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, Director of Client Programs

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.

Naila Jahan
Undergraduate Associate

Naila Jahan is a Middlebury College student working as VCET’s Undergraduate Associate. She is majoring in Environmental Studies with a focus on Economics. Naila is an alumna of Middlebury College’s MiddCORE program, a challenge-based program designed to build key skills needed to become effective leaders and creative problem solvers. Prior to joining the team as the undergraduate associate, Naila was an intern at VCET through the MiddCOREplus summer internship program. At VCET, Naila manages VCET@Midd, assists portfolio companies, manages social media, organizes events, and works with VCET on a wide variety of other projects.