business and the Department of Design & Human Environment will learn valuable business skills and receive practical work experience to enhance their undergraduate experience and make them more attractive candidates for future employers.

Interns are assigned a variety of wide-ranging tasks, such as identifying/working with team sponsors; customer relations; merchandising and marketing; publicity, ticket sales, and promotions.

"Our partnership with Oregon State is very important to us and we're thrilled to give serious students a chance to learn and gain real business world experience," Knights' president Dan Segel said.

"By working with the College of Business and the College of Design and Human Development, we know we're getting focused, driven students who will make the most of their internship experience and provide our fans and sponsors with outstanding customer service."

Our interns this summer are:

JENNY BAKER: Jenny was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, but moved to Salem as a baby and graduated from North Salem High School. She's a senior majoring in merchandise management, with a minor in business. Jenny has cheered for 10 years in middle school, high school and college, cheered at OSU for four years, and was the team captain in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

MARIAH ELLIS: Mariah was born in La Grande, grew up in Portland and graduated from Westview High School, where she was class president as a senior, co-president as a junior, a member of the soccer team for three years, and manager of the football team for three years. A sophomore at OSU, she is majoring in business with a minor in marketing. She also has interned in the Sports Information Office for the past two years.

ALYSHA FARMER: A native of Murphy, Oregon, she graduated from Hidden Valley High. Alysha is a junior, majoring in merchandise management.

ERICA HOHLT: An OSU junior majoring in marketing with a communications minor, Erica was born in Portland, lived in Salem and then moved to Tillamook as a sixth-grader. She worked at the Tillamook Cheese Factory and graduated from Tillamook High. Erica works at the College of Business, plays intramural tennis and is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, the co-ed business fraternity.

CHARLIE ROSE HORMANN: Charlie Rose grew up in Jefferson and graduated from Jefferson High. She's majoring in merchandise management and marketing, with a minor in business and entrepreneurship.

LESLIE MAK: Leslie grew up in Toronto and attended Northview Heights High before moving to Stamford, Connecticut, for her senior year. She graduated from Stamford High. A junior majoring in marketing with a minor in French, Leslie is a standout athlete and was the 2011 Pacific-10 Conference Gymnast of the Year, and an All-American.

COURTNEY MORGAN: Courtney grew up in Eugene and played soccer, basketball and track at Willamette High. She's a senior at OSU, majoring in marketing, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and was the philanthropy chairman her sophomore and junior year.

ANDREA RODRIGUEZ: A native of Baldwin Park, California, Andrea graduated from Alverno High in Los Angeles, transferred to OSU from UC Irvine, and will graduate from OSU in 2012 with a degree in merchandising management. She plans to attend the Parsons School of Design in New York City after graduating from OSU.

KAYLIE SUNDBERG: An aspiring sports reporter studying new media communications, Kaylie grew up in Carmichael and played softball and basketball at Loretto High School. She chose OSU because it was a sports-oriented school with a small-town atmosphere.

COLTON THOMAS: Colton played baseball and football at Marist High in Eugene and played baseball at George Fox before transferring to OSU, where he's a junior majoring in marketing and entrepreneurship. He's a member of the OSU bass-fishing team, and has a passion for sports and the outdoors.