Fellows & Interns

Graduate Fellows and undergraduate interns are available to VCET portfolio firms throughout the year.  Talented men and women from diverse business, engineering, computer science and life sciences backgrounds work in your company on a variety of value-adding tasks and projects. It's a win-win situation and part of the VCET advantage for emerging companies.

Graduate Fellowships
VCET Fellowships, funded by Vermont EPSCoR, was launched in 2005 in conjunction with the UVM School of Business Administration’s MBA program and has since expanded to include the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. The fellowship provides funding for graduate students to work with VCET’s clients, helping them establish solid business plans, write software code, design products and aiding them in other various aspects of their development. The VCET fellowship provides an opportunity for graduate students to apply knowledge and skills acquired through their course of study in a “hands on” way with real businesses.

If you are interested in being a UVM Graduate Fellow, please contact us.

Internships for Undergraduates
Pulling from our 9 university and college partners primarily but also from schools across the nation, VCET actively sources and places top undergraduate students with portfolio firms. These can be both paid and unpaid for-credit internships, as well as, summer internship programs. VCET staff can work with your school or faculty adviser in designing a value-adding, life enhancing entrepreneurial experience as a VCET intern.

Please contact us to learn more if you are interested in an internship.

Current Fellows and Interns

Tucker Severson
Graduate Fellow

Tucker Severson is a current MBA student at the University of Vermont and a Graduate Fellow at VCET under UVM's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Tucker is an alumnus of Bates College, where he majored in Philosophy, with secondary foci in Physics and Mathematics as well as a graduate of the Tuck Business School’s Bridge program. Tucker has worked on various startups as a founder, employee and consultant. His recent ventures include designing an innovative laptop computer case, developing a ski-apparel company and opening a restaurant on Church Street in Burlington. At VCET, Tucker helps incubator clients and seed capital partners by facilitating their everyday needs and working with them on long term projects.

Kendra Wilkins
VCET Intern Spring 2012

Kendra is currently pursuing a B.S. at the University of Vermont, with a major in Business Administration and minor in Economics. Within UVM’s School of Business Administration, Kendra’s work has focused on issues related to the degradation of the natural environment and its implications for management. Outside of the classroom, Kendra has held a variety of positions in marketing including internships at Fuse Marketing and Fletcher Allen Hospital.  Kendra has also conducted financial research for a micro-lending nonprofit based in Uganda.