The Community Engagement, Design and Research Center's (CEDaR) internships, mentorships, jobs and capstone/masters projects are often rooted in faculty-student-partner cooperation around an applied research or community problem.听听听

CEDaR听is searching for interns interested in working with teams of academics and local planners and designers on community-based projects. Interns will support communities interested in using design and planning to address critical local needs听and will help the staff with administrative and communication tasks.听

These unpaid internships require听at least a 150-hour commitment per the university's three-credit hours and include work in the听CEDaR听office in the environmental design building, as well as fieldwork. Many students voluntarily work more hours to complete their projects. A workplan will be developed with every student at the beginning of the internship and revised as needed, including definition of specific products to be submitted and reviewed by the end of the internship.听From time-to-time interns may听contribute to general CEDaR tasks (e.g., help in the development of CEDaR events, materials, web and social media postings).

There will be some flexibility听around your other work requirements, but interns should expect to be听in the office or on-site for a specified number of hours each week.

Start and end dates are negotiable but the typical start for the internship is the beginning of the first week of the term or beginning in the summer (usually May) and continuing through the next school semester or year.听At the end of the internship, interns听will be evaluated as per the requirements of their program. Your work products may be published on the CEDaR website or elsewhere.听

Unpaid internships have听the potential to transition to paid employment.听 Preference will be given to current sophomores or juniors.听听
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Examples of听CEDaR听intern tasks

Community projects听

  • Outreach听 to communities, professional entities and cities听

Administrative听

  • Create听PowerPoint presentations听

  • Update the听CEDaR听website in Web Express听

  • Write听CEDaR听news, choose a photo and post on听CEDaR听FaceBook听page听

  • Create monthly newsletters in Constant Contact, linking to articles on the听CEDaR听website听

  • Give presentations听

  • Format reports听听

  • Help set up and tear down听CEDaR听events听

  • Photograph events听

Graphic Design听

  • 听Infographics听

  • Event posters听

  • Photo editing听

  • Graphs and charts听

Desired software experience听

  • Web Express (CEDaR听website platform)听

  • Constant Contact (CEDaR听newsletter)听

  • Microsoft听Powerpoint, Word, and Excel听

  • Adobe听Illustrator, Photoshop, and Lightroom听

  • Office 365:SharePoint听
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Contact听听Nathan Paul Jones, Internship Director.听nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu