Last night at the Sigma Grill in Blacksburg nearly 50 local interns participated in the NewVa Intern Xperience sponsored by the NCTC, City of Roanoke and the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce. Carilion Biomedical Institute, GE Energy, McLeod and Co., Novozymes Biologicals, Webmail.us, Roanoke Times, New River Valley Planning District Commission and many others sent their interns to the event.

The purpose of the events is to introduce interns to (1) other interns, (2) local companies and business leaders, and (3) other social amenities in the region with the goal of retaining some of the students in NewVa upon graduation.

The students seemed appreciative of this outreach effort by the organizing entities and appeared enthusiastic about future events this summer - Thursday, July 6 in downtown Roanoke and July 13 at the Salem Avalanche.

If you are a company or a summer intern and would like to participate, then please contact the author of this blog.