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Planning Your Internship | Current Internships | Recurring Internships | Student Fellowships | International Internships | Internship Resources

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Welcome to the Internship Program, an integral component of the Planning, Public Policy and Management curriculum.  Internships offer students opportunities to explore and clarify career goals, apply academic learning, enhance and learn new skills, gain experience, and network with professionals. 

Planning is the key to maximizing the benefits of an internship. Students are encouraged to research a range of potential opportunities and identify specific internships that best match their career interests.  With assistance from the Internship Director and Internship Advisor, students develop individualized learning goals.  In collaboration with the site supervisor, students outline substantive tasks and responsibilities that support their learning goals.  Students who achieve their learning goals acquire a set of transferable skills and “real world” experience that prepares them for professional positions, fellowships, or further academic study.

Students have completed a wide range of internships and fellowships through the Internship Program. Examples include the highly selective Oregon Performance Internship, the competitive United Nations Internship Programme, and IE3 Global Internships.  Fellowship opportunities such as the Presidential Management Fellowship Program and The Local Government Management Fellowship are additional avenues for students who seek competitive career development opportunities.  The following list is a sample of the internship sites where students have gained valuable professional experience:

    •    City of Eugene
    •    City of Portland
    •    Coalition for a Livable Future
    •    E-LAW
    •    Guatemala Human Rights Commission
    •    Holt International Children’s Services
    •    International Society for Technology in Education
    •    Lane County Food Policy Council   
    •    Mobility International
    •    Oregon Department of Transportation
    •    Oregon Health & Science University
    •    Oregon Governor’s Office
    •    Outside In (services to low-income adults and homeless youth)
    •    Senator Ron Wyden’s Eugene Field Office
    •    Voluntary Services Trust Team (Uganda)

For information, contact:
    Rhonda Smith, Internship Director
    E-mail: rhonda@uoregon.edu
    Phone: 541.346.2526