Portland Internship Experience
HOST SITES
Your business or organization can provide professional experience and mentorship to a University of Oregon student over the summer, and you get to work with a bright mind who wants to help make a difference.
"Having a dedicated summer intern made drastic progress in the preservation of our archival history and moved key marketing projects forward. The Portland Internship Experience provided a guided avenue to engage a talented and passionate undergraduate student and allowed us to share the experience of working at a world-class cultural institution right here in Portland."
-Megumi Kato, marketing director at the Portland Japanese Garden, left, walks through the garden with colleagues, including 2023 PIE intern Chloe Lee, center.
The Portland Internship Experience is open to many types of sites through two distinct pathways to participation.
The donor-funded internship pathway, offers up to 40 internships at no cost to Portland-based nonprofits, educational organizations, civic agencies, and small businesses who cannot afford to support an intern.
The site-sponsored internship pathway, is a partnership with sites whose business or organization has the resources to sponsor an intern, and would like the support of an established program that recruits interested students, provides wrap-around services, professional development curricula, and other support to ensure successful internships.
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