NRV Experience

Level up your internship program

The NRV Experience, hosted by Onward NRV, is an eight-week-long summer curriculum designed to support employer internship programs by helping their interns grow professionally while also experiencing the full benefits of living and working in Virginia’s New River Valley.

While employers show interns what it’s like to work in the NRV, we show them what it’s like to live here.

Connect With Other Interns

Strengthen Professional Skills

Experience Community Excursions

2026 Schedule of events

  • Kick-Off Event: Wikiteria Cafe
    Tuesday, June 9, 2026,  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Excursion 1:
    Thursday, June 16, 2026,  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Excursion 2: 
    Thursday, June 25, 2026,  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Virtual Lunch and Learn: Zoom
    Thursday, July 2, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Excursion 3:
    Thursday, July 9, 2026,  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Excursion 4:
    Thursday, July 16, 2026,  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Excursion 5: 
    Thursday, July 23, 2026,  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Wrap-Up Event: Long Way Brewing
    Thursday, July 30, 2026,  4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Past Participating Employers

“I was able to build a lot of relationships and also have fun with all the events that were put on [throughout the program]. I feel so lucky to have had the chance to be in the NRV Experience.”

Ana, Celanese Intern, NRV Experience 2020 Participant

Cost Per Intern

Onward NRV Investor: $150

Non-Onward NRV Investor: $300

Past Event Photos

#3 Metro with High Ratio of IT Grads to Jobs
– Expansion Solutions, 2017
#10 Metro in High-Tech Employment Concentration
– SelectUSA, 2017
#30 Leading Location for New & Expanding Businesses
– Area Development, 2016
#3 Best Tech & Engineering Internships; Exceleration
– Vault, 2020

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