College students tout immersive internships at Sioux Falls organizations

Eleven Sioux Falls businesses and organizations have spent this fall hosting interns from the USD Beacom School of Business.

They’re part of the BEST Sioux Falls program, which launched this year and was developed in partnership with the city of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Development Foundation and Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.

“They’re so talented. All of these kids are studying finance, accounting, marketing and data science, which is exactly a skill set that we need inside our business community today and also in the future,” said Denise Guzzetta, vice president of talent and workforce development for the Sioux Falls Development Foundation. “So we want to do everything we can to keep these kids here. We’ve worked very diligently with the businesses to make sure that we have really great projects for them to work on.”

Here’s a look at what the program is achieving: