University LEAGUES — Higher-Ed Partnerships & Internships

Two ways in

Whether you lead a program or you're a student looking for real experience, the University LEAGUES has a front door for you.

Partner with us

Faculty · Deans · Career Services

Structured internship rubric with a faculty-mentor relationship
Co-branded credential and a co-sponsored capstone / practicum
Real production platform — QR-tracked readership & conversion data
Turnkey placements for 2–10 students per term

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Intern with us

Students · Recent Grads

80–240 hours across an 8–24 week term, on your schedule
Portfolio-ready published work with tangible community impact
Content creation, community engagement, data science & public health
Earn LEARN·LIVE·SHARE coins and a co-branded certificate

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Flagship University Collaboration

My Healthy Arizona

Our flagship higher-ed collaboration unites Arizona's three major public universities on one student-produced health-media issue — a living proof point for what the University LEAGUES model delivers: real bylines, real distribution, and real credentials.

University of Arizona

College of Public Health · College of Information Science

ASU

Arizona State University

College of Health Solutions

NAU

Northern Arizona University

Health & Fitness

University partners

Active internship sites, flagship collaborators, and priority outreach across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. — spanning public health, business, journalism, information science, health & fitness, and data science. Filter by country, or show only Riipen-network colleges.

Legend: Flagship collaboration · Active site placements running · Charter club · Priority outreach · ★ Riipen = recruited through the Riipen network.

Cross-University Leaderboard

Reality Health Games™ standings across the LEAGUE. Universities and their student teams climb by earning LEARN·LIVE·SHARE badges — points sync live from the platform.

🏆 Charter Season Standings

Live from the platform

Verified 2024–25 Reality Health Games results. Live team standings appear here as this season's badge play accumulates.

Featured Team & Champion

First place in the Reality Health Games goes to a team that turned an internship into a movement.

1st Place

🇨🇦 Loyalist College · Belleville, Ontario

Loyalist College Team

Riipen cohort · 24 student interns · Faculty lead: Prof. Chris Burelle · 2024–25

Loyalist College fielded the LEAGUE's largest and most active intern cohort — 24 students who built gamified health tools, ran quality-control focus groups, and drove chapter engagement to the top of the Reality Health Games leaderboard. Multiple Loyalist interns earned Fellowships for continued work with the Network.

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Navneet Kaur

Top individual · Fellowship

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Ritik Dogra

Runner-up

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Sarandeep Singh

Third place

"This was the best project that I have worked upon. The team created an inclusive and collaborative environment." — Sukhwinder Singh · Loyalist College intern

"Top individual student in the Reality Health Games — earned a Fellowship for continued work; helped refine gamified tools and chapter engagement." — Champion citation · Navneet Kaur, Loyalist College

Internship projects

Every intern picks a project track and ships real work. These are the five roles that run across the LEAGUE — the same catalog we post to the Riipen network.

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Content Creation

Produce video, animation, graphics, and audio; build health-literacy curriculum for middle-school through senior audiences using AI tools.

Design · Media

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Community Engagement

Identify a local health challenge, launch an IDEAS Project, recruit and lead a student team, and report outcomes to your campus.

Public Health

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Data Analytics

Analyze public-health data on diabetes, fitness, and nutrition; build dashboards, visualizations, and the game leaderboards.

Data Science

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Chamber of Health

Build a Chamber of Health in a community — outreach, recruit local leaders, host an educational event and a final celebration.

Community Org

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Health Gamification

Design Reality Health Games, bingo cards, and interactive health-literacy tools that ship straight to the community.

Design · Dev

What you'll gain

Every internship is built on the Force for Health® Core Career-Readiness framework — eight competencies delivered the Learn It · Live It · Share It way, each earned as a credential.

Critical Thinking

Sound reasoning, spotting bias, and breaking complex problems into steps.

Career & Self-Development

Self-awareness, SMART goals, and building a professional network.

Teamwork

Collaboration, conflict resolution, and celebrating shared wins.

Professionalism

Integrity, accountability, and building your reputation.

Technology

Adopting tools, boosting efficiency, and digital integrity.

Leadership

Inspiring others, giving feedback, and leading collaboratively.

Communication

Verbal, written, and non-verbal skill plus active listening.

Equity & Inclusion

Inclusive workspaces, addressing barriers, and cultural competence.

Phase 1 · Certified Healthy Me

Phase 2 · Identify an Issue

Phase 3 · Design & Develop

Phase 4 · Assess & Analyze

Phase 6 · Share It

Phase 7 · Certified Fellow

Phase 8 · Certified Alum

Student content gallery

Every piece below was researched, written, or produced by students and university teams through the Healthy IDEAS Challenge — published to real audiences on the Force for Health platform.

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E-Magazine · Flagship

My Healthy Arizona 2026

A full student-produced health issue with original audio features — “Know Your Blood,” “Muscle & Metaphor,” “Protect the Gift,” and more.

UA · ASU · NAU student teams

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IDEAS Project · Video

Maternal & Infant Disparities

A produced IDEAS Project video on maternal-infant health disparities — the LEAGUE's standout single student media piece.

Vanessa Agyei · University of Virginia

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Healthy IDEAS Challenge

STEAM TEAMS³ builds

Project-based learning where student teams design games, bingo cards, and health-literacy tools that ship to the community.

Loyalist · Cambrian · IBU teams

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Omni-Media · Audio

Student-produced audio features

Original narrated health features and songs produced in the Listening Lab and published inside the flagship magazine issue.

Journalism & media students

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Data · Analytics

Reality Health Games dashboards

Cancer, heart-disease, diabetes, and nutrition games plus the analytics dashboards behind the leaderboard.

Cambrian & UVA data interns

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Wellness · Program

Postpartum Wellness Series

A stress-reduction and postpartum-recovery program for women, built end-to-end by a Franklin University intern.

Autumn Anderson · Franklin University

Browse the full Showcase →

Intern voices

Real reflections from students who interned across the University LEAGUES.

"Dr. Rob and Lucy's passion for the work they do is truly contagious. I enjoyed learning how to use all of the cool tools… I feel like the work I did over the course of my internship truly made a difference."

Yesenia Rivera

Community College of Denver

"Rob was very supportive of our learning and open to suggestions. We met with Lucy a couple of times too… They seemed passionate about what they were working on, and that passion was contagious. It was very easy to be proactive."

Daniel Son

University of Virginia

"Dr. Rob and Lucy Howell are both very ambitious individuals building a network fueled by a truly good cause. I was impressed with what they have accomplished… I look forward to continuing to contribute toward their cause."

Hailey Chong

University of Virginia

"I applied my education and passion for physical fitness and postpartum health to deliver a useful program for women in recovery."

Autumn Anderson

Franklin University

Student Advisory Coach

Our University LEAGUES are guided by student leaders who've done it themselves.

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Keira Robinson

Villanova University · Student Advisory Coach

Keira founded the first official Force for Health Student Club in the country at Villanova — turning the University LEAGUES model from an idea into a chartered, student-run chapter. As Advisory Coach she mentors new campus clubs, guides student teams through the Healthy IDEAS Challenge, and represents the student voice on the LEAGUE leadership council.

🏅 Founder · First FFH Student Club in the U.S.

4.7 / 5

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Average student rating across the LEAGUE — verified on Riipen

A proven internship experience with active placements requiring 80–240 hours over 8- to 24-week terms — now expanding to middle-school, high-school, and young-adult levels.

Graphic Design Healthcare Data Science & Analytics Business & Entrepreneurship Public Health

The Riipen Sub-League. Many of our partners — Loyalist, Cambrian, UVA, McMaster, Franklin, George Mason and more — came to us through the Riipen project network, where our experience earned 4.7/5 stars. Riipen-network colleges get their own sub-league standings inside the University LEAGUES. Applying to intern? You now apply directly to the Force for Health® Network below — not through Riipen. We continue to partner with Riipen to surface projects and welcome new Riipen colleges into the League.

Earn as you go

Every meaningful step in the LEAGUE pays out real Force for Health coins — tracked to your profile, your team, and the leaderboard.

LEARN It

Complete research, training modules, and the Healthy IDEAS curriculum.

LIVE It

Log real internship hours and community activations on the platform.

SHARE It

Publish your work and grow readership through QR-tracked distribution.

Apply to intern with the Force for Health® Network

You apply directly to us — no Riipen account required. Tell us about you and pick your project track; Coach Lucy, your LEAGUE Director, follows up with next steps and onboarding.

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Project track(s) of interest

Content Creation Community Engagement Data Analytics Chamber of Health Health Gamification Public Health

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