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.   

The NewVa Intern Xperience (NIX 06) invites all summer interns to the Sigma Grill in Blacksburg’s Corporate Research Center tonight Thursday, June 29th at 5:30 p.m. for free food with other interns and business leaders from the region. Free Smart Way Bus passes are available for those people located in Roanoke. All interested persons are urged to RSVP by email at info@thetechnologycouncil.com.

Directions to the Sigma Grill

http://www.sigmagrill.com/location/default.asp

This week CRAIGSLIST moved to Roanoke and Blacksburg with new sites. Readers of this blog and others have been discussing the need for these sites and now they have arrived. Please visit and post.

My Hometown Jobs a new local job website by WDBJ7 was released this week. For more information email Tom. 

The inaugural events of the NewVa Intern Xperience and NewVaConnects are occurring tonight at 5:35 pm at Martins Restaurant in downtown Roanoke. All interns and young professionals in the NewVa Region are welcomed to attend.