Internships
Internships at SUNY Oneonta give you the chance to turn classroom learning into real-world experience. You’ll explore career paths, build professional skills, strengthen your résumé and make valuable connections, often with employers who are eager to mentor emerging professionals. Many internships also offer academic credit and can lead to full-time opportunities after graduation.
As a student in the Business Department, you can gain hands-on experience in for-profit companies, nonprofits, government agencies and entrepreneurial organizations. Internships may be paid or unpaid and can be completed locally, near your hometown, or in major markets like New York City. Whether you work full time in the summer or part time during the academic year, internships help you apply what you’re learning while preparing for life after college.
You’ll be supported throughout the process, from identifying opportunities to reflecting on your experience, ensuring your internship is both meaningful and professionally rewarding.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
Every year, SUNY Oneonta accounting and business students get firsthand experience for the future by preparing income tax returns for members of the campus and greater Oneonta community through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Throughout the year, students in the VITA program are extensively trained to provide basic tax return preparation and filing free of charge to assist area residents and community members.
The tradition, which was started years ago by a beloved former professor, William “Jeff” Weinell, is hosted in Alumni Hall, with occasional sessions at SUNY Oneonta’s downtown ExCL Center on Dietz Street.
Thes VITA program is part of a three-credit class taught by Assistant Professor of Accounting Charlene Foley-Deno. To ensure privacy, students escort each client into office space to begin an intake interview. Completed returns are reviewed by student coordinators and, finally, by Foley-Deno before clients return the following week for an exit interview. At the exit interview, the team assigned to the client meets with them to review the details of their return.
You can add a valuable credential to your resume by completing the VITA and VITA Coordinator microcredentials, which involve taking a prerequisite VITA course.
Scholarships
Business Administration, Professional Accounting and Marketing majors at SUNY Oneonta have access to several endowed scholarships supported by generous alumni and friends of the department. These awards recognize strong academic performance and help support your educational journey. Scholarships are awarded automatically based on GPA and enrollment in a business major, with no separate application required, and many are renewable as you progress through your degree.
The endowed scholarship funds dedicated to Business Administration and Professional Accounting majors include:
- Economics and Business Endowed Scholarship Fund
- John and Claudia DeMelis "Founders Scholarship in Accounting" (restricted to Professional Accounting Majors)
- John Doherty Scholarship
- Dr. Ignatius J. H. Ts'ao Scholarship
- George F. Ring, Jr, and Ellen Smith Ring Scholarship
Clubs and Organizations
There are several clubs and organizations you can join to gain additional hands-on learning experience and other opportunities at SUNY Oneonta as a student in the Business Department. These include:
Contact the Business Department
Alumni Hall 145
108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY 13820
United States