Fitness and Wellness Internship Practicum : Campus Recreation : UMass Lowell

The Fitness and Wellness Internship/Practicum program is designed to enhance your classroom instruction with practical experience that will round out your education. While we encourage students from all programs of study to apply, the Fitness and Wellness position may correlate best with exercise or health-related programs (such as exercise physiology, community health education, kinesiology, and nutrition). In order to meet the needs of the intern/practicum students, Campus Recreation experiences are flexible. Positions are available year-round and for credit hours (time commitment and credit hours depend on the program requirements).

Intern/practicum students are expected to demonstrate initiative, dependability, openness and a positive attitude. All intern/practicum students are representatives of the Department of Campus Recreation and report directly to the Assistant Director for Fitness Programs and to the Director of Campus Recreation. At the beginning of the internship or practicum, a learning contract will be established between the Assistant Director and the student.

Students will have the potential opportunity to gain experience in the following areas:

Fitness center operation
Nutritional analysis consultation
Equipment orientation
Personal training
Educational programming
Special events
Group fitness instruction
Fitness and wellness program development
Weight loss programming
Marketing
RecKids Summer Camp

Basic qualifications

Be a full-time or part-time matriculated university student in good academic standing, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or above.
Demonstrate a knowledge of Campus Recreation policies and procedures, and the ability to work effectively with the UMass Lowell campus community.

We are excited that are you interested in joining the UMass Lowell Campus Recreation team and are anxious to help you grow as a professional. If you have any additional questions about our Fitness and Wellness Internship/ Practicum, please contact Peter Murray at 978-934-2327 or Peter_Murray@uml.edu.

Application procedure

Please complete the internship/practicum application and send with resume via e-mail attachment to Peter_Murray@uml.edu or return to the Campus Recreation Office, Attention: Peter Murray, 100 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, MA 01854.