ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIPS

For the listings below, more detailed information is available in the Internship Office.

**Newest Opportunities Listed First**

The Partnership for Strong Communities SPRING, SUMMER. Education and advocacy group whose mission is to advance supportive housing, affordable housing, community development and the promotion of sound housing policy options. Several different internship opportunities available: Compilation of Statistics & Authorship of Monthly Narrative on CT's Leading Housing Indicators (for economics/finance major): to measure housing availability, affordability, industry health. Lyceum Speaker Series: contact constituent groups to develop lists of potential speakers. Develop series of high level policy explorations for public and private sector opinion leaders, journalists and activists. Development of Student Art, Essay and Public Speaking Contests on homelessness, housing policy and community development: work with CT associations of boards of education, superintendents, teacher unions, PTO's, individual schools and students to think, write, examine the meaning of home and the integral - if taken for granted - role that the safety/security of a home plays in our lives. Research/Development of Marketing Plans for The Lyceum, Affordable Housing Campaign and Next Step Initiative for Supportive Housing (for communications, marketing, public policy student): adapting affordable housing campaigns from other states facing similar problems to a campaign that would work in CT. Conference Planning & Development (for public policy student): arrange for speakers, demographically develop strategic audience in conjunction with the CT Conference of Municipalities and CCSU. Affordable Design (for student in architecture, art or design): update website feature on design, develop new film exhibit, oversee visiting Affordable Housing Design Show. Partnership Partners' Regional Report (for student with strong reporting, writing, policy skills): reporting, publishing, circulating monthly newsletter.  Please contact David Fink or Shelby Mertes at 860-244-0066, The Lyceum 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford, CT 06106. No stipend (11/04)

CT Dept. of Public Works SUMMER, FALL, SPRING. DPW is a service agency with responsibility for providing assistance in the areas of design, construction, facilities management, security, leasing and property disposition for other state agencies. Areas in which intern may work: Legislative Program - work in CT General Assembly, managing state agency legislative program; Design/Construction - work with architects and engineers in construction planning and management services; Facilities Management - supervise care and control of state property, purchase lease and acquire property and space for state agencies; Legal Division - provide legal assistance to the department; Leasing and Property Disposition. Please contact Douglas J. Moore at 860-713-5885. 165 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. No Stipend. (6/04)