NEW IN 2025: The SLI Summer Internships have been rebranded to be called the "First-Generation/ Low-Income (FLI) SLI STEM Paid Internship." This means only students who are first-generation college goers and/or low-income are eligible for acceptance to the program.
See:
https://foothill.edu/sli/internships/summer.html
Tri Pham, one of our CS instructors at Foothill, has shared a 3-month summer internship opportunity (with a possible extension) at his company. The internship opportunity description can be seen below:
Front End Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2025 (Teradyne, San Jose, CA) Job Details | Teradyne
While the posting mentions that you should be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, community college students who are on that path are fully eligible. In fact, be sure to mention in your resume that you're a Foothill College student since Prof. Pham is the hiring manager for this position.
The position does require the candidates to be local to the Bay Area during the internship duration, since it's an in-person (not remote) opportunity.
The intern job has also been advertised at other campuses such as UC Santa Cruz, SJSU, and UC Davis.
The resumes will be routed to Prof. Pham for reviewing, and possible interview scheduling. It will be closed by end of April, or sooner.
Prof. Pham hopes to see as many Foothill student resumes as possible.
The application form for the Cal-Bridge program is open, so it is time to consider applying for the 2025-26 academic year. The program is available to any physics, CSE, or math major interested in pursuing a PhD in physics, astronomy, or a related field OR computer science/engineering or a related field OR math/math education/statistics or a related field. More details about program benefits and eligibility are listed below.
The deadline for applications is April 9, 2025. Since letters of recommendation are also due on April 9, we highly recommend you contact faculty at your campus and others that you would like a letter from ASAP! Once you start an application, you can save your work, so there is no reason not to start now! In addition, a link can be sent to your letter writers immediately, without waiting for the application to be completed and submitted. Make sure you follow the directions in the application to send these notifications to your letter writers as soon as possible.
For more information and the link to the application instructions, visit our website at www.calbridge.org.
The Cal-Bridge program is designed for students interested in pursuing a PhD in their major or a related field. Students who will graduate with their bachelors degree in academic year 2025-26 (i.e., between Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 or current sophomores/juniors) are eligible to apply.
The program combines significant scholarship money with intensive mentoring (by both a CSU and a UC faculty member), professional development, and research opportunities to prepare you to apply and be accepted to a PhD program. Benefits of the program include:
To be eligible for the program, a Cal-Bridge applicant must:
If you have any questions about Cal-Bridge, contact our program team at ugprogram@calbridge.org.
*Please note that admission to Cal-Bridge does not guarantee admission to a UC graduate program; Cal-Bridge scholars must successfully apply and matriculate to a participating UC PhD program in order to receive the fellowship for graduate study.
