AICP fellows serve as mentors to the profession, focusing on certification requirements, ethics, professional development, planning education, and the standards of practice. Internships opportunities online University and college students looking for an internship and companies in need of an intern have a new online matching service at their disposal. OregonWorks connects students and business around the state, free of charge. The Web-based service uses software developed by the Software Association of Oregon in a unique partnership with the Oregon University System and the Business Education Compact. Participating institutions include all of Oregon's community colleges, public and independent colleges, and universities.
Firms can register and post their own job orders right away.
The system automatically e-mails the company resumes of students looking for work in related categories. Similarly, undergraduate and graduate students can register on the site and post their resumes. Potential internship positions are e-mailed to them. The service will list opportunities in all job categories and there is no cost to either employer or student for using the service. Coniglio is taking on the duties of Jennifer Wheeler, who left the University March 2 to return to her alma mater, Idaho State University, as assistant director of alumni relations.