ROCKY MOUNT — North Carolina Wesleyan University students Nayonna Bland and Makaela Stokes have accepted an internship with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services as part of the department’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program.
This paid summer internship is a component of the department’s workforce development initiative to build a strong and inclusive workforce by increasing the number of human services professionals to provide for the growing number of residents in North Carolina.
“We are looking toward the future in NCDHHS by building a strong and inclusive workforce that supports all North Carolinians,” said NCDHHS Secretary Kody H. Kinsley. “We genuinely applaud each of these young professionals for their assistance in helping NCDHHS protect the health, safety and well-being of the people in our communities now and into the future.”
Stokes and Bland will work on a project with the NCDHHS’ Division of Health Benefits. The internship will last 10 weeks and includes work in the assigned project area, seminars, presentation practice and an immersion event at the end of the internship experience.