STEM & Research

The STEM & Research Career Community is geared towards providing resources and tools to those interested in working within the IT/Engineering/Research/Tech industries.  Learn about academic requirements, internships, student organizations and other ways to help provide you with a competitive edge upon entering the field.  

Featured Student Internships

  • Assistant STEM Facilitator, CT STEM Academy
  • STEAM Teacher Intern, Sacred Heart University Discovery Science Center and Planetarium
  • Student Intern, Discovery Magnet School
  • Assistant Director of Summer Camps, Webb Mountain Discovery Zone
  • Student Intern, Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium
  • Student Teacher and Building Intern, Naramake Elementary School
  • Student Teacher, Monroe Elementary School
  • Animal Care Intern, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
  • Research Laboratory Tech/Research Assistant, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Research Assistant, Hartford HealthCare
  • Chemistry Intern, Dymax Corporation
  • Environmental Observation Associate, Yale New Haven Health
  • Toxicology & Controlled Substance Laboratory Intern, State of Connecticut
  • Mamal Care Intern, Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
  • Neuroscience Research Intern, UConn Health
  • Intern, Fairfield Water Pollution Control Facility

Sample Professions

  • Software Developer/Engineer
  • Web Developer
  • Database Administrator
  • Network Engineer
  • Cybersecurity Engineer
  • DevOps Engineer
  • Systems Administration
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Professional Associations

• American Society of Animal Science
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• American Chemical Society
• American Society for Microbiology
• Informatics, Technology Networks
• National Council for Science and the Environment

    • American Mathematical Society
    • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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      Outcome data for Sacred Heart University is obtained through the Center for Career & Professional Development, in accordance with national standards. We extend our First-Destination survey to students who have received Bachelor’s Degrees in the respective year are surveyed from the time of graduation, to 12-months following graduation.

       

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      (203) 371-7971
      Email
      careerdev@sacredheart.edu
      Address

      Linda E. McMahon Student Commons, 2nd Floor
      5151 Park Avenue
      Fairfield, CT 06825

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