• We focus on training and educating students to peak their interest in environmental health.
• Students gain practical “on-the-job” skills and improve their ability to apply academic theory into workplace practice.
• We provide students with an outcome-based experience that prepares them for available environmental health jobs.

What kinds of internships do you offer?

Our internship is designed to expose students to a broad range of environmental health programs and services. It also provides students an opportunity to engage in an interactive, Environmental Health Education project, so they can develop on-the-job skills and experience. For a description of our internship, please review our Internship Scope of Work.

Two internships are offered each academic term: spring, summer, fall and winter. The Internship Program Calendar details screening and placement deadlines.

An intern will select one or more of the following projects to work on during their internship. Interns will have an opportunity to discuss the projects more in depth during the internship interview and placement process.

• Healthy Homes
• West Nile Virus and Bed Bugs
• West Nile Virus
• Environmental Health Website Development Project

1. The first step is to contact our Internship Project Coordinator, Ben Duncan at 503-988-3400 x22439 or benjamin.e.duncan@co.multnomah.or.us.
2. The second step is to fill out an internship application and student questionnaire and return them to the Internship Coordinator:
   
   • Internship Application
   • Student Questionnaire
     
3. After receiving the application and student questionnaire, the Internship Coordinator will contact you to set up and interview with our internship placement team.
4. After the interview, the Internship Coordinator will contact you to inform you if you have been accepted into the internship program.
5. Student will be asked to take an Internship Agreement Form to their academic advisor for signature and return it to the Project Coordinator.
6. Intern Supervisor will contact student to set up a time to discuss internship work plan and internship schedule.
7. Student begins internship.